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We have fabricated 30-nm lines on 200-nm centers in CaF2 using a scanning transmission electron microscope. The lines were written by electron beam radiolysis of a fine grain polycrystalline CaF2 film and reaction to CaO followed by development in H2O.
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Mankiewich et al. (1984) studied this question.
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