Photoinduced birefringence and cooperative molecular reorientation in azo copolymer: optical characterization for rewritable memory application

Takashi Fukuda; Jun Young Kim; Daisuke Barada; Kiyoshi Yase

doi:10.1117/12.639855

27 February 2006 Photoinduced birefringence and cooperative molecular reorientation in azo copolymer: optical characterization for rewritable memory application

Takashi Fukuda, Jun Young Kim, Daisuke Barada, Kiyoshi Yase

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Proceedings Volume 6136, Practical Holography XX: Materials and Applications; 61360Y (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.639855
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2006, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, new azobenzene copolymers (PCDY and PPDY) with large photoinduced birefringence and good long-term stability of a recorded data have been introduced. The largest photoinduced value of 0.289 was obtained on the PCDY50 at 458 nm light irradiation. This value was brought about a result of molecular cooperative reorientation of cyanoazo and bisazobenzene moieties. It should be noted that the PCDY50 exhibited quite stable characteristics on the archival viewpoint. Furthermore, if we can optimize experimental conditions, more than 10⁵ cycles of reversible data storage could be achieved. Making use of these superior characteristics of the PCDY50, an application for rewritable holographic memory and/or other optical addressable devices is anticipated.

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Takashi Fukuda, Jun Young Kim, Daisuke Barada, and Kiyoshi Yase "Photoinduced birefringence and cooperative molecular reorientation in azo copolymer: optical characterization for rewritable memory application", Proc. SPIE 6136, Practical Holography XX: Materials and Applications, 61360Y (27 February 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.639855

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