Three-dimensional optical data storage in a novel photochromic material with two-photon writing and one-photon readout

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Zhou, Yongjun ^a   Tang, Huohong ^a   Huang, Wenhao ^a   Xia, Andong ^a,b   Sun, Fan ^c   Zhang, Fushi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dwell time; Readout power; Three dimensional optical data storage; Two photon excitation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS;

DWELL TIME; READOUT POWER; THREE DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; TWO PHOTON EXCITATION;

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 24744448633     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1869992     Document Type: Article

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