Subwavelength nanopatterning of photochromic diarylethene films

Precious Cantu, Nicole Brimhall, Trisha L. Andrew, Rossella Castagna, Chiara Bertarelli, Rajesh Menon

Applied Physics Letters · 2012 · 16 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

The resolution of optical patterning is constrained by the far-field diffraction limit. In this letter, we describe an approach that exploits the unique photo- and electro-chemistry of diarylethene photochromic molecules to overcome this diffraction limit and achieve sub-wavelength nanopatterning.

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