Imaging Diagnostics of Debris from Double Pulse Laser-Produced Tin Plasma for EUV Light Source
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The dynamics of debris from laser produced Tin (Sn) plasma was investigated for EUV light source. The kinetic behaviors of the Sn atoms and of the dense particles from Sn droplet target irradiated by double pulses from the Nd:YAG laser and the CO2 laser were also investigated by the laser-induced fluorescence imaging method and a high-speed imaging, respectively. After the pre-pulse irradiation of the Nd:YAG laser, the Sn atoms were ejected in all direction from the target with a speed of as fast as 20 km/s and the dense particle cloud expanded by a reaction force due to the plasma expansion with a speed of approximately 500 m/s. The expanding target was subsequently irradiated by the main-pulse of CO2 laser and the dense cloud was almost disappeared by main-pulse irradiation.
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