Light induced conch-shaped relief in an azo-polymer film

We have discovered that a novel chiral structured surface relief (termed ‘conch'-shaped surface relief) with a height of over 1 μm can be formed in an azo-polymer film merely by employing circularly polarized optical vortex irradiation with a total angular momentum of j = ±2. The temporal evolu...

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Main Authors: Watabe, Mizuki, Juman, Guzhaliayi, Miyamoto, Katsuhiko, Omatsu, Takashige
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945491/