Abstract

We study two photon absorption (TPA) induced surface relief formation in an azo-polymer thin film by illumination of picosecond near-infrared optical vortex pulses with the corresponding intensity of >5 GW/cm2 at the focal plane. We discover, for the first time, that the optical vortex creates an unexpected flower-shaped surface relief with 3-8 petals along an azimuthal direction, corresponding to the topological charge of the incident optical vortex. This surface relief manifests the modulational instability associated with nonlinear light-matter interaction in the azo-polymer film.

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