Direct laser writing is a popular method for mask-less lithography that already achieved commercial grade. However, it is still challenging to realize homogeneously exposed structures on 3D-shaped substrates. A common source of the variation in exposure is a changing distance of the substrate surface with the photoresist towards the plane of the narrowest waist of the exposure beam. To tackle this issue, we propose a differential confocal probe that employs a spatially modulated pinhole. This phase-modulated lock-in principle enables highly resolved depth sensing without ambiguity about the direction of the deviation from the focal plane. However, the modulation contrast must be high enough to achieve this, which is why the measuring beam passes the pinhole twice. This probe is integrated into the nanopositioning and nanomeasuring machine via a position-based controller. We demonstrate the capability to follow 10◦ inclined substrates.
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