Laminate comprising a relief structure forming layer and a manufacturing method for same

A method of manufacturing a laminate comprising a relief structure forming layer having a principal surface including first and second regions, and a first layer provided either only in the second region or in the second region as well as in part of the first region of the relief structure forming layer, wherein the method comprises:

• a step (a) of forming the relief structure forming layer comprising
• the first region having an indented structure extending in a first direction or a direction tilted by an angle within 10 degrees to left or right from the first direction in a plan view, and
• the second region having at least one of a flat surface and an indented structure extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction or a direction tilted by an angle within 65 degrees to left or right from the second direction in a plan view;
• a step (b) of forming a first material laminate having a surface shape corresponding to a surface shape of the relief structure forming layer, by depositing a first material different from a material of the relief structure forming layer in first and second regions of the relief structure forming layer;
• a step (c) of locating the first material laminate in a vapor-phase deposition apparatus such that the first direction in the step (a) coincides with a direction of conveyance of the first material laminate;
• a step (d) of forming a second material laminate by conveying the located first material laminate and performing vapor-phase deposition of a second material different from the first material from an oblique direction onto a surface of the first material laminate on which the first material is deposited;
• a step (e) of forming a laminate comprising the first layer and a second layer in this order, the layers being provided either only in the second region or in the second region and in part of the first region of the relief structure forming layer, by exposing the second material laminate to a reactive gas or a reactive liquid being reactive with the first material;
• and
• a step (f) of removing the second layer from the laminate formed in the step (e).