Extended Nijboer-Zernike (ENZ) based mask imaging : efficient coupling of electromagnetic field solvers and the ENZ imaging algorithm

O.T.A. Janssen, S. Haver, van, A.J.E.M. Janssen, J.J.M. Braat, H.P. Urbach, S.F. Pereira

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Abstract

Results are presented of mask imaging using the Extended Nijboer-Zernike (ENZ) theory of diffraction. We show that the efficiency of a mask imaging algorithm, derived from this theory, can be increased. By adjusting the basic Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) algorithm, we can calculate the near field of isolated mask structures efficiently, without resorting to periodic domains. In addition, the calculations for the points on the entrance sphere of the imaging system can be done separately with a Fourier transformed Stratton-Chu near-to-far-field transformation. By clever sampling in the radial direction of the entrance pupil, the computational effort is already reduced by at least a factor of 4.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings Optical Microlithography XXI, 26 - 29 February 2008, San Jose, California
Place of PublicationBellingham
PublisherSPIE
Pages692410-1/9
ISBN (Print)9780819471093
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE
Volume6924
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

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