Static information storage and retrieval – Systems using particular element – Molecular or atomic
Patent
1989-04-25
1993-12-07
Cain, David
Static information storage and retrieval
Systems using particular element
Molecular or atomic
G11C 1100
Patent
active
052688623
ABSTRACT:
An active medium, typically a photochromic material and more typically spirbenzopyran, maintained in a three-dimensional matrix, typically of polymer, is illuminated in selected regions by two UV laser light beams, typically of 532 nm. and 1064 nm. wavelength, to change from a first, spiropyran, to a second, merocyanine, stable molecular isomeric form by process of two-photon absorption. Regions not temporally and spatially coincidently illuminated are unchanged. Later illumination of the selected regions by two green-red laser light beams, typically of 1064 nm wavelength each, causes only the second, merocyanine, isomeric form to fluoresce. This fluorescence is detectable by photodetectors as stored binary data. The three-dimensional memory may be erased by heat, or by infrared radiation, typically 2.12 microns wavelength. Use of other medium permit the three-dimensional patterning of three-dimensional forms, such as polystyrene polymer solids patterned from liquid styrene monomer. Three-dimensional displays, or other inhomogeneity patterns, can also be created.
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Cain David
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