To improve grating manufacturing process controllability in scanning
beam interference lithography (SBIL), a novel method for exposure dose
monitoring and control is proposed. Several zones in a narrow
monitoring region are fabricated on a grating substrate by piecewise
uniform scanning. Two monitoring modes are given based on the
different widths of the monitoring region. The monitoring curve of the
latent image diffraction efficiency to scanning velocity is calculated
by rigorous coupled wave analysis. The calculation results show that
the exposure dose in SBIL can be monitored by the shape change of the
monitoring curve, and an optimized scanning velocity can be selected
in the monitoring curve to control the exposure dose.