Transient population dynamics of nanoparticles during pulsed EUV exposures

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Autores principales: Chaudhuri, M., Heijmans, L. C. J., Yakunin, A. M., Krainov, P., Astakhov, D., van de Kerkhof, M.
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Publicado: 2025
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author Chaudhuri, M.
Heijmans, L. C. J.
Yakunin, A. M.
Krainov, P.
Astakhov, D.
van de Kerkhof, M.
author_facet Chaudhuri, M.
Heijmans, L. C. J.
Yakunin, A. M.
Krainov, P.
Astakhov, D.
van de Kerkhof, M.
contents The transient population dynamics of charged (postive or negative) and neutral nanoparticles have been investigated in a pulsed Extreme Ultra-Violet (EUV) exposure environment with 3DPIC simulations. At the initial stage of the simulation, all the particles are kept neutral. As the number of EUV pulses increases over time, the population of neutral particle decreases faster at the expense of negatively charged particle generation outside the beam location. However, a small population (< 1%) of neutral particles become positively charged due to EUV photon interaction within the beam area and remains in steady state over time. The critical pulse numbers have been estimated for different nanometer size particles above which most of the particles outside the beam locations become negatively charged: smaller is the particle size, larger is the critical pulse number.
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spellingShingle Transient population dynamics of nanoparticles during pulsed EUV exposures
Chaudhuri, M.
Heijmans, L. C. J.
Yakunin, A. M.
Krainov, P.
Astakhov, D.
van de Kerkhof, M.
Plasma Physics
The transient population dynamics of charged (postive or negative) and neutral nanoparticles have been investigated in a pulsed Extreme Ultra-Violet (EUV) exposure environment with 3DPIC simulations. At the initial stage of the simulation, all the particles are kept neutral. As the number of EUV pulses increases over time, the population of neutral particle decreases faster at the expense of negatively charged particle generation outside the beam location. However, a small population (< 1%) of neutral particles become positively charged due to EUV photon interaction within the beam area and remains in steady state over time. The critical pulse numbers have been estimated for different nanometer size particles above which most of the particles outside the beam locations become negatively charged: smaller is the particle size, larger is the critical pulse number.
title Transient population dynamics of nanoparticles during pulsed EUV exposures
topic Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.05971