Abstract

We evaluated the performances of Cr and amorphous Si (a-Si) films as light absorber materials for photomasks of near-field lithography on the basis of numerical studies using finite-difference time domain method and experimental results of fabrication process. With exposure experiments using both a Cr mask and an a-Si mask, fine performance of an a-Si near-field mask was demonstrated with respect to resolution. A half-pitch 32nm resist pattern of 120nm high was fabricated through the near-field lithography using the a-Si mask and a subsequent trilayer resist process.

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