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Title: Bistable optical information storage using antiferroelectric-phase lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ceramics

Abstract

A recently discovered photostorage effect in antiferroelectric-phase (AFE-phase) lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (PLZT) compositions appears to be particularly applicable to binary optical information storage. The basis for bistable optical information storage is that exposure to near-UV or visible light shifts the electric field threshold of the phase transition between the field-induced ferroelectric (FE) phase and the stable AFE phase in the direction of the initial AFE /yields/ FE phase transition. Properties of this photoactivated shift of the FE /yields/ AFE phase transition, including preliminary photosensitivity measurements and photostorage mechanisms, are presented. Photosensitivity enhancement by ion implantation is also discussed.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5978659
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
J. Am. Ceram. Soc.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 71:11
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; PHOTOREACTIVATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ION IMPLANTATION; LANTHANUM; LEAD; NEAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE STUDIES; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; TITANATES; ZIRCONIUM; BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY; BIOLOGICAL REPAIR; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; METALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; RARE EARTHS; RECOVERY; REPAIR; SENSITIVITY; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; 360204* - Ceramics, Cermets, & Refractories- Physical Properties; 360202 - Ceramics, Cermets, & Refractories- Structure & Phase Studies; 400500 - Photochemistry; 656003 - Condensed Matter Physics- Interactions between Beams & Condensed Matter- (1987-)

Citation Formats

Land, C E. Bistable optical information storage using antiferroelectric-phase lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ceramics. United States: N. p., 1988. Web. doi:10.1111/j.1151-2916.1988.tb07556.x.
Land, C E. Bistable optical information storage using antiferroelectric-phase lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ceramics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1988.tb07556.x
Land, C E. 1988. "Bistable optical information storage using antiferroelectric-phase lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ceramics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1988.tb07556.x.
@article{osti_5978659,
title = {Bistable optical information storage using antiferroelectric-phase lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ceramics},
author = {Land, C E},
abstractNote = {A recently discovered photostorage effect in antiferroelectric-phase (AFE-phase) lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (PLZT) compositions appears to be particularly applicable to binary optical information storage. The basis for bistable optical information storage is that exposure to near-UV or visible light shifts the electric field threshold of the phase transition between the field-induced ferroelectric (FE) phase and the stable AFE phase in the direction of the initial AFE /yields/ FE phase transition. Properties of this photoactivated shift of the FE /yields/ AFE phase transition, including preliminary photosensitivity measurements and photostorage mechanisms, are presented. Photosensitivity enhancement by ion implantation is also discussed.},
doi = {10.1111/j.1151-2916.1988.tb07556.x},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5978659}, journal = {J. Am. Ceram. Soc.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 71:11,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1988},
month = {Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1988}
}