Orientational stability of azobenzene-containing materials in polarization recording

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 2 PART 2, 2008, Pages 1203-1207

  Barada, Daisuke ^a,b   Fukuda, Takashi ^b   Sumimura, Hiroshi ^c   Itoh, Masahide ^c   Yatagai, Toyohiko ^a,c  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Molecular reorientation; Optical data storage; Photoinduced birefringence; Photoinduced chirality; Photoisomerization cycle

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ANISOTROPY; DATA RECORDING; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL RECORDING; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ELLIPTICALLY POLARIZED LIGHT; EXCITATION LIGHT; MEASURING; MOLECULAR REORIENTATION; MOLECULAR REORIENTATIONS; OPTICAL DATUM; ORIENTATIONAL STABILITIES; PHOTOINDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; PHOTOINDUCED CHIRALITY; POLARIZATION STATES; PROBE LIGHT; SIDE CHAINS; STOKES PARAMETERS;

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 54249162958     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.47.1203     Document Type: Article

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