Rainbow holograms design, optimization and fabrication at KERI
Press Release
International team consisting of specialists from KERI Nanocenter (Miryang,
Rep. of Korea), from 3SMK (Seoul, Rep. of Korea), from Interface (Moscow, Russia)
and from IMT RAS (Chernogolovka, Russia) were successful in design, optimization
and fabrication of high quality rainbow holograms. The rainbow holograms consist
of diffraction gratings of variable duty cycle with a minimum stroke size of
50 nm. These gratings cover the whole area of the cylindrical stamp.
They used:
"RainBow" software for hologram design/optimization and lithographic
data preparation (Interface, IMT RAS)
original technology for metal stamp fabrication (cylindrical technology,
KERI);
homemade (KERI) original technology for imprinting in plastic media
The technology jointly developed has a set of advantages in comparison:
to common optical (dot-matrix) method as producing holograms of higher quality
and
to usage of industrial e-beam lithography systems as much more cost effective
tool.
As result Korean parties (KERI NanoCenter and 3SMK) have leased out "RainBow"
software and in their part Russian partners performed training to hologram
design/optimization and provided support for e-beam lithography.
Fig.1 SEM based electron lithography provides fabrication of hologram of
highest quality (with stroke width from 50nm) on a cylindrical mold (with
area about 30 cm by 30 cm).
Nano Process Research Center is a division of the Korea Electrotechnology
Research Institute (KERI) in Miryang (Rep. of Korea). Center researches in
the field of fabrication and the associated process system of a large area
nano cylindrical mold which is the core technology for nano printing technology.
The main research topics are cylindrical nano lithography utilizing magnetic
levitation, cylindrical plasma nano-etching, and the application technologies
utilizing nano cylinder mold.
About 3SMK
3SMK (Seoul, Rep of Korea) - small private company established for promoting
scientific developments to industrial production.
About Interface www.interface.ru
Interface, Moscow is the Russian leading supplier of tools and solutions for
ERP systems and Hi-Tech solutions for nanotechnology. Company provides a full
range of services aimed at improving the efficiency and sustainability of
the business, helping to implement progressive changes in the organizations.
About IMT RAS www.iptm.ru
The Institute of Microelectronics Technology RAS (Chernogolovka, Russia) performs
research in the fields of:
physical principles and technology of device structures of micro-and nanoelectronics;
development of the foundations of materials science and technology of hardware components of micro and nanosystems;
the physical principles of the elemental base of the nanoelectronics and quantum computers.