摘要:
Described herein are novel azo-benzene type chromophores. The chromophores are useful in photochromic compositions comprising a polymer matrix and a chromophore, wherein the chromophore is a novel azo-benzene type structure. The photochromic composition is photoresponsive upon irradiation by at least one wavelength of laser light across the visible light spectrum. Photochromic devices which comprise the novel azo-benzene type chromophore compound show significantly higher photoinduced birefringence, higher diffraction efficiency, and brighter images than devices that comprise well known azo-benzene chromophores. The photochromic composition may include a liquid crystal.
摘要:
An optical information recording medium 10 comprises a plurality of recording layers 14 and intermediate layers 15 each provided between the recording layers 14. Each of the recording layers 14 includes a polymer binder and dye dispersed in the polymer binder, and a thickness of each recording layer is equal to or greater than 50 nm. A first interface (near-side interface 18) is formed between a recording layer 14 and an intermediate layer 15 that is adjacent to the recording layer 14 on one side of the recording layer 14 in a thickness direction of the recording layer 14, and a second interface (far-side interface 19) is formed between the recording layer 14 and an intermediate layer 15 that is adjacent to the recording layer 14 on the other side of the recording layer 14 in the thickness direction of the recording layer 14. When the dye is irradiated with a recording beam and generates heat by absorption of the recording beam, the polymer binder undergoes a change in shape by the generated heat, so that at least one of the first interface and the second interface undergoes a change in shape and sticks out toward the intermediate layer 15 to form a protrusion, whereby information is recorded in the optical information recording medium 10.
摘要:
The present invention relates to photo-tunable dopant compositions comprising a photo-reactive chiral compound capable of undergoing a photochemical reaction resulting in the loss of chirality, and a triplet sensitizer. The present invention also relates to a display comprising a substrate, a liquid crystalline layer thereon, wherein the liquid crystalline layer comprises a nematic host, at least one chiral dopant, a photo-reacted compound, and a triplet sensitizer, and at least one transparent conductive layer. The present invention also relates to a method of tuning a cholesteric liquid crystal material comprising providing at least one mesogenic compound, at least one triplet sensitizer, and at least one photo-reactive chiral compound; combining the at least one mesogenic compound, at least one triplet sensitizer, and at least one photo-reactive chiral compound to form a mixture; and irradiating the mixture for a period of time.
摘要:
A recording dye layer for recording high density information and reproduction/playback of the high density information recordings is provided. The recording dye layer includes a chemical composition including a diimonium salt and or ammonium compound and a metal-azo complex for a high density optical recording medium that may effectively promote the stability and the durability of the optical recording dye layer.
摘要:
The cyanine compound of the present invention is represented by general formula (I) below and suitable as an optical recording material used in a recording layer of optical recording media on which recording and play-back are conducted with laser beam. The cyanine compound of the present invention particularly exhibits appropriate thermal decomposition behavior to attain sensitivity compatible with high-speed recording. (In the formula, each of ring A and ring B represents an optionally substituted benzene or naphthalene ring; each of R1 and R2 independently represents a C1-4 alkyl group or an optionally substituted benzyl group; at least one of R1 and R2 is an optionally substituted benzyl group; X represents O, S, or NY; each of Y, Y1, and Y2 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-30 organic group; Z represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a cyano group; Anm- represents an m-valent anion; m represents an integer of 1 or 2; and p represents a coefficient to keep an electric charge neutral.)
摘要翻译:本发明的花青化合物由下述通式(I)表示,适合作为用激光束进行记录和回放的光记录介质的记录层中使用的光记录材料。 本发明的花青化合物特别表现出适当的热分解行为以获得与高速记录兼容的灵敏度。 (式中,环A和环B各自表示可以具有取代基的苯或萘环,R 1和R 2各自独立地表示C 1-4烷基或任意取代的苄基; R 1和R 2中的至少一个是任选取代的苄基; X表示O,S或NY; Y,Y 1和Y 2中的每一个独立地表示氢 原子或C 1〜30的有机基团; Z表示氢原子,卤素原子或氰基; -O-m-O表示m价阴离子; m 表示1或2的整数; p表示保持电荷中性的系数。)
摘要:
Disclosed herewith is a method for enabling fast and high density recording of information. A voltage is applied to a recording layer formed between a pair of electrodes. The distance between the pair of electrodes is set wider at one of land and groove areas of a subject optical disk and narrower at the other, or the disk has multi-recording layer structure and light absorption occurs only in the layer on which coloring voltage is applied. The optical disk is provided with a layer of which light absorption spectrum changes according to the application of voltage, thereby absorbing the light. The layer may be the recording layer itself or a layer adjacent to the recording layer. Because a heat generates only in a selected area of the optical disk at the time of recording, the disk can also avoid cross-talks between layers during reading and can be turned rapidly and permissively to the auto focusing and tracking offsets, thereby enabling fast and high density recording. The disk can thus be formed with easily selectable multiple layers.
摘要:
An information record medium is provided with: a first record layer (107) for recording first information, and one or more second record layers (207) disposed on said first record layer, each second layer being for recording second information, each layer of said second layers has a predetermined area (PCA1-1) where a power calibration is performed to detect an optimum recording power of recording laser beam transmitted through the first record layer and another layer of the second layers, said another layer positioned closer to said first record layer than said each layer, and in opposite areas (TA) of said another layer and said first record layer, said opposite areas being opposite to said predetermined area of said each layer of said second layers, a first absolute amount of at least one of width and depth of a groove is increased and thereby light transmittance in said opposite areas is approached to (i) light transmittance under an assumption that the first absolute amount is not increased and said another layer and said first record layer are in a recorded state, in comparison to (ii) light transmittance under an assumption that the first absolute amount is not increased and said another layer and said first record layer are in a non-recorded state.
摘要:
This invention is a write-once near-field optical medium using a zinc oxide nano-structured thin film as the localized near-field optical interaction layer. This write-once near-field optical medium is a multi-layered body at least comprising: (a) a substrate of transparent material; (b) a first protective and spacer layer formed on one surface of the substrate, which is made of transparent dielectric material; (c) a zinc oxide nano-structured thin film which is capable of causing localized near-field optical interactions; (d) a second protective and spacer layer formed on the localized near-field optical interaction layer, which is also made of transparent dielectric material; (e) a write-once recording layer; (f) a third protective and spacer layer formed on the write-once recording layer, which is also made of transparent dielectric material. Ultra-high density near-field optical recording can be achieved by the localized near-field optical interactions of the zinc-oxide (ZnO) nano-structured thin film that is in the near-field region of the write-once recording layer.
摘要:
A first holographic data storage device has a first set of holograms stored thereon. A second holographic data storage device has a second set of holograms stored thereon. An opaque layer is disposed between and attached to one side of the first and the second holographic data storage devices. In the case of double reflective diffractive recording, the opaque layer is not necessary.