Increasing the spatial resolution of direct laser writing of diffractive structures on thin films of titanium group metals

Victor P. Korolkov; Andrey G. Sedukhin; Dmitry A. Belousov; Ruslan V. Shimansky; Vladimir N. Khomutov; Sergey L. Mikerin; Evgeny V. Spesivtsev; Roman I. Kutz

doi:10.1117/12.2520978

23 April 2019 Increasing the spatial resolution of direct laser writing of diffractive structures on thin films of titanium group metals

Victor P. Korolkov, Andrey G. Sedukhin, Dmitry A. Belousov, Ruslan V. Shimansky, Vladimir N. Khomutov, Sergey L. Mikerin, Evgeny V. Spesivtsev, Roman I. Kutz

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Proceedings Volume 11030, Holography: Advances and Modern Trends VI; 110300A (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520978
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2019, Prague, Czech Republic

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The important effects, techniques, and factors are considered that aim to increase the spatial resolution of a scanning direct laser writing of diffractive structures on thin films of transition metals from titanium group (Ti, Zr, and Hf). The writing process is based on metal oxidation under the thermal action of a tightly focused laser beam. Scanning speed of the laser beam and film thickness were varied to get a regime of through oxidation (TO) of the metal film under laser heating. It results in strong increase of the film transmission in exposed area. TO ensures a strong threshold due to feedback connected with decreasing of laser power absorption near center of focused gaussian laser spot. To the best of our knowledge, the direct laser writing of amplitude diffractive structures on Zr and Hf films were performed for the first time. The new regime of direct laser writing on thin Zr films was revealed. It allows forming tracks with width of 100 nm and less at laser spot diameter of 700 nm and laser wavelength of 532 nm. In this work, the spectral dependence of the refractive index and extinction coefficient of hafnium films was first experimentally determined in the wavelength range of 250–1100 nm.

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Victor P. Korolkov, Andrey G. Sedukhin, Dmitry A. Belousov, Ruslan V. Shimansky, Vladimir N. Khomutov, Sergey L. Mikerin, Evgeny V. Spesivtsev, and Roman I. Kutz "Increasing the spatial resolution of direct laser writing of diffractive structures on thin films of titanium group metals", Proc. SPIE 11030, Holography: Advances and Modern Trends VI, 110300A (23 April 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520978

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