Organic materials for UV holographic and digital storage

P. S. Ramanujam; B. Lohse; Rolf H. Berg

doi:10.1117/12.677015

9 June 2006 Organic materials for UV holographic and digital storage

P. S. Ramanujam, B. Lohse, Rolf H. Berg

Proceedings Volume 6252, Holography 2005: International Conference on Holography, Optical Recording, and Processing of Information; 62520V (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.677015
Event: Holography 2005: International Conference on Holography, Optical Recording, and Processing of Information, 2005, Varna, Bulgaria

Abstract

We demonstrate the possibility of photodimerizable chromophores attached to a short alkyl chain as a potential medium for high capacity digital optical storage. A large increase in transmission from 4% to 70% is obtained in 20 s when irradiated with a 5 mW unfocused laser beam at 257 nm in a thin film of 1-(6-Bromohexyl)uracil. Through theoretical simulations, we show that the interaction cross-section is 6 10^-18 cm² at a photon dose of 9 10¹⁶ photons cm^-2 s^-1. We also investigate the formation of holographic diffraction grating in a film, obtaining an efficiency of 16%, mainly due to a surface relief grating.

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P. S. Ramanujam, B. Lohse, and Rolf H. Berg "Organic materials for UV holographic and digital storage", Proc. SPIE 6252, Holography 2005: International Conference on Holography, Optical Recording, and Processing of Information, 62520V (9 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.677015

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