Fabrication of Nonperiodic Metasurfaces by Microlens Projection Lithography

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• 作者：Mathieu Gonidec ; Mahiar M. Hamedi ; Alex Nemiroski ; Luis M. Rubio ; Cesar Torres ; George M. Whitesides
• 刊名：Nano Letters
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 13, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：16
• 期：7
• 页码：4125-4132
• 全文大小：890K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1530-6992

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This paper describes a strategy that uses template-directed self-assembly of micrometer-scale microspheres to fabricate arrays of microlenses for projection photolithography of periodic, quasiperiodic, and aperiodic infrared metasurfaces. This method of “template-encoded microlens projection lithography” (TEMPL) enables rapid prototyping of planar, multiscale patterns of similarly shaped structures with critical dimensions down to ∼400 nm. Each of these structures is defined by local projection lithography with a single microsphere acting as a lens. This paper explores the use of TEMPL for the fabrication of a broad range of two-dimensional lattices with varying types of nonperiodic spatial distribution. The matching optical spectra of the fabricated and simulated metasurfaces confirm that TEMPL can produce structures that conform to expected optical behavior.