Essilor International (compagnie Generale D'optique)

Ecole Polytechnique

Georges Lampel

Jacques Peretti

Jean-Pierre Boilot

Frédéric Chaput

Shailendra Bansropun

Khalid Lahlil

Nathalie Landraud

Daniel Paget

Viatcheslav Safarov

Alistair Rowe

Bruno Gerard

The invention is directed to a spin-polarized electron injector using a semiconductor tip, in which tip the injected electrons are photocreated by a circularly polarized light excitation incident on the rear of the tip. This tip is supported by a transparent lever or cantilever and undergoes a surface treatment for the purpose of removing the surface oxide layer, to prevent said layer from reforming and to improve the proportion of injected electrons.

Local injector of spin-polarized electrons with semiconductor tip under light excitation

The invention generally concerns a method involving emitting polarization light waves through an aperture with a dimension of maximum size lower than or equal to 100 nm, wherein the aperture is circumferentially bound by an opaque area that prevents the light waves from being propagated outside the aperture during use, and wherein the emitted polarization light waves (1) contact a material layer comprising a photosensitive compound whose surface is located at a distance lower than 100 nm from said aperture, and (2) induce a topographic modification of the material layer. In this manner, a stable structure is printed in relief in the material layer without requiring any additional development step. The invention is applicable, in certain embodiments, to ophthalmic optics.

Method for printing a near field photoinduced stable structure, and optical fibre tip for implementing same

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Georges Lampel