Dear all,

we need to etch deep holes into a Si wafer (with a 500nm surface oxide) that
already has sensitive Nb structures on top.

The etching alone works mostly fine with first RIE through the oxide and then
hot KOH. However, the KOH also dissolves our photoresist and then attacks the
niobium.

We already tried placing a baked-out PMMA layer between niobium and
photoresist, but that didn't help too much.

Do you have any advice for this?
Are there any photoresists around that are KOH-stable?
What other protective could be used that later are easily removed?

Best,
Andreas

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