Optical Kerr effect in photochromic media

Andrei B. Fedotov; Nikolai I. Koroteev; S. A. Magnitskii; A. N. Naumov; Dmitri A. Sidorov-Biryukov; Alexei M. Zheltikov

doi:10.1117/12.340089

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28 January 1999 Optical Kerr effect in photochromic media

Andrei B. Fedotov, Nikolai I. Koroteev, S. A. Magnitskii, A. N. Naumov, Dmitri A. Sidorov-Biryukov, Alexei M. Zheltikov

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Proceedings Volume 3733, ICONO '98: Nonlinear Optical Phenomena and Coherent Optics in Information Technologies; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.340089
Event: ICONO '98: Laser Spectroscopy and Optical Diagnostics: Novel Trends and Applications in Laser Chemistry, Biophysics, and Biomedicine, 1998, Moscow, Russian Federation

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Characteristics of optical Kerr effect in spiropyran solution are investigated. Optical Kerr effect is demonstrated to be a promising technique for nondestructive data reading in 3-D optical memory systems, based on photochromic media.

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Andrei B. Fedotov, Nikolai I. Koroteev, S. A. Magnitskii, A. N. Naumov, Dmitri A. Sidorov-Biryukov, and Alexei M. Zheltikov "Optical Kerr effect in photochromic media", Proc. SPIE 3733, ICONO '98: Nonlinear Optical Phenomena and Coherent Optics in Information Technologies, (28 January 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.340089

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