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Restorative self-image of rough-line grids: application to coherent EUV Talbot lithography

Restorative self-image of rough-line grids: application to coherent EUV Talbot lithography
Restorative self-image of rough-line grids: application to coherent EUV Talbot lithography
Self-imaging is a well-known optical phenomenon produced by diffraction of a coherent beam in a periodic structure. The self-imaging effect (or Talbot effect) replicates the field intensity at a periodic mask in certain planes, effectively producing in those planes an image of the mask. However, the effect has not been analyzed for a rough-line grid from the point of view of the fidelity of the image. In this paper, we investigate the restorative effect of the self-image applied to the lithography of gratings with rough lines. This paper is applied to characterize a Talbot lithography experiment implemented in the extreme ultraviolet. With the self-imaging technique, a mask with grid patterns having bumps randomly placed along the line edges reproduces a grid pattern with smoothed line edges. Simulation explores the approach further for the cases of sub-100-nm pitch grids.
1943-0655
Kim, Hyunsu
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Li, Wei
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Marconi, Mario
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Brocklesby, William
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Juschkin, Larissa
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Kim, Hyunsu
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Li, Wei
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Marconi, Mario
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Brocklesby, William
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Juschkin, Larissa
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Kim, Hyunsu, Li, Wei, Marconi, Mario, Brocklesby, William and Juschkin, Larissa (2016) Restorative self-image of rough-line grids: application to coherent EUV Talbot lithography. IEEE Photonics Journal, 8 (3), [2600209]. (doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2016.2553847).

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Abstract

Self-imaging is a well-known optical phenomenon produced by diffraction of a coherent beam in a periodic structure. The self-imaging effect (or Talbot effect) replicates the field intensity at a periodic mask in certain planes, effectively producing in those planes an image of the mask. However, the effect has not been analyzed for a rough-line grid from the point of view of the fidelity of the image. In this paper, we investigate the restorative effect of the self-image applied to the lithography of gratings with rough lines. This paper is applied to characterize a Talbot lithography experiment implemented in the extreme ultraviolet. With the self-imaging technique, a mask with grid patterns having bumps randomly placed along the line edges reproduces a grid pattern with smoothed line edges. Simulation explores the approach further for the cases of sub-100-nm pitch grids.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 13 April 2016
Published date: June 2016
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 406798
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/406798
ISSN: 1943-0655
PURE UUID: b11a1b07-9c75-44b7-a5fc-a06223b5ee2a
ORCID for William Brocklesby: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2123-6712

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Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:39

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Author: Hyunsu Kim
Author: Wei Li
Author: Mario Marconi
Author: Larissa Juschkin

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