Ad. Xia et al., ULTRAFINE PATTERN X-RAY MASK FABRICATED USING THE SIDEWALL METHOD, Journal of vacuum science & technology. B, Microelectronics and nanometer structures processing, measurement and phenomena, 14(5), 1996, pp. 3391-3392
A 50 nm line x-ray mask was fabricated by using a sidewall process. Th
e gold film which was taken as an absorber was deposited by ion-beam s
puttering onto the very vertical sidewall surfaces of a polyimide grat
ing. It was demonstrated that the smoothness and the small sidewall an
gle play an important role in the fabrication of the higher resolution
x-ray mask using sidewall methods. (C) 1996 American Vacuum Society.