Confocal readout of three-dimensional data bits recorded by the photorefractive effect under single-photon and two-photon excitation

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2021-2029

  Min, G U ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA RECORDING; PHOTONS; READOUT SYSTEMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CONFOCAL READOUT; THREE DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL MEMORY;

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 0033349524     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.805918     Document Type: Article

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