Fluorescence readout of near-field photochromic memory

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 4419-4424

  Tsujioka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Irie, Masahiro ^b  

^a SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001039507     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.004419     Document Type: Article

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