Abstract
Parallel nanostructuring of a GeSbTe film may significantly improve the recording performance in data storage. In this paper, a method that permits direct and massively parallel nanopatterning of the substrate surface by laser irradiation is investigated. Polystyrene spherical particles were deposited on the surface in a monolayer array by self-assembly, The array was then irradiated with a 248-nm KrF laser. A sub-micron nanodent array can be obtained after single-pulse irradiation. These nanodents change their shapes at different laser energies. The optical near-field distribution around the particles was calculated according to the exact solution of the light-scattering problem. The influence of the presence of the substrate on the optical near field was also studied. The mechanisms for the generation of the nanodent structures are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1603-1606 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue number | 4-6 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2004 |