Imaging Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation Using Nanodiamonds with Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation with wavelengths of 10-121 nm has drawn considerable attention recently for its use in photolithography to fabricate nanoelectronic chips. This study demonstrates, for the first time, fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs) with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers as scintillators to image and characterize EUV radiations. The FNDs employed are ∼100 nm in size; they form a uniform and stable thin film on an indium-tin-oxide-coated slide by electrospray deposition. The film is nonhygroscopic and photostable and can emit bright red fluorescence from NV0 centers when excited by EUV light. An FND-based imaging device has been developed and applied for beam diagnostics of 50 nm and 13.5 nm synchrotron radiations, achieving a spatial resolution of 30 μm using a film of ∼1 μm thickness. The noise equivalent power density is 29 μW/(cm2 Hz1/2) for the 13.5 nm radiation. The method is generally applicable to imaging EUV radiation from different sources.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Nano letters - 23(2023), 21 vom: 08. Nov., Seite 9811-9816

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Teng-I [VerfasserIn]
Hui, Yuen Yung [VerfasserIn]
Lo, Jen-Iu [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yu-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Yin-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Bing-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Huan-Cheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Above-bandgap excitation
Extreme ultraviolet radiation
Fluorescent nanodiamonds
Journal Article
Photolithography
Scintillators
Synchrotron radiation

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Date Revised 08.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02472

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362057249