7 May 2019 Recent advances in 3- to 10-nm quantum optical lithography
Eugen Pavel, Gabriel Prodan, Virgil Marinescu, Roxana Trusca
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Abstract
Development of semiconductor technologies requires innovative approaches. Optical lithography, as a key element in this process, needs to be extended into the sub-10 nm range. Manipulation of matter in this range, in order to produce complex patterns, is a challenge for lithographic techniques. A diffraction-unlimited method (quantum optical lithography) for nanofabrication is detailed with applications in prototyping functional nanostructures. The writing method was applied to two different materials: resist and fluorescent glass–ceramics. Complex patterns (rectangles, triangles, and letters) with 3-nm linewidth were obtained on Si3N4 transmission electron microscopy grids covered by the resist.
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Eugen Pavel, Gabriel Prodan, Virgil Marinescu, and Roxana Trusca "Recent advances in 3- to 10-nm quantum optical lithography," Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS 18(2), 020501 (7 May 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMM.18.2.020501
Received: 21 February 2019; Accepted: 12 April 2019; Published: 7 May 2019
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KEYWORDS
Optical lithography

Transmission electron microscopy

Scanning electron microscopy

Silicon

Lithography

Nanostructures

Prototyping

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