Fabrication of Electrostatic Electron Lens for Electron Beam Microcolumn using the Laser Micromachining

레이저 미세가공 기술을 이용한 초소형 전자빔 장치용 정전장 전자렌즈의 제작

  • Ahn, Seung-Jun (Department of Physics and Advanced Material Science, Sun Moon University) ;
  • Kim, Dae-Wook (Department of Physics and Advanced Material Science, Sun Moon University) ;
  • Kim, Ho-Seop (Department of Physics and Advanced Material Science, Sun Moon University) ;
  • Kim, Yeong-Jeong (Dvision of Materials Engineering, Sun Moon Univeristy) ;
  • Lee, Yong-San (Department of Physics,Daejin University)
  • 안승준 (선문대학교 자연과학대학 신소재과학부) ;
  • 김대욱 (선문대학교 자연과학대학 신소재과학부) ;
  • 김호섭 (선문대학교 자연과학대학 신소재과학부) ;
  • 김영정 (선문대학교 공과대학 재료공학부) ;
  • 이용산 (대진대학교 이공대학 물리학과)
  • Published : 2001.09.01

Abstract

For electron beam lithography and SEM(scanning electron microscopy) applications, miniaturized electrostatic lenses called a microcolumn have been fabricated. In this paper, we report the fabrication technique for 20~30$\mu\textrm{m}$ apertures of electron lenses based on silicon and Mo membrane using an active Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. Experimental conditions of laser micromachining for silicon and Mo membrane are improved. The geometrical structures, such as the diameter and the preciseness of the micron-size aperture are dependent upon the total energy of the laser pulse train, laser pulse width, and the diameter of laser spot.

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