WO2010059050A1 - Fibre optique, procédé de préparation de celle-ci et dispositif associé - Google Patents

Fibre optique, procédé de préparation de celle-ci et dispositif associé Download PDF

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WO2010059050A1
WO2010059050A1 PCT/NL2009/050701 NL2009050701W WO2010059050A1 WO 2010059050 A1 WO2010059050 A1 WO 2010059050A1 NL 2009050701 W NL2009050701 W NL 2009050701W WO 2010059050 A1 WO2010059050 A1 WO 2010059050A1
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Davide Iannuzzi
Andrius PETRUŠIS
Jan Hendrik Rector
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03F—PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
    • G03F7/00—Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printing surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
    • G03F7/0005—Production of optical devices or components in so far as characterised by the lithographic processes or materials used therefor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G02B6/02057—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating comprising gratings
    • G02B6/02061—Grating external to the fibre and in contact with the fibre, e.g. evanescently coupled, gratings applied to the fibre end
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/262—Optical details of coupling light into, or out of, or between fibre ends, e.g. special fibre end shapes or associated optical elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03F—PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
    • G03F7/00—Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printing surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
    • G03F7/70—Microphotolithographic exposure; Apparatus therefor
    • G03F7/70216—Mask projection systems
    • G03F7/7035—Proximity or contact printers

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  • the invention provides an optical fiber, a method for the preparation thereof, and a device.
  • Optical lithography is one of the most widespread micromachining processes in silicon based technologies such as integrated circuits and MicroElectroMechanical Systems (See for example G. T. A. Kovacs, Micromachined transducers sourcebookD (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1998).).
  • the application of this process for the fabrication of patterns on top of optical fibers requires a precise alignment of the lithography mask to the centre of the fiber, which is a too cumbersome operation if standard photolithography mask aligners are to be used.
  • OBJECT AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As a first exemplary procedure in the way to solve this problem, it is possible to provide an exemplary embodiment of a process and system which can facilitate a series production of arbitrary patterns on a photoresist layer deposited on the cleaved end of an optical fiber or other surfaces.
  • Such exemplary system and method can utilize an align-and-shine photolithography procedure according to the invention.
  • the align-and- shine photolithography technique is based on the idea to combine standard optical lithography with the opto-mechanical methods developed for optical fiber fusion splicing or similar automatic alignment processes.
  • the invention provides an optical fiber, wherein a distal end of the optical fiber is provided with an optical mask adapted for projecting a predetermined pattern on a target surface by radiation transmitted from the distal end of the optical fiber.
  • a masked optical fiber having a specific pattern can be used to selectively irradiate a photoresist material deposited on a target surface, in particular the distal end of a target optical fiber.
  • the optical fiber according to the invention enables to construct patterns or structures in a fast and convenient way.
  • functional patterns or structures can be applied to surface of a target fiber, for instance optically functional elements or patterns, adding functionalities such as a collimator, diffractor, diffuser, filter or other patterns capable of influencing radiation such as visible light, that may be transmitted through the target fiber.
  • the optical fiber according to the invention also allows for applying functional patterns or structures to other surfaces, for instance optical elements such as mirrors and filter surfaces.
  • the predetermined pattern has a resolution smaller than 100 nm, allowing to apply fine patterns to relatively small surfaces, which are necessary to obtain certain optical effects.
  • Photoresist materials may be either positive or negative photoresist materials.
  • Positive photoresist materials are characterised in that the portion of the photoresist exposed to irradiation (typically UV-light) becomes soluble to a solvent, and the exposed portion may be washed off afterwards.
  • the portion of the photoresist that is unexposed to the irradiation remains insoluble to the solvent and remains on the target surface.
  • a negative resist is a type of photoresist in which the portion of the photoresist that is exposed to irradiation becomes insoluble to the solvent (for instance by curing or crosslinking a polymer), whereas the unexposed portion may be washed off.
  • photoresist materials are PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate), PMGI (PolyMethylGlutahmide), DNQ/Novolac (a phenol formaldehyde resin), and SU-8 (an epoxy-based negative photoresist).
  • the predetermined pattern is adapted for projecting at least part of a nanoantenna structure.
  • a nanoantenna structure comprises at least one nanoantenna element, or preferably an array of nanoantenna elements protruding from a surface, which may be adapted, for example to serve as chemical sensors, in particular when the surface is chemically modified according to known techniques.
  • Such nanoantennae may be used in analytical techniques, in particular to perform surface enhanced raman spectroscopy.
  • the predetermined pattern is adapted for projecting a Fresnel lens pattern.
  • a Fresnel lens pattern may be used to focus or shape light at the exit of a patterned surface.
  • the predetermined pattern is adapted for projecting a wavelength grating pattern.
  • a wavelength grating pattern causes diffraction in electromagnetic radiation of suitable wavelength.
  • the predetermined pattern is adapted for projecting at least one layer of a three-dimensional structure or for projecting a protective layer in the construction of a three-dimensional layer.
  • a predetermined pattern is adapted for applying a selective protective layer at a target surface in the layerwise construction of a three-dimensional structure.
  • the method according to the invention is particularly useful for rapidly applying selectively protective layers on the target fiber, after which the actual structural material layers such as silicon may be applied by conventional techniques for instance vapor-deposition techniques.
  • the protective layer may be removed, for instance by a suitable chemical agent. For instance certain polymer materials such as PMMA may be removed by organic solvents such as acetone.
  • the optical mask is adapted for projecting a predetermined pattern on a target surface, the target surface being a distal end of a target optical fiber.
  • a masked optical fiber enables the easy application of the predetermined pattern using a photoresist material on the distal end of the target optical fiber, for instance by selective radiation through the optical mask onto a positive or negative photoresist material, and subsequent removal of soluble material, leaving the predetermined pattern on the target surface.
  • Distal end of optical fibers typically have a diameter in the range from a few mm to as small as the ⁇ m range, thus the pattern provided by the optical mask may be of similar proportions.
  • the optical mask is made out of a metallic material.
  • Metallic materials provide a durable opaque mask having a good durability. Suitable metallic materials include silver, gold, chromium, titanium and alloys thereof, which may be applied by deposition methods including sputtering and thermal and ebeam evaporation techniques.
  • the optical fiber is adapted for transmitting radiation suitable for treating photoresist materials, preferably suitable for transmitting ultraviolet radiation.
  • Multimode optical fibers are particularly suitable. Such radiation selectively treats portions of the photoresist material on a target surface irradiated through the optical mask according to the invention.
  • Typical wavelengths for known treating photoresist material are in the blue and ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically having a wavelength shorter than 500 nm.
  • the invention further provides a method for the preparation of an optical fiber according to the invention, comprising the process steps of providing a distal end of the fiber, and applying a mask material on the distal end of the fiber in a predetermined pattern to form an optical mask.
  • the providing of the distal end may include cutting or otherwise treatment of the distal end to provide a regular, preferably flat perpendicular surface.
  • the applying of the mask may include the application of mask material to the distal end of the fiber, and subsequently the selective removal of a part of the applied mask material according to the predetermined pattern, for instance by laser ablation and/or focussed ion beam milling.
  • the invention further provides a method for applying a predetermined pattern to a target surface, preferably the distal end of a target optical fiber, comprising the steps of: - providing a masked optical fiber, wherein a distal end of the masked optical fiber is provided with an optical mask having a predetermined pattern, application of a layer of photoresist material to at least part of the target surface, positioning the distal end of the optical fiber with respect to the part of the target surface provided with photoresist material, the application of suitable irradiation through the masked optical fiber to obtain the predetermined pattern in at least part of the photoresist material on the target surface, and the removal of redundant photoresist material.
  • This method allows for a rapid, easy replication of the predetermined pattern on target surfaces.
  • the target surface is a distal end of a target optical fiber.
  • the preferred patterns have an optical functionality.
  • the invention also provides an optical fiber obtainable by the method described above, wherein the distal end of the optical fiber is provided with a predetermined pattern made of a selectively irradiated photoresist material.
  • the method according to the invention is suitable for applying essentially two- dimensional structures to a surface. Such structures can usually be made using only one masked optical fiber.
  • a further adaptation of the method according to the invention also provides a method for layerwise construction of a three dimensional structure on a target surface, wherein the steps according to claim 10 are repeated with the same or multiple different masked optical fibers having predetermined patterns adapted to form a predetermined three dimensional structure when the layers are stacked
  • the method according to the invention may be performed combining protective layers and structural layers with sacrificial material layers.
  • Sacrificial layers are layers temporarily applied to support structural layers during the construction process, and are easily removed afterwards using a suitable chemical agent.
  • the method comprises the steps of growing and patterning alternate layers of sacrificial materials and structural materials on the target fiber.
  • sacrificial e.g., phosphosilicate glass, silicon dioxide, et cetera
  • structural e.g., silicon, silicon dioxide, silicon nitride
  • Complex three dimensional structures can be obtained by such a method, in a way similar to what is commonly already done in MicroElectroMechanical Systems technology.
  • the method allows for rapid serial production of patterns or three dimensional elements on a surface, which offers excellent control of the thickness of structural and sacrificial layers, at a relatively high pattern resolution.
  • the method is applied to the distal end of an optical fiber.
  • the optical fiber obtainable by the method the invention has a distal end provided with a three-dimensional structure.
  • the three-dimensional structure enables unusual functionalities, such as optomechanical transducers for biochemical sensors, chemical sensors, temperature sensors, humidity sensors and atomic force microscopy.
  • the three-dimensional structure is a cantilever structure, which enables measurements of chemical and/or physical parameters (e.g., biochemical detection or chemical composition analysis, acceleration measurements, vibration measurements, force measurements, temperature measurements, humidity measurements, nanoscale imaging via atomic force microscopy, et cetera) with the distal end of an optical fiber.
  • chemical and/or physical parameters e.g., biochemical detection or chemical composition analysis, acceleration measurements, vibration measurements, force measurements, temperature measurements, humidity measurements, nanoscale imaging via atomic force microscopy, et cetera
  • the invention further provides a device for applying a predetermined pattern to a target surface, comprising at least one optical fiber having a distal end provided with an optical mask having a predetermined pattern, at least one source of radiation connected to the optical fiber for transmitting radiation towards the distal end of the optical fiber, and alignment means preferably an image-based alignment controller, for aligning the distal end of the optical fiber with respect to a target surface, preferably with respect to a distal end of a target optical fiber.
  • a device would be capable of performing the method according to the invention to provide optical fibers with a predetermined pattern with optical or other functionality in a cost-effective and fast way.
  • the device according to the invention could be partially based on known image-based fiber alignment devices for aligning optical fibers, by adding functionalities and programming the device to perform the method according to the invention.
  • Parameters for alignment of the pattern, application of photoresist to the distal end of the target fiber, irradiating with appropriate light/irradiation for a sufficient time, and washing away the soluble material while retaining the predetermined pattern, are all steps not incorporated in known fiber- aligning machines.
  • the device comprises multiple optical fibers having a distal end provided with an optical mask having a predetermined pattern, wherein the fibers have different predetermined patterns.
  • Such a device would enable to construct three dimensional structures on a target fiber surface according to the invention as described above. Accordingly, exemplary embodiments of the system and method for facilitating the series production of arbitrary photolithography patterns on optical fibers according to the present invention has been described herein above. It is within the scope of the present invention to use the exemplary principles described herein also for photo or thermoplastic nanoimphnting lithography (S. Y. Chou, P. R. Krauss, and P. J. Renstrom, tanprint of sub -25 nm vias and trenches in polymerspAppl.
  • Fig. 1 shows a flow diagram of an exemplary embodiment of the align-and-shine photolithography procedure according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 2 shows prospective view of an exemplary focused ion beam image of the masked optical fiber used to demonstrate the feasibility of the align-and-shine photolithography process.
  • Fig. 3 shows an exemplary cross sectional optical microscope image of a photoresist pattern on top of the target fiber.
  • Figure 4a-4e shows the method applying patterns on a target fiber with different functionalities.
  • Figures 5a)-5l) show the use of the method according to the invention using protective layers, structural layers, and sacrificial layers in the construction of complex three dimensional elements on top of an optical fiber.
  • Fig. 1 shows a flow diagram of an exemplary embodiment of the align-and-shine photolithography procedure according to the present invention.
  • a masked fiber could be an ultraviolet multimode fiber which can be first coated with a metallic layer, which metallic layer may then selectively be removed only along the pattern that must be reproduced on the target fiber.
  • the target fiber (on a right side of Fig. 1 ) can be coated with photoresist.
  • the lithography shadow mask can be fabricated directly on the cleaved end of the ultraviolet multimode fiber (e.g., the mask fiber), which may be aligned with another fiber coated with photoresist (e.g., the target fiber).
  • Such two fibers may be mounted on an optical splicing machine, where they can be aligned and brought to contact.
  • the pattern may be transferred from the mask fiber to the target fiber by shining, e.g., an ultraviolet light from the opposite side of the mask fiber.
  • the target fiber can then be immersed in a developing solution, where the parts of the photoresist exposed to light may be washed away, as in standard photolithography techniques (G. T. A. Kovacs, Mi cromachined transducers sourcebookD(McGraw -Hill, New York, 1998).).
  • the alignment and the movement to contact can for instance be performed using exemplary image-based active fiber alignment processes used in commercially available optical fiber splicing machine (A. D.
  • a mask fiber For example, a 230 ⁇ m diameter ultraviolet multimode fiber (e.g., Newport F-MBB) can be coated with a 100 nm silver layer and mounted inside a focused ion beam (FIB) milling machine, which can be used to remove the metallic layer along the pattern that we intended to transfer to other fibers (e.g., a cross).
  • FIB focused ion beam
  • the mask can be fabricated also with other methods, such as, but not limited to, laser ablation.
  • FIG. 2 shows prospective view of an exemplary focused ion beam image of the mask fiber used to demonstrate the feasibility of the align-and-shine photolithography process.
  • the facet of such illustrated fiber can be coated with a silver layer, e.g., everywhere except from the central cross, where metal is removed with focused ion beam milling.
  • an FIB image of the fiber can be obtained as it may appear at the end of the exemplary milling procedure, just before such fiber is removed from the FIB machine and mounted on one of the two holders of an optical fiber fusion splicing machine (e.g., Ericsson FSU 905).
  • an optical fiber fusion splicing machine e.g., Ericsson FSU 905
  • mount the target fiber D for example a 125 ⁇ m diameter single mode fiber (e.g., Corning SM 128) coated with photoresist (e.g., Micro Resist Technology ma-P 1205).
  • the coating can be deposited by dipping the fiber in a solution of acetone and photoresist.
  • the fiber may be then left in air at room temperature for -15 minutes to let acetone slowly evaporate, and then backed for 5 minutes at 60 C and for 3 minutes at 100 C to cure/harden the photoresist.).
  • the two fibers can then be aligned and brought to contact using the mechanical controls of the splicing machine.
  • the light of an ultraviolet lamp e.g., Norland Opticure 4
  • the photoresist may be developed according to standard lithography procedures. The result of this exemplary process is shown in Fig. 3.
  • Fig. 3 shows an exemplary cross sectional optical microscope image of a photoresist pattern on top of the target fiber, e.g., at the conclusion of the exemplary align-and-shine photolithography process according to the present invention.
  • the diameter of this illustrated fiber can be about 125 ⁇ m, while the diameter of the mask fiber may be 230 ⁇ m.
  • the pattern of the mask fiber has been successfully transferred to the target fiber.
  • the exemplary embodiment of the align-and-shine system and method can facilitate a transfer of the pattern of the mask to the target fiber. Similar results can be obtained when the exemplary process is repeated with the same mask fiber on other target fibers.
  • Figure 4a-4e shows the method applying patterns on a target fiber having optical functionality.
  • Figure 4a shows the distal end of an optical fiber 1 , provided with a mask material 2, for instance silver.
  • a pattern 3 is obtained by selective removal of the mask material 2.
  • the pattern 3 as shown in figure 4b provides an aperture which allows the passage of UV radiation from the fiber 1 , in order to treat positive or negative photoresist material deposited on a target surface.
  • the pattern 3 is conveyed to the photoresist material, and may have various optical or other functionalities.
  • figure 4c shows an optical grating structure 4.
  • Figure 4d shows an array of microantennae 5, appearing like a dotted pattern when shown from above.
  • Figure 4e shows a Fresnel lens pattern 6.
  • Figures 5a)-5l) show the use of the method according to the invention using protective layers, structural layers, and sacrificial layers in the construction of complex three dimensional elements on top of an optical fiber.
  • a cantilever structure is constructed, which may be used in various sensor applications.
  • the subsequent steps in the figures show only one application, many other three-dimensional elements may be constructed using the technical principles of the invention. It is understood the method according to the invention may be applied to various target surfaces, and is not restricted to the construction of three dimensional elements on distal ends of fibers.
  • Figure 5a shows a distal end of an optical fiber 10, obtained for instance by cleaving/splicing.
  • a sacrificial material for instance phosphosilicate glass
  • a first layer of photoresist protective material is applied (fig. 5c), which by using the align-and shine method according to the invention is selectively irradiated in a pattern 13 which only partially exposes the underlying sacrificial material.
  • exposed parts of the sacrificial material 11 are removed by etching 14, inducing the predetermined pattern of the protective layer 12 onto the sacrificial material 11.
  • the temporary protective layer 12 is removed, for instance by a solvent, and subsequently a first layer of actual structural material 15 (for example silicon nitride) is applied, for instance by vapor deposition techniques, following the shape of the exposed surfaces of the fiber 10 and the sacrificial layer 11 (fig. 5g).
  • a first layer of actual structural material 15 for example silicon nitride
  • another layer of protective photoresist material 12 is applied (fig. 5h), which again is selectively irradiated by the align-and-shine method according to the invention, and redundant photoresist material is removed to obtain a second pattern 16 which partially exposes the structural material layer 15 (fig. 5i).
  • Etching 14 results in selective removal of structural material 15 and optionally also part of the underlying sacrificial material (depending on the etching intensity and duration), forming the pattern according to the second protective layer 12 in the structural material (fig. 5j).
  • the protective layer 12 is removed to yield a shaped layer of structural material 15partially supported by the sacrificial material 11 (fig. 5k).
  • the sacrificial material 11 is finally removed to yield a three dimensional structure disposed at the distal end of the fiber 10, in this case the cantilever structure shown in figure 5I.

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L'invention porte sur une fibre optique et sur un procédé pour la préparation de celle-ci, et sur un dispositif associé. Une fibre optique, dont une extrémité distale comporte un masque optique pouvant projeter un motif prédéterminé sur une surface cible par rayonnement transmis de l'extrémité distale de la fibre optique, permet l'application rapide de motifs et de structures tridimensionnelles sur des surfaces cibles, en particulier sur les extrémités de fibres optiques.
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