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Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2023
Applicant:

Kla Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

John Szilagyi, Livermore, CA (US);

Ilya Bezel, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

KLA Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 65/04 (2006.01); H01J 61/02 (2006.01); H01J 61/16 (2006.01); H01J 61/28 (2006.01); H01J 61/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 65/042 (2013.01); H01J 61/025 (2013.01); H01J 61/16 (2013.01); H01J 61/28 (2013.01); H01J 61/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

A laser-sustained broadband light source includes a gas containment structure and multiple jet nozzles. The jet nozzles are configured to direct multiple liquid jets of plasma-forming material in directions to collide with one another within the gas containment structure. The laser-sustained broadband light source further includes a laser pump source configured to generate an optical pump to sustain a plasma in a region of the gas containment structure at a collision point of the plurality of liquid jets and a light collector element configured to collect broadband light emitted from the plasma.


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