Integrated Photonics Fabrication

Our process enables researchers and industrial professionals to rapidly prototype integrated photonic circuits. Devices are manufactured using a state-of-the-art 100 keV electron beam lithography system.

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X-Ray Optics

The highest quality x-ray optics with proven resolution, efficiency and reliability at low costs for soft and hard x-rays for ptychography, STXM, TXM and phase contrast imaging.

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Calibration Standards

The ANT calibration standard was designed for the highest resolution requirements of X-Ray imaging systems with nanoscale features. Available for both soft and hard X-Ray regimes, EUV and optical setups.

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Gratings

Custom transmission gratings for EUV and higher energy X-ray systems. Our direct-write, fast through-put process allows for higher resolution gratings from several hundred micrometres to millimetres.

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Metalens Fabrication

Compact, lightweight, and high performance flat optical components with high-resolution subwavelength features in the visible and near-infrared spectra are manufactured using high throughput electron beam lithography.

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High Efficiency

We can fabricate your custom optic out of a variety of different materials to maximize the efficiency

High Resolution

We use the latest in electron beam lithography technology to pattern features down to 10 nm

Low Cost

With the most common zone plate specifications kept in stock and custom optics that are made to order we can deliver the highest quality with low costs

Fresnel Zone Plates

Zone plate optics for ptychography, phase contrast, and scanning microscopy in soft and hard X-ray regimes

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High Resolution

Our calibration standards can be fabricated to have features as small as 12 nm

Custom Designs

Using state of the art electron beam technology to pattern designs we can put your logo onto our standard layout or your own custom layout

X-Ray, EUV and visible light

We can fabricate our calibration standards with a variety of feature sizes and various substrates related to the imaging application.

Calibration Targets

The ANT calibration standard was designed for the highest resolution requirements of X-Ray imaging systems with nanoscale features. Available for both soft and hard X-Ray regimes, EUV and optical setups.

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High Resolution

We have the capability to pattern lines down to a resolution of 20 nm half pitch or 50,000 line pairs/mm (lp/mm).

High aspect ratio

Using the latest technology in high-resolution direct-write patterning and electron beam lithography allows for custom pattern fabrication and for high-efficiency gratings for hard X-ray applications

Custom Applications

Our custom gratings can be used in synchrotron and lab-based systems for a range of applications. Contact us for more details for your specific needs

Gratings

Custom transmission gratings for EUV and higher energy X-ray systems. Our direct-write, fast through-put process allows for higher resolution gratings from several hundred micrometres to millimetres. Various metals can be fabricated on thin membranes of Si3N4, SiC, or Si.

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Multi-Project Wafer Runs

Standard options include cladding oxide, metallization, and edge couplers.

Custom Dedicated Runs

Fully customized to suit your needs with many options available.

Rapid Fabrication

Turnaround time from design submission to delivery as short as three weeks.

Integrated Photonics

We are an integrated photonics foundry specializing in rapid turnaround prototyping and low-to-mid volume production. By using state-of-the-art electron beam lithography, we achieve features sizes of 60 nm. Our online design submission system is user-friendly and we offer a process design kit for our fabrication service.

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High Resolution

Electron beam lithography patterning allows features as small as 100 nm.

Custom Dedicated Runs

An array of process customization options are available to suit your meta-optics needs.

Rapid Fabrication

Turnaround time from design submission to delivery in as little as eight weeks.

Metalenses

Applied Nanotools’ metalens foundry specializes in rapid turnaround prototyping and low-to-mid volume production. By using direct write electron beam lithography, we achieve feature sizes down to 100 nm to accommodate many applications for flat optics. While our standard meta-optical elements are composed of amorphous Si on fused silica substrates, other various materials may be used.

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Ultra high resolution features

Critical dimensions down to 10 nm for X-Ray Zone Plates

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Proven performance of our photonic integrated circuits

Read about how the devices we fabricate are being used to push new boundaries

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