Reversible optical storage utilizing pulsed, photoinduced, electric-field-assisted reorientation of azobenzenes

We demonstrate a method of permanent optical recording of digital data which exploits a fast photoisomerization of nonlinear molecules, followed by a slow permanent alignment within a polymer. Write and erase cycles are initiated by rapidly photoisomerizing azobenzene molecules into an intermediate...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 1995-04, Vol.66 (17), p.2156-2158
Main Authors: Hill, R. A., Dreher, S., Knoesen, A., Yankelevich, D. R.
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