Improvement of the KrF(B→X) excimer lamp with 248 and 193 nm dual wavelength emission using an Ar buffer
作者:
Ichiro Nakamura,
Fumihiko Kannari,
Minoru Obara,
期刊:
Applied Physics Letters
(AIP Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 57,
issue 20
页码: 2057-2059
ISSN:0003-6951
年代: 1990
DOI:10.1063/1.103939
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
A quasi‐continuous KrF(248 nm:B→X)fluorescence of over 8 ms pulse duration with a 100 Hz operation frequency was observed in a microwave‐discharge‐pumped KrF lamp with an Ar buffer gas in place of the He/Ne buffer. With an average microwave power deposition of 517.1 W, the maximum average KrF fluorescence power was 58.2 W obtained at a KrF intrinsic efficiency of 11.2% with the lamp gas mixture of F2/Kr/Ar=4/2/94(%) at 50 Torr and simultaneously an average ArF(193 nm:B→X) fluorescence power of 17.4 W with over 8 ms pulse duration at a 100 Hz operation frequency was also obtained. Based on the total fluorescence power of ArF and KrF, the intrinsic efficiency becomes as high as 14.6%. The maximum KrF intrinsic efficiency was 13.8% obtained with a lamp gas mixture of F2/Kr/Ar=2/2/96(%) at 50 Torr. The maximum average KrF fluorescence power and KrF intrinsic efficiency with the Ar buffer has exceeded the maximum average KrF fluorescence of 53 W and the corresponding KrF intrinsic efficiency of 8.3% achieved previously with the lamp gas mixture of F2/Kr/He/Ne=2/1/48.5/48.5(%) at 50 Torr. Dual wavelength emission should be useful for those that need both the 248 and 193 nm wavelengths.
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