Figure 1

Linearly polarized laser beams for the structuring of carbazole-containing azopolymer thin films and exploitation of the fabricated microprotrusions that determine the polarization direction of the light. The white arrows in the initial laser beam intensity distributions show the linear polarization orientation. The white dashed lines in the generated diffraction patterns show the orientation of the line passing through the centers of the generated three light spots, coinciding with the polarization direction of the writing laser beam.