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A new optimization algorithm for the design of aperiodic multilayer mirror for 17.1 nm and 30.4 nm

HUAXIN ZHU1,* , JINSONG GAO2, TONGTONG WANG2, JINGLI ZHAO2, GUILIN LIU1, SHUAI LI1

Affiliation

  1. School of Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
  2. Key Laboratory of Optical System Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China

Abstract

A new algorithm, Genetic/Tabu hybrid algorithm (GTHA) to optimize the aperiodic multilayer mirrors which combines the advantages of genetic algorithm (GAs) with tabu search (TS) algorithm is proposed in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) range. Aperiodic multilayers are designed using GTHA for the selection of Fe-IX and He-II emission lines contrasting to the traditional periodic multilayers for a single wavelength. Materials of Mo and Si are selected for their high stability and fairly high reflectivity. High reflectance of 48.62% for the Fe-IX line (λ=17.1nm) and reflectance of 20.57% for the He-II line (λ=30.4nm) are reached by the new algorithm. Comparisons between aperiodic multilayers found by GTHA and the ones optimized using GAs indicate the effectiveness and reliability of the new hybrid algorithm. The aperiodic designs are compared with the periodic ones as well. And the aperiodic multilayers found by GTHA also have the better performance than periodic ones. The practicability of the aperiodic design optimized by GHTA is verified by the sensitivity analyses to thicknesses errors, which indicated it more feasible to fabricate the aperiodic multilayers in practice..

Keywords

Optical thin film, Optimization algorithm, Aperiodic multilayers.

Citation

HUAXIN ZHU, JINSONG GAO, TONGTONG WANG, JINGLI ZHAO, GUILIN LIU, SHUAI LI, A new optimization algorithm for the design of aperiodic multilayer mirror for 17.1 nm and 30.4 nm, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 7, 3-4, March-April 2013, pp.167-172 (2013).

Submitted at: Nov. 16, 2012

Accepted at: April 11, 2013