Rapid profile reconstruction of phase defects via machine-learning regression model

He Ma; Fangrui Tan; Xiaobin Wu; Xiaoquan Han

doi:10.1117/12.2643028

1 December 2022 Rapid profile reconstruction of phase defects via machine-learning regression model

He Ma, Fangrui Tan, Xiaobin Wu, Xiaoquan Han

Proceedings Volume 12292, International Conference on Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography 2022; 122920R (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2643028
Event: SPIE Photomask Technology + EUV Lithography, 2022, Monterey, California, United States

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Abstract

For imaging methods based on Fourier transform, such as coherent diffraction imaging (CDI), in the case where the sampling rate of the diffraction data satisfies Nyquist sampling theorem, phase retrieval algorithm can effectively recover the phase lost in the image acquisition process. In general, ptychography is used to ensure the adequate sample. But in the imaging system of EUV mask defect inspection, the acquisition of more sampling data requires multiple exposures of the mask, which increases the sampling time resulting in low throughput and causes mask irradiation damage. To solve the problem, we propose a machine learning scheme to reconstruct the profile of phase defect using a single diffraction intensity. Combining the physical model of CDI and neural network framework, the method transforms the phase retrieval problem into a regression model of machine learning. Integrating the constraints of the traditional CDI and the gradient descent algorithms in neural network framework, our approach can accelerate the convergence of the model. The performance of the method is confirmed by comparing with the conventional iterative method in the condition of sufficient sampling rate. This novel method provides a new idea of combining computational imaging with machine learning, which can simplify the data acquisition process and accelerate the iteration of algorithm in EUV mask defect inspection.

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He Ma, Fangrui Tan, Xiaobin Wu, and Xiaoquan Han "Rapid profile reconstruction of phase defects via machine-learning regression model", Proc. SPIE 12292, International Conference on Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography 2022, 122920R (1 December 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2643028

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