Rewritable optical data storage in azobenzene copolymers

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 9896-9901

  Gindre, Denis ^a   Boeglin, Alex ^a   Fort, Alain ^a   Mager, Loïc ^a   Dorkenoo, Kokou D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CHROMOPHORES; DATA RECORDING; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; ISOMERIZATION; THIN FILMS;

DEPOLING; FEMTOSECOND NEAR IR LASER SOURCE; IRRADIATION POWER; PHOTON ABSORPTION;

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 33750337531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009896     Document Type: Article

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