Fresnel zone plates (FZPs) are significant optical objects for extreme ultraviolet and x-ray microscopy, both of which are powerful tools due to their high spatial resolution and large penetration depth. Fabrication of FZPs is challenging as it requires high accuracy to achieve the narrow outmost zone and large aspect ratio. The focused ion beam (FIB) has been practically demonstrated as a potential alternative to electron beam lithography for its precision, rapidness, and mask-free essence. However, the common redeposition effect in the FIB process is a major obstacle to distort actual patterns from designed ones, especially for FZPs with outmost zone width of 100 nm and simultaneously aspect ratio beyond 2. We proposed an efficient method noted as single-pixel line-assisted sputtering (SLAS) to eliminate redeposition
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