Long lifetime of two-color nonvolatile holograms in near-stoichiometric lithium tantalate crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5362, Issue , 2004, Pages 107-110

  Kitamura, K ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Takekawa, S ^a   Hatano, H ^b   Furukawa, Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Pioneer ^*  (Japan)

^c Oxide Corporation ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Holographic data storage; Lifetime; Near stoichiometric lithium tantalate; Two color holography

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTALS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXTRAPOLATION; HOLOGRAMS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTONS; STOICHIOMETRY;

HOLOGRAPHIC DATA STORAGE; LIFETIME; NEAR-STOICHIOMETRIC LITHIUM TANTALATE; TWO-COLOR HOLOGRAPHY;

NONVOLATILE STORAGE;

EID: 3543117187     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.528686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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