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Recently, the unique possibilities of processing such materials using a structured laser beam were demonstrated, which revealed the key role of the distribution of polarization and the longitudinal component of light in determining the shape of the nano- and microstructures formed on the surfaces of thin azopolymer films. Here, we present numerical and experimental results demonstrating the high polarization sensitivity of thin azopolymer films to the local polarization state of an illuminating structured laser beam consisting of a set of light spots. To form such arrays of spots with a controlled distribution of polarization, different polarization states of laser beams, both homogeneous and locally inhomogeneous, were used. The results obtained show the possibility of implementing a parallel non-uniform patterning of thin azopolymer films depending on the polarization distribution of the illuminating laser beam. We believe that the demonstrated results will not only make it possible to implement the simultaneous detection of local polarization states of complex-shaped light fields but will also be used for the high-performance fabrication of diffractive optical elements and metasurfaces.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23010112","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,23]],"date-time":"2022-12-23T01:42:13Z","timestamp":1671759733000},"page":"112","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Polarization-Sensitive Patterning of Azopolymer Thin Films Using Multiple Structured Laser Beams"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Alexey P.","family":"Porfirev","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS\u2014Branch of the FSRC \u201cCrystallography and Photonics\u201d RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6765-4373","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Svetlana N.","family":"Khonina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS\u2014Branch of the FSRC \u201cCrystallography and Photonics\u201d RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nikolay A.","family":"Ivliev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS\u2014Branch of the FSRC \u201cCrystallography and Photonics\u201d RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sergey A.","family":"Fomchenkov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS\u2014Branch of the FSRC \u201cCrystallography and Photonics\u201d RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Denis P.","family":"Porfirev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS\u2014Branch of the FSRC \u201cCrystallography and Photonics\u201d RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sergey V.","family":"Karpeev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS\u2014Branch of the FSRC \u201cCrystallography and Photonics\u201d RAS, 443001 Samara, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"948","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apsusc.2019.04.048","article-title":"High-Throughput Micropatterning of Plasmonic Surfaces by Multiplexed Femtosecond Laser Pulses for Advanced IR-Sensing Applications","volume":"484","author":"Kudryashov","year":"2019","journal-title":"Appl. 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