LabAdviser/Technology Research/Fabrication of Hyperbolic Metamaterials using Atomic Layer Deposition/TiO2 Q plates: Difference between revisions
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| | |RCA clean | ||
| | |Before Si deposition in LPCVD furnace, the quartz (fused silica) wafers need to be cleaned | ||
|[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/ | |[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Wafer_cleaning/RCA| RCA]] | ||
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| | |LPCVD of Si | ||
| | |LPCVD deposition of 300 nm amorphous Si | ||
|[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/ | |[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Thin_film_deposition/Furnace_LPCVD_PolySilicon| 6" LPCVD polysilicon furnace (E2)]]. | ||
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| | |Si anisotropic wet etch | ||
| | |Removal of the Si from the back side of the wafer. | ||
| [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Etch/ | | [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Etch/KOH_Etch|KOH]]. | ||
|[[image: | |[[image:Image1_Si_on_SiO2.jpg|250x350px|center|]] | ||
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|Plasma surface treatment | |Plasma surface treatment | ||
|To ensure that remainings | |To ensure that all organic remainings are gone, wafer is treated by O<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> plasma. (Optional step) | ||
|[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Lithography/Strip#Plasma_Asher_2| Plasma Asher 2]] | | | ||
[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Lithography/Strip#Plasma_Asher_2| Plasma Asher 2]] | |||
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[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Lithography/Strip#Plasma_asher| Plasma Asher 1]] | |||
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| | |E-beam lithography (EBL) | ||
| | |Spin-coating of CSAR resist to the thickness of 150 nm, followed by e-beam exposure. | ||
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[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/ | [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Lithography/EBeamLithography/JEOL_JBX-9500FSZ|JEOL JBX-9500 Electron-beam]] | ||
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| | |Advanced Silicon Etching | ||
| | |Creating sacrificial silicon template. | ||
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[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Etch/ASE_(Advanced_Silicon_Etch)|ASE]] | |||
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!1.7 | !1.7 | ||
|Scanning Electron Microscopy inspection | |Scanning Electron Microscopy inspection | ||
| | |The fabricated template inspects by SEM | ||
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[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/SEM_Supra_1|SEM Supra 1]] | [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/SEM_Supra_1|SEM Supra 1]] | ||
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[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/SEM_Supra_3|SEM Supra 3]] | [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/SEM_Supra_3|SEM Supra 3]] | ||
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| | |Plasma surface treatment | ||
| | |To ensure that all organic remainings are gone, template is treated by O<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> plasma. (Optional step) | ||
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[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Lithography/Strip#Plasma_Asher_2| Plasma Asher 2]] | |||
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|Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO<sub>2</sub> | |||
|Deposition carried at 150C.Thickness is approx. 90 nm. | |||
||Equipment used: [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Thin_film_deposition/ALD_Picosun_R200|ALD Picosun R200]]. Standard recipe used: [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Thin_film_deposition/ALD_Picosun_R200/TiO2_deposition_using_ALD#TiO2_deposition_on_trenches| TiO2T]] . | |||
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|Ion beam etching (IBE). | |||
|Opening of deposited TiO<sub>2</sub> top layer using recipe [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Etch/IBE⁄IBSD_Ionfab_300/IBE_Ti_etch|"Ti acceptance"]] there the stage was placed to 0<sup>o</sup> degree. The back side of the wafer also needs to be exposed to etching. | |||
|[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Etch/IBE⁄IBSD_Ionfab_300|IBE/IBSD Ionfab 300]] | |||
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|Scanning Electron Microscopy inspection | |Scanning Electron Microscopy inspection | ||
| | |SEM inspection of ALD deposition and IBE etching. | ||
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[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/SEM_Supra_3|SEM Supra 3]] | [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/SEM_Supra_3|SEM Supra 3]] | ||
|[[image: | |[[image:top_removal_q_plates.jpg|250x350px|center]] | ||
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|Selective etch of Si between ALD | |Selective etch of Si between ALD TiO<sub>2</sub> coatings. | ||
|Si etching proceeds using | |Si etching proceeds using Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) with isotropic process based on SF<sub>f</sub> process gas. | ||
||Equipment used: [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Etch/ | ||Equipment used: [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Etch/RIE_(Reactive_Ion_Etch)|RIE2]]. | ||
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|Scanning Electron Microscopy inspection of fabricated structure. | |Scanning Electron Microscopy inspection of fabricated structure. | ||
|Proof of final result. | |Proof of final result. | ||
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[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/SEM_Supra_3|SEM Supra 3]] | [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/SEM_Supra_3|SEM Supra 3]] | ||
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