Forward and Backward Detectable Gray-Scale Data Storage System in Polymeric Material
Author(s) -
Emel Sungur,
D. Carrara,
Grégory Taupier,
Alain Fort,
L. Mager,
Alberto Barsella,
Kokou D. Dorkenoo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advances in optoelectronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.118
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1687-5648
pISSN - 1687-563X
DOI - 10.1155/2009/967613
Subject(s) - femtosecond , thin film , grayscale , materials science , optics , microscopy , polymer , binary number , infrared , analytical chemistry (journal) , laser , chemistry , nanotechnology , pixel , physics , mathematics , composite material , organic chemistry , arithmetic
We describe a fast way to encode a gray-scale image with quadratic properties in polymer thin film doped with azo dye. Under a two photon microscopy setup, we induced disorientation in corona-poled azo dye copolymer thin films by a focused near infrared (IR) femtosecond laser beam of variable exposure time. In situ, the sample was then scan to detect the second harmonic signal. We have also tested the backward detection which can provide reading and writing through a single microscope objective. In addition, we were able to store binary 3D information in the bulk of a 50 μm thick film of the same material
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