Abstract
We report the fabrication of a two-dimensional periodic structure made from the conjugated, fluorescent polymer poly(p-phenylene vinylene), PPV, by direct-write near-field lithography of a photosensitive precursor of the conjugated polymer. The precursor film is illuminated with ultraviolet radiation using the apertured fibre of a home-built scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM), and unexposed areas are subsequently dissolved in methanol. The fully conjugated polymer is obtained by thermal conversion under vacuum. The structure is approximately 10 mu m x 10 mu m, and consists of 30 nm tall pillars on a 330 nm periodicity lattice. We present a calculation of the photonic properties and propose that structures made with the method investigated here are promising candidates for photonic crystal lasers. We also report the results of preliminary investigations aimed at increasing the pillar height.
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