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Development of high-repetition-rate ArF excimer lasers is vital requirement for achieving high throughput and high energy-dose stability in a scanner system. ArF　excimer laser, with increasing light pulse duration, can reduce the peak power without the energy-dose change. Then, the spectral bandwidth ΔλFWHM becomes narrower by increasing the number of light round trips in a cavity, and optical damage is reduced from high-peak power. Laser operation exceeding 4  kHz is needed for next-generation technologies that can enable high numerical aperture and development of high-throughput scanners. In the present work, we examined the possibilities of achieving a repetition rate to 6  kHz from 4  kHz in the ArF laser the authors developed, taking the following innovations. The spatial width of discharge region was reduced by about 30%. The uniform gas flow condition between the electrodes was obtained by improving gas flow guides. As a result, we have obtained an average power of 42  W, a standard deviation for pulse-to-pulse energy of 3.5%, and an integral-square pulse width Tis of 44  ns at 6  kHz for ΔλFWHM<0.40  pm. Finally, it was concluded that developing a 6  kHz ArF excimer laser for the next-generation sub-65  nm lithography is feasible

High-repetition-rate (6kHz) and long-pulse-duration (50ns) ArF excimer laser for sub-65nm lithography