Large area 50 nm period grating by multiple nanoimprint lithography and spatial frequency doubling.

The authors have developed an approach to fabricate large area 50 nm period gratings (22 nm linewidth) with low cost. The method used a fabrication cycle twice, each combining nanoimprint lithography with a spatial frequency doubling based on electroless plating, lift-off, and reactive ion etching. Hence by frequency doubling twice, we started with a 200 nm period grating mold and finished with a 50 nm period grating with a uniform area of 3 cm2—the largest achieved today. This method is scalable for the fabrication of even smaller period gratings over a large area, and is a viable low-cost technique for making nanoimprint lithography molds for high-throughput fabrication of 50 nm period grating or grid devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]