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Three-dimensional deep sub-diffraction optical beam lithography with 9 nm feature size

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  • Zongsong Gan

    (Centre for Micro-Photonics and CUDOS, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, P. O. Box 218)

  • Yaoyu Cao

    (Centre for Micro-Photonics and CUDOS, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, P. O. Box 218)

  • Richard A. Evans

    (CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Bag 10)

  • Min Gu

    (Centre for Micro-Photonics and CUDOS, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, P. O. Box 218)

Abstract

The current nanofabrication techniques including electron beam lithography provide fabrication resolution in the nanometre range. The major limitation of these techniques is their incapability of arbitrary three-dimensional nanofabrication. This has stimulated the rapid development of far-field three-dimensional optical beam lithography where a laser beam is focused for maskless direct writing. However, the diffraction nature of light is a barrier for achieving nanometre feature and resolution in optical beam lithography. Here we report on three-dimensional optical beam lithography with 9 nm feature size and 52 nm two-line resolution in a newly developed two-photon absorption resin with high mechanical strength. The revealed dependence of the feature size and the two-line resolution confirms that they can reach deep sub-diffraction scale but are limited by the mechanical strength of the new resin. Our result has paved the way towards portable three-dimensional maskless laser direct writing with resolution fully comparable to electron beam lithography.

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  • Zongsong Gan & Yaoyu Cao & Richard A. Evans & Min Gu, 2013. "Three-dimensional deep sub-diffraction optical beam lithography with 9 nm feature size," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-7, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms3061
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3061
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    1. Feng Jin & Jie Liu & Yuan-Yuan Zhao & Xian-Zi Dong & Mei-Ling Zheng & Xuan-Ming Duan, 2022. "λ/30 inorganic features achieved by multi-photon 3D lithography," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.

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