A new plasma source configuration, coaxial source, has been developed at th
e Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suitable for ion and electron beam
lithography applications. The: axial ion energy spread and electron tempera
ture of the multicusp ion source have been reduced considerably from 2 and
0.3 eV to a record low of 0.6 eV by employing a coaxial source arrangement.
Results of ion projection lithographic exposure at the Fraunhofer Institut
e demonstrate that feature size less than 65 nm can be achieved by using a
filter-equipped multicusp ion source. Langmuir probe measurements also show
that very low energy spread electron beams can be obtained with the multic
usp plasma generator. (C) 1998 American Vacuum Society.