Reversible optical storage using all-optical poling technique in azopolymer film

Gang Xu; Qiguang Yang; Xuchun Liu; Jinhai Si; Peixian Ye; Zhaohui Li; Yuequan Shen

doi:10.1117/12.318237

14 August 1998 Reversible optical storage using all-optical poling technique in azopolymer film

Gang Xu, Qiguang Yang, Xuchun Liu, Jinhai Si, Peixian Ye, Zhaohui Li, Yuequan Shen

Proceedings Volume 3556, Electro-Optic and Second Harmonic Generation Materials, Devices, and Applications II; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.318237
Event: Photonics China '98, 1998, Beijing, China

Abstract

Employing all-optical poling technique, we propose a novel method of optical storage based on the mechanism of photoinduced isomerization and reorientation of azobenzenes. The recording of an optical binary image was experimentally demonstrated in an azo-dye doped polymer film. The recorded information can be permanently stored and also can be erased rapidly with a circularly polarized light. Furthermore, a wavelength conversion of optical image can be obtained using such method.

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Gang Xu, Qiguang Yang, Xuchun Liu, Jinhai Si, Peixian Ye, Zhaohui Li, and Yuequan Shen "Reversible optical storage using all-optical poling technique in azopolymer film", Proc. SPIE 3556, Electro-Optic and Second Harmonic Generation Materials, Devices, and Applications II, (14 August 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.318237

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