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The 193-nm immersion step-and-scan projection lithography tool is the most critical equipment in the high-volume manufacturing of integrated circuit with 45nm technology nodes and beyond. With the increase of numerical aperture (NA) of the projection lens, the resolution of lithography tool can be enhanced effectively. However, the polarization effect of the optics in an exposure system is more significant in high NA immersion lithography, which influences the lithographic imaging quality greatly. Thus, the polarization parameters of the immersion exposure system should be controlled -accurately for ensuring the lithographic imaging quality. With the advantages of miniaturization and high-accuracy online detection, the grating is applied to the polarization detection of the immersion lithography tools. A bilayer metallic grating polarizer with compact structure and excellent polarization performance is designed based on the inverse polarization effect and transmission enhancement effect on TE-polarized light. Rigorous coupled-wave theory and finite-different time-domain method are used to design the bilayer metallic grating polarizer. The former is used for analyzing the initial structure parameters of the grating, and the latter is used for acquiring the cross-sectional electromagnetic field of the structure. The initial parameters of the grating are calculated based on the surface plasmons resonance and Fabry-Perot-like theory. The influence of geometrical parameters of the grating on its polarization performance is analyzed. The simulation results show that the enhancement of TE-polarized light transmittance is mainly modulated by the middle layer height of the grating. Firstly, the TE-polarized light transmission is enhanced by the standing wave in the bottom medium cavity, and further enhanced by the top optical funnel formed. However, the transmission suppression of TM-polarized light is mainly caused by the low frequency mode of charge movement formed by surface plasmons. For the designed grating polarizer, the transmittance of TE-polarized light is 56.8%, and the extinction ratio is 65.6 dB at normal incidence. Comparing with previous metal grating polarizer, the extinction ratio of the designed grating is increased by four orders of magnitude.
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Keywords:
- bilayer metallic grating /
- polarization measurement /
- deep ultraviolet /
- immersion lithography tool
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图 8 TM偏振光正入射时光栅截面场分布 (a) 瞬时(箭头)和时间平均电场分布; (b) 坡印廷矢量方向(箭头)和幅度(颜色图)
Figure 8. Field distribution of grating cross-section when TM-polarized light is incident normally: (a) Instantsneous (arrowheads) and time-averaged (color map) electric field distribution; (b) Poynting vector direction (arrowheads) and magnitude (color map).
图 9 光栅的工艺容差分析 (a), (b)为占空比和金属层高度分别对TE透过率和消光比的影响; (c), (d)为占空比和中间层高度分别对TE透过率和消光比的影响; (e), (f)为金属层和中间层高度分别对TE透过率和消光比的影响
Figure 9. Fabrication tolerance analysis of grating: (a) and (b) are TE transmission and extinction ratio as function of the grating duty cycle and metal layer height, respectively; (c) and (d) are TE transmission and extinction ratio as function of the grating duty cycle and middle layer height, respectively; (e) and (f) are TE transmission and extinction ratio as function of the grating metal layer height and middle layer height, respectively.
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[1] Bruce W S, Cashmore J S 2002 Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers Santa Clara, CA, March 5–8, 2002 p11
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[8] Li L, Li, Y Q, Chi Q, Liu K, Zhang X B, Li J H 2014 7th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies-Optical Test and Measurement Technology and Equipment Harbin, Peoples R China, April 26–29, 2014 928232
[9] Xu M, Urbach H P, Bore D K G, Cornelissen H J 2005 Opt. Express 13 2303Google Scholar
[10] Sasaki T, Kushida H, Sakamoto K, Noda K, Okamoto H, Kawatsuki N, Ono H 2019 Opt. Commun. 431 63Google Scholar
[11] Nguyen D M, Lee D, Rho J 2017 Sci. Rep. 7 2611Google Scholar
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[15] Honkanen M, Kettunen V, Kuittinen M, Lautanen J, Turunen J, Schnabel B, Wyrowski F 1999 Appl. Phys. B 68 81Google Scholar
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Zhang C, Hu J P, Zhou R Y, Liu T C, Sergey A, Zeng A J, Huang H J 2019 Chin. J. Lasers 47 49Google Scholar
[19] Yu Z N, Deshpande P, Wu W, Wang J, Chou S Y 2000 Appl. Phys. Lett. 77 927Google Scholar
[20] Ekinci Y, Solak H H, David C, Sigg H 2006 Opt. Express 14 2323Google Scholar
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Chu J K, Wang Q Y, Wang Z W, Wang LD 2015 Acta Phys. Sin. 64 164206Google Scholar
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[24] Ebbesen T W, Lezec H J, Ghaemi H F, Thio T, Wol P A 1998 Nature 391 667Google Scholar
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Tan C L, Yi Y X, Wang G P 2002 Acta Phys. Sin. 51 1063Google Scholar
[26] Cao Q, Lalanne P 2002 Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 057403Google Scholar
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Chu P X, Zhang Y B, Chen J X 2020 Acta Phys. Sin. 69 134205Google Scholar
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[29] Yaremchuk Y, Fitio V, Bobitski Y 2017 Semicond. Phys. Quantum Electron. Optoelectron. 20 85Google Scholar
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Zhou Y, Shen S, Ye Y, Pu D L, Chen L S 2010 Acta Optic. Sin. 30 1158Google Scholar
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Wang Y W, Liu M L, Liu R J, Lei H N, Deng X B 2010 Acta Phys. Sin. 59 4030Google Scholar
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