• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 10, Issue 1, 24 (2014)
Man-man TIAN1, Jia-jia MI1, Jian-ping SHI1、*, Nan-nan WEI1, Ling-li ZHAN1, Wan-xia HUANG1, Ze-wen ZUO1, Chang-tao WANG2, and Xian-gang LUO2
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Physics and Electronic Information, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies for Microfabrication, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-014-3172-1 Cite this Article
    TIAN Man-man, MI Jia-jia, SHI Jian-ping, WEI Nan-nan, ZHAN Ling-li, HUANG Wan-xia, ZUO Ze-wen, WANG Chang-tao, LUO Xian-gang. 248 nm imaging photolithography assisted by surface plasmon polariton interference[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2014, 10(1): 24 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A new photolithography technique for 248 nm based on the interference of surface plasmon waves is proposed and demonstrated by using computer simulations. The basic structure consists of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) interference mask and multi-layer film superlens. Using the amplification effect of superlens on evanescent wave, the near field SPP interference pattern is imaged to the far field, and then is exposed on photo resist (PR). The simulation results based on finite difference time domain (FDTD) method show that the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the interference pattern is about 19 nm when the p-polarization light from 248 nm source is vertically incident to the structure. Meanwhile, the focal depth is 150 nm for negative PR and 60 nm for positive PR, which is much greater than that in usual SPP photolithography.
    TIAN Man-man, MI Jia-jia, SHI Jian-ping, WEI Nan-nan, ZHAN Ling-li, HUANG Wan-xia, ZUO Ze-wen, WANG Chang-tao, LUO Xian-gang. 248 nm imaging photolithography assisted by surface plasmon polariton interference[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2014, 10(1): 24
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