Fabrication of fused-silica sub-micron gratings with high aspect ratio by transfer holographic resist masks with ICP dry etching
B. WANG1,*
,
Y. LI2
Affiliation
- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
- English Education Center, Guangdong Peizheng College, Guangzhou 510830, China
Abstract
Sub-micron gratings have novel diffraction properties, including high-efficiency and polarization-dependent diffraction. The detailed fabrication process of fused-silica sub-micron gratings especially the grating mask was described, which can be fabricated using holographic interference recording and inductively coupled plasma (ICP) dry etching technology. Deep-etched fused-silica sub-micron gratings were obtained for period 890 nm with different depths, whose aspect ratios can reach the maximum 6.7 for an etched depth of 3.0 m. It demonstrates that the holographic recording together ICP etching is an effective method for fabricating fused-silica gratings, which are useful elements in a variety of optical systems.
Keywords
Sub-micron grating, Holography, Inductively coupled plasma, Fused silica.
Citation
B. WANG, Y. LI, Fabrication of fused-silica sub-micron gratings with high aspect ratio by transfer holographic resist masks with ICP dry etching, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 10, October 2010, pp.1465-1468 (2010).
Submitted at: Aug. 18, 2010
Accepted at: Oct. 14, 2010