We have investigated the potential of wide bandgap nitride tips, specifically GaN NWs as probes tips for AFM, FEL, STM. The use of GaN nanowires as probes creates the possibility of combining AFM and SPL tools, including STM, and NSOM, so that an ‘’universal multi-purpose probe’’ can be used for several lithography and microscopy techniques. We discuss how nanowires have been integrated with Si cantilevers to form the hybrid III-N and Si lithography probe. We have achieved 0.7 nm lithography features in STM mode, sub 7.5 nm lithography in FESPL mode, and optical waveguides into it to allow NSOM measurement and NSOM detection.
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