Thin-film coatings for flexible optical data storage

Several copper vanadium oxide melts were tested for possible application as the active medium in phase-change optical data storage devices. These materials were melted in the bulk and then quenched. Their phase development was characterized to help determine their applicability to optical data storage. It was found that they satisfy many of the criteria necessary for successful phase-change data storage; further studies of their behavior in thin film geometry would be warranted.

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Structure and properties of amorphous thin film for optical data storage

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids ◽

10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2006.12.124 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 354 (12-13) ◽

pp. 1089-1099 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Fuxi Gan

Keyword(s):

Thin Film ◽

Data Storage ◽

Optical Data Storage ◽

Optical Data ◽

Structure And Properties ◽

Amorphous Thin Film

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Modeling magneto-optical thin film media for optical data storage

Thin Solid Films ◽

10.1016/0040-6090(88)90168-x ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 164 ◽

pp. 391-403 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

K. Balasubramanian ◽

A.S. Marathay ◽

H.A. Macleod

Keyword(s):

Thin Film ◽

Data Storage ◽

Optical Data Storage ◽

Optical Data ◽

Optical Thin Film

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Application of Electroceramic Thin Films to Optical Waveguide Devices

MRS Bulletin ◽

10.1557/s0883769400035922 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 21 (7) ◽

pp. 53-58 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

David K. Fork ◽

Florence Armani-Leplingard ◽

John J. Kingston

Keyword(s):

Thin Film ◽

Thin Films ◽

Data Storage ◽

Optical Waveguides ◽

Optical Data Storage ◽

Blue Laser ◽

Oxide Thin Film ◽

Optical Data ◽

Laser Source ◽

Ferroelectric Oxide

Electro-optic devices such as fast (>20 GHz) modulators are one application of ferroelectric-oxide thin-film waveguides. A compact, blue laser source of a few milliwatts power capable of lasting thousands of hours is of great interest as applied to optical data storage and xerography. Ferroelectric-oxide thin films offer several potential advantages over bulk materials for optical waveguides, though no electroceramic thin-film devices have replaced bulk devices yet. Bulk waveguides are defined by ion exchange, which produces only a small index difference. Thin films therefore permit higher intensity per unit power in the guide, and hence larger nonlinear effects and shorter interaction lengths.

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Thermoelectric PbTe thin film for superresolution optical data storage

Applied Physics Letters ◽

10.1063/1.1801684 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 85 (14) ◽

pp. 2782-2784 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Hyun Seok Lee ◽

Byung-ki Cheong ◽

Taek Sung Lee ◽

Kyeong Seok Lee ◽

Won Mok Kim ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Thin Film ◽

Data Storage ◽

Optical Data Storage ◽

Optical Data

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In situ synthesis, crystallisation, and thin-film processing of single crystals of trans-[Ru(SO2)(NH3)4(H2O)][p-TolSO3]2 bearing SO2 linkage photo-isomers: towards optical device applications

CrystEngComm ◽

10.1039/c5ce00685f ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 17 (27) ◽

pp. 5026-5031 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

J. M. Cole ◽

K. Y. M. Yeung ◽

G. Pace ◽

S. O. Sylvester ◽

D. Mersch ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Thin Film ◽

Thin Films ◽

Single Crystals ◽

Data Storage ◽

Optical Data Storage ◽

In Situ Synthesis ◽

Optical Data ◽

High Quality ◽

Device Applications

High-quality microcrystals of trans-[Ru(SO2)(NH3)4(H2O)][p-TolSO3]2 photoisomers are embedded within thin films of polyvinylacrylate, which presents opportunities for optical data storage applications.

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