摘要 |
A UV light source in which Xenon (Xe) gas is mixed with a substance which, in the temperature range in which 10-valent Xe.ions (Xe<10+>) occur, emits a number of free electrons from a molecule or an atom that at least half the number of electrons which are released from a Xe atom, and which at room temperature is molecular or atomic (for example Ar, Kr, Ne, N2 and NH3). A high voltage is applied in a pulse-like manner to the electrode on the ground side and the electrode on the high voltage side to produce a plasma with a high temperature and from which extreme UV light with a wavelength of 13.5 nm is formed and emitted. The invention can also be used an extreme UV light source of the capillary, plasma focus, and Z pinch types for example. <IMAGE>
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