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Two-Photon 3D Optical Data Storage via Fluorescence Modulation of an Efficient Fluorene Dye by a Photochromic Diarylethene†

  1. C. C. Corredor1,2,
  2. Z.-L. Huang1,3,
  3. K. D. Belfield1

Article first published online: 30 OCT 2006

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200600826

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 18, Issue 21, pages 2910–2914, November, 2006

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Corredor, C., Huang, Z.-L. and Belfield, K. (2006), Two-Photon 3D Optical Data Storage via Fluorescence Modulation of an Efficient Fluorene Dye by a Photochromic Diarylethene. Advanced Materials, 18: 2910–2914. doi: 10.1002/adma.200600826

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry and CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816, USA

  2. 2

    Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA

  3. 3

    Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics of Ministry of Education & Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China

  1. †

    The first two authors contributed equally to this project. This work is supported by the US Civilian Research and Development Foundation (UK-C2-2574-MO-04), the donors of The Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society, the National Science Foundation (ECS-0621715 and DMR-9975773), and the University of Central Florida Presidential Initiative for Major Research Equipment. Dr. Huang also appreciates the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30400117). The authors acknowledge Dr. A. R. Morales and Dr. Sheng Yao for providing the 2PA dye, and Dr. M. V. Bondar, Dr. F. E. Hernandez, and Mr. I. Cohanoschi for Z-scan experimental data.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 OCT 2006
  2. Article first published online: 30 OCT 2006
  3. Manuscript Received: 14 APR 2006

Funded by

  • US Civilian Research and Development Foundation. Grant Number: UK-C2-2574-MO-04
  • The Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society
  • National Science Foundation. Grant Numbers: ECS-0621715, DMR-9975773
  • University of Central Florida Presidential Initiative for Major Research Equipment
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant Number: 30400117

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Keywords:

  • Data storage, optical;
  • Dyes;
  • Fluorescence;
  • Photochromic materials;
  • Two-photon absorption

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A two-photon 3D optical storage system based on a photochromic diarylethene (1,2-bis(2-methylbenzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)hexafluorocyclopentene) and a highly efficient two-photon absorbing fluorescent dye (2,7-bis[4-(9,9-didecylfluoren-2-yl)vinyl]phenylbenzothiazole) is demonstrated. The figure shows two-photon fluorescent readout of data recorded by single-photon excitation. The system is suitable for recording data in thick storage media and providing a non-destructive readout method.

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