New low molar mass room temperature glasses possessing liquid crystalline orientational order have been investigated for reversible optical storage applications. The material consists of an eutectic mixture of two /spl beta/-naphthyl ester which exhibits a calorimetrically determined glass transition at T/sub g/=35/spl deg/C and a nematic to isotropic phase transition at T/sub NI/= 140/spl deg/C. As a consequence, a nematic-like non-equilibrium state is usually frozen-in below T/sub g/, which reveals many properties of glasses in combination with the orientational order of liquid crystals. Experimentally, the well-known holographic grating technique has been used for investigation of reversible storage effects. An intensity grating resulting from interference of two cw laser beams (signal and reference) is converted into a temperature grating by weak absorption and photo-thermal heating which modulates the optical properties of the material. The resulting optical grating can be frozen in the glassy state and read out nondestructively. To achieve laser heating a small amount (1-3%) of an anthraquinone dye has been added.
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机译:已经研究了具有液晶取向顺序的新型低摩尔质量室温度玻璃,可用于可逆光学存储应用。该材料由两个/SPRβ/ -Naphthyl酯的共晶混合物组成,其在T / SUP G / = 35 / SPL DEG / C处具有热敏性确定的玻璃化转变,并在T / SUB NI / =处于各向同性相位转变。 140 / spl deg / c。因此,通常将甲型非平衡状态冻结在下方的T / sub g /,其揭示了玻璃的许多性质与液晶的尺角阶组合。通过实验,众所周知的全息光栅技术已被用于调查可逆储存效果。由两个CW激光束(信号和参考)的干涉产生的强度光栅通过弱吸收和光热加热转换成温度光栅,其调节材料的光学性质。所得到的光学光栅可以在玻璃状状态下冷冻并非破坏性地读出。为了实现激光加热,加热了少量(1-3%)的蒽醌染料。
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