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Title: Multiple layer optical memory system using second-harmonic-generation readout

Abstract

A novel optical read and write information storage system is described which comprises a radiation source such as a laser for writing and illumination, the radiation source being capable of radiating a preselected first frequency; a storage medium including at least one layer of material for receiving radiation from the radiation source and capable of being surface modified in response to said radiation source when operated in a writing mode and capable of generating a pattern of radiation of the second harmonic of the preselected frequency when illuminated by the radiation source at the preselected frequency corresponding to the surface modifications on the storage medium; and a detector to receive the pattern of second harmonic frequency generated.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Woodbury, MN
  2. Berkeley, CA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
866960
Patent Number(s):
4829505
Assignee:
Regents of University of California (Berkeley, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE G11B - INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
DOE Contract Number:  
AC03-76SF00098
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
multiple; layer; optical; memory; second-harmonic-generation; readout; novel; write; information; storage; described; comprises; radiation; source; laser; writing; illumination; capable; radiating; preselected; frequency; medium; including; material; receiving; surface; modified; response; operated; mode; generating; pattern; harmonic; illuminated; corresponding; modifications; detector; receive; generated; selected frequency; multiple layer; surface modification; medium including; radiation source; storage medium; information storage; receiving radiation; surface modified; optical memory; harmonic frequency; novel optical; surface modifications; /369/

Citation Formats

Boyd, Gary T, and Shen, Yuen-Ron. Multiple layer optical memory system using second-harmonic-generation readout. United States: N. p., 1989. Web.
Boyd, Gary T, & Shen, Yuen-Ron. Multiple layer optical memory system using second-harmonic-generation readout. United States.
Boyd, Gary T, and Shen, Yuen-Ron. Sun . "Multiple layer optical memory system using second-harmonic-generation readout". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/866960.
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abstractNote = {A novel optical read and write information storage system is described which comprises a radiation source such as a laser for writing and illumination, the radiation source being capable of radiating a preselected first frequency; a storage medium including at least one layer of material for receiving radiation from the radiation source and capable of being surface modified in response to said radiation source when operated in a writing mode and capable of generating a pattern of radiation of the second harmonic of the preselected frequency when illuminated by the radiation source at the preselected frequency corresponding to the surface modifications on the storage medium; and a detector to receive the pattern of second harmonic frequency generated.},
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year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989},
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