Plasmonic lithography using phase mask

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9116430
APP PUB NO 20150177619A1
SERIAL NO

14229762

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In the proposed plasmonic nanolithography technique a transparent mask is brought into physical contact with a metal on a substrate that is coated with a photoresist. The mask is not made of metal or other material that supports surface plasmons. The metal layer is exposed to radiation of a characteristic vacuum wavelength through the mask and the photoresist or through the substrate. The mask features and the vacuum wavelength of the radiation are chosen so that the radiation excites surface plasmons at the interface between the metal and the photoresist. The excitation of surface plasmons allows for the exposure and generation of features which are well-below the free space diffraction limit and small compared to the size of the features in the mask.

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METAMATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES USA INC5880 WEST LAS POSITAS BOULIVARD SUITE 51 PLEASANTON CA 94588

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Barnard, Edward Redwood City, US 4 18
Kobrin, Boris Pleasanton, US 77 1968

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