Nano-fabrication of azopolymer by scanning near-field optical microscope.

Deformation of an organic photosensitive azopolymer by near-field light generated by an optical fiber probe with a very small aperture diameter of about 50 nm is studied. The azopolymer is deformed in response to the polarization state of the light incident on the probe. If the probe aperture diameter is made smaller, the mark shape can be made smaller but the probe must be moved closer to the material. However, the mark width is about 6 times the probe aperture diameter. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electron Comm Jpn Pt 2, 87(3): 55–61, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (<URL>www.interscience.wiley.com</URL>). DOI 10.1002/ecjb.10129 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]