EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION APPARATUS AND EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION METHOD

摘要

An EUV light generation method includes: (1) a step of supplying a target material into a chamber; and (b) a step of generating EUV light from plasma generated by irradiating the target material with a laser beam. The spatial light intensity distribution of the laser beam may be arranged so as to provide a low intensity region with a light intensity lower than a light intensity at a position away from the beam axis by a predetermined distance is present within an area extending for the predetermined distance from the beam axis.