Breaking the Far-Field Diffraction Limit in Optical Nanopatterning via Repeated Photochemical and Electrochemical Transitions in Photochromic Molecules

By saturating a photochromic transition with a nodal illumination (wavelength, λ), one isomeric form of a small molecule is spatially localized to a region smaller than the far-field diffraction limit. A selective oxidation step effectively locks this pattern allowing repeated patterning. Using this...

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Main Authors: Brimhall, Nicole (Author), Manthena, Rajakumar Varma (Author), Menon, Rajesh (Author), Andrew, Trisha Lionel (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society (APS), 2012-03-23T17:30:18Z.
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520 |a By saturating a photochromic transition with a nodal illumination (wavelength, λ), one isomeric form of a small molecule is spatially localized to a region smaller than the far-field diffraction limit. A selective oxidation step effectively locks this pattern allowing repeated patterning. Using this approach and a two-beam interferometer, we demonstrate isolated lines as narrow as λ/8 (78 nm) and spacing between features as narrow as λ/4 (153 nm). This is considerably smaller than the minimum far-field diffraction limit of λ/2. Most significantly, nanopatterning is achieved via single-photon reactions and at low light levels, which in turn allow for high throughput. 
520 |a Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) Initiative 
520 |a United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Contract No. N66001-10-1-4065) 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) 
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773 |t Physical Review Letters