Systems and methods are disclosed for cleaning a chamber window of an
extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source. The window may have an inside
surface facing a chamber interior and an opposed outside surface and the
light source may generate debris by plasma formation. For the system, a
subsystem may be positioned outside the chamber and may be operable to
pass energy through the window to heat debris accumulating on the inside
surface of the window. In a first embodiment, the subsystem may place a
flowing, heated gas in contact with the outside surface of the window. In
another embodiment, electromagnetic radiation may be passed through the
window.