Patent attributes
An extreme ultraviolet light generation device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a chamber; a mirror configured to condense extreme ultraviolet light radiated from plasma generated by irradiating a target supplied into the chamber with a laser beam; an electromagnet disposed outside the chamber to form a magnetic field between a generation region of the plasma in the chamber and the mirror; a current inversion device configured to invert the direction of current flowing through the electromagnet; and a controller configured to control the current inversion device to invert the direction of the current when a set condition is satisfied.