Soft-X-Ray Projection Imaging Using a Laser Plasma Source,

Abstract

The feasibility of producing small feature sizes in resists using soft x-ray projection lithography has been demonstrated. Experiments by AT and T Bell Laboratories have achieved features small as 0.05 microns using a Schwarzschild objective and 140 angstrom radiation from an undulator at the National Synchrotron Light Source. We describe here a similar imaging system in which the illumination is derived from a high-fluence laser plasma source (LPS) of soft x-rays instead of a synchrotron radiation source. The laser plasma source has been shown to be a useful illumination source for soft x-ray microscopy.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 1992
Accession Number
ADP007239

Entities

People

  • D. A. Tichenor
  • G. D. Kubiak
  • M. E. Malinowski
  • R. H. Stulen
  • S. J. Haney

Organizations

  • Sandia National Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Illumination
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Light Sources
  • Lithography
  • Photolithography
  • Radiation
  • Soft X Rays
  • Synchrotron Radiation
  • Synchrotrons
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy