Few would expect the future of artificial intelligence (AI) to depend on Eindhoven, a quiet Dutch town. Yet just beyond its borders sits the headquarters of ASML, the only company that makes the ...
The semiconductor equipment giant ASML and electronics research center imec have opened a joint laboratory dedicated to high-numerical aperture (high-NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, seen by ...
MIT unveils implosion carving to shrink materials into nanoscale 3D photonic devices for visible light control.
Lithography, based on conventional ink-printing processes, is a technique for patterning a variety of layers, such as conductors, semiconductors, or dielectrics, on a surface. Nanopatterning stretches ...
The development of nanoelectronics has enabled operations at the nanoscale, resulting in the creation of smaller and more efficient electronic devices. Here, we offer a comprehensive summary of the ...
New type of EUV lithography using only four reflective mirrors overturns conventional technology and will contribute to advanced semiconductors at 7nm and below Okinawa Institute of Science and ...
After a period of delays, EUV pellicles are emerging and becoming a requirement in high-volume production of critical chips. At the same time, the pellicle landscape for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) ...
Laser pushed sails—ultrathin need reflective structures that are square meters but weight a gram. If the sails and the payload each weigh a gram, such a spacecraft could accelerate to one fifth of the ...
M. K. Sears, J. Bekaert, B. W. Smith, "Pupil wavefront manipulation for optical nanolithography", Proc. SPIE 8326, (2012) paper M. K. Sears, G. Fenger, J. Mailfert, B ...
Researchers have created a photonic device that provides programmable on-chip information processing without lithography, offering the speed of photonics augmented by superior accuracy and flexibility ...