NOVEL BIPHOTONIC HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE IN A SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYESTER

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作者
RAMANUJAM, PS
HVILSTED, S
ANDRUZZI, F
机构
[1] RISO NATL LAB,DEPT MAT,POLYMER GRP,DK-4000 ROSKILDE,DENMARK
[2] UNIV PISA,DEPT CHEM ENGN,CNR,CTR STUDI PROC IONICI POLIMERIZZAIONE,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
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10.1063/1.108788
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report novel biphotonic holographic storage of text and gratings on unoriented films of a side-chain liquid crystalline polyester capable of high density storage and complete erasure. The holograms have a typical size of 1 mm. The recording utilizes unusual photochemistry involving azo dye molecules. We believe that this technique would have a great potential in the recording of thousands of holograms in a two-dimensional plane, as for instance in text retrieval systems and in the fabrication of high density interconnects in optical neural networks.
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页码:1041 / 1043
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