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Grayscale photolithography with phase change material photomasks

Grayscale photolithography with phase change material photomasks
Grayscale photolithography with phase change material photomasks
Here we report a grayscale photolithography technique using phase change materials, by inducing a multi-level refractive-index-changing phase-transition with femtosecond pulses. The grayscale phase change materials are used as the photomasks to locally change the exposure dose to enable shaping photoresist contour and developing 3D silicon structures. Unlike traditional photomasks, the transmission efficiency of phase change material masks can be tailored to arbitrary grayscale levels with submicron lateral resolution, and the spatial pattern can be optically reconfigured on demand.
Wang, Qian
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Yuan, Guanghui
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Kiang, Kian
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Sun, Kai
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Gholipour, Behrad
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Rogers, Edward
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Huang, Kevin Chung-Che
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Ang, S.S.
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Zheludev, Nikolai
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Teng, Jinghua
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Wang, Qian
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Yuan, Guanghui
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Kiang, Kian
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Sun, Kai
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Gholipour, Behrad
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Rogers, Edward
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Huang, Kevin Chung-Che
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Ang, S.S.
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Zheludev, Nikolai
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Teng, Jinghua
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Wang, Qian, Yuan, Guanghui, Kiang, Kian, Sun, Kai, Gholipour, Behrad, Rogers, Edward, Huang, Kevin Chung-Che, Ang, S.S., Zheludev, Nikolai and Teng, Jinghua (2017) Grayscale photolithography with phase change material photomasks. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO Pacific Rim), , Singapore. 31 Jul - 04 Aug 2017.

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Abstract

Here we report a grayscale photolithography technique using phase change materials, by inducing a multi-level refractive-index-changing phase-transition with femtosecond pulses. The grayscale phase change materials are used as the photomasks to locally change the exposure dose to enable shaping photoresist contour and developing 3D silicon structures. Unlike traditional photomasks, the transmission efficiency of phase change material masks can be tailored to arbitrary grayscale levels with submicron lateral resolution, and the spatial pattern can be optically reconfigured on demand.

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Accepted/In Press date: 24 April 2017
Published date: 31 July 2017
Venue - Dates: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO Pacific Rim), , Singapore, 2017-07-31 - 2017-08-04
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

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Local EPrints ID: 408079
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/408079
PURE UUID: 1f6547fb-1267-440b-8c3a-5e92080a6131
ORCID for Kian Kiang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7326-909X
ORCID for Kevin Chung-Che Huang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-2463
ORCID for Nikolai Zheludev: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-6636

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Date deposited: 11 May 2017 01:05
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 05:17

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Author: Qian Wang
Author: Guanghui Yuan
Author: Kian Kiang ORCID iD
Author: Kai Sun
Author: Behrad Gholipour
Author: Edward Rogers
Author: S.S. Ang
Author: Jinghua Teng

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