Enhancement of diffraction efficiency and storage life of poly(vinyl chloride)-based optical recording medium with incorporation of an electron donor

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 346-350

  John, Beena Mary ^a   Ushamani, M ^a,b   Sreekumar, K ^a   Joseph, Rani ^a   Kartha, C Sudha ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b St Theresa's College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON DONOR; METHYLENE BLUE;

OPTICAL RECORDING;

EID: 33847326852     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.000346     Document Type: Article

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