Maskless photolithography: Embossed photoresist as its own optical element

Kateri E. Paul, Tricia L. Breen, Joanna Aizenberg, George M. Whitesides
1998 Applied Physics Letters  
This letter demonstrates that features embossed on the surface of a layer of photoresist can direct UV light in the photoresist layer. These topographical features act as optical elements: they focus/ disperse and phase shift incident light in the optical near field, inside the resist layer. A number of different surface topographies have been examined, which give 50-250 nm features after exposure and development. This method gives patterns of complex features over large areas, in a parallel
more » ... cess, that can then be transferred into silicon or metal. It provides a method for controlling the intensity of light inside a thin film of photoresist.
doi:10.1063/1.122621 fatcat:alfeke7ixzh2dhvv2nsayfdr2e