Fabrication of planar photonic crystals in chalcogenide glass film by maskless projection lithography

Ge20Sb15Se65 chalcogenide glass films were deposited and patterned using maskless projection lithography to create photonic crystal structures. This lithography technology, which is based on a digital micro-mirror device, is demonstrated as a powerful and low-cost tool to produce arbitrary intensity distributions to fabricate photonic devices. Direct photolithography in resist-free chalcogenide films was first studied, and results indicate that the quality of the products is insufficient. High-quality photonic crystals with sub-micrometer size were finally obtained in chalcogenide films with photoresist by maskless projection lithography and inductively coupled plasma technology.