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Photo-chemical etching on silicon-carbide by using KrF excimer laser and Xe{sub 2}* excimer lamp

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OSTI ID:490887
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  1. Tokai Univ., Hiratsuka, Kanagawa (Japan)
Silicon-carbide (SiC) has excellent refractivity in the range of soft X-ray and is well-used as a diffraction grating for Synchrotron-radiation (SR) light. This material has a high melting point, hardness and chemical stability. Therefore, etching of the material by chemical or physical methods is very difficult. The authors reported a photo-chemical etching method in which a SiC surface is placed in NF{sub 3} laser light of 248 nm perpendicularly on the sample surface. The Xe{sub 2}* excimer lamp light are employed for NF{sub 3} gas decomposition, and KrF laser light used for excitation on the sample surface. This photochemical etching reaction are detected by XPS, QMS and FTIR measurements. This method achieved 0.18 {angstrom}/shot in etching efficiency, and became maximum approximately 7 times as high as ArF laser light for photodecomposition.
OSTI ID:
490887
Report Number(s):
CONF-951155--; ISBN 1-55899-300-2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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