Physics of Optical Recording

Physics of Optical Recording

Schwartz, Kurt

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

12/1993

199

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Inglês

9783540522379

3540522379

15 a 20 dias

440

This volume describes the physical processes that occur during the recording of information in an optical medium. Following an overview of optical imaging and recording techniques, the text discusses inorganic and organic recording materials and their photosensitive properties.
1. Introduction.- 1.1 Visual Impressions and Optics.- 1.2 Imaging in the Eye and Optical Recording.- 1.3 Digital and Holographic Recording.- 1.4 Recording Time and Data Rate.- 1.5 Storage Capacity.- 1.6 Applications of Real Time Optical Recording.- 2. The Principles of Optical Recording.- 2.1 The Invention of Photography and Real Time Recording.- 2.2 Optical Recording Processes.- 2.3 Survey of Optical Recording Media and Their Uses.- 2.4 Holography.- 2.4.1 Recording and Readout.- 2.4.2 Hologram Classifications.- 2.4.3 Diffraction Efficiency.- 2.4.4 Resolution and Storage Capacity.- 2.4.5 Holographic Optical Elements.- 2.5 Light Sensitivity of Recording Materials.- 3. Lasers, Nonlinear Optics and Photoelectric Detectors.- 3.1 Absorption and Emission of Light.- 3.2 Lasers.- 3.2.1 Population Inversion.- 3.2.2 Principle of Operation.- 3.3 Nonlinear Optics.- 3.3.1 Nonlinear Absorption.- 3.3.2 Second Order Polarization.- 3.3.3 Second Harmonic Generation and Phase Matching.- 3.4 Light Modulation.- 3.4.1 Electro-Optic Modulators.- 3.4.2 Magneto-Optic Modulators.- 3.4.3 Acousto-Optic Modulators.- 3.5 Photoelectric Detectors.- 4. Photoinduced Processes in Optical Recording Materials.- 4.1 Inorganic Photochromic Crystals.- 4.1.1 Light Induced Charge Transfer Reactions.- 4.1.2 Anisotropic Photochromic Effect.- 4.1.3 Light Induced Aggregation of F-Centers.- 4.1.4 Phase Hologram Recording in Photochromic Materials.- 4.2 Photorefractive Materials.- 4.2.1 The Mechanisms of Photorefraction in Ferroelectrics.- 4.2.2 Optical Recording in LiNbO3.- 4.2.3 Recording of Phase Holograms.- 4.3 Chalcogenide Semiconductors.- 4.3.1 Atomic Structure Ill.- 4.3.2 Electronic Structure.- 4.3.3 Photoinduced Processes.- 4.3.4 Optical Recording.- 4.3.5 Holographic Recording.- 4.4 Organic and Polymer Materials.- 4.4.1 Camphorquinone.- 4.4.2 Bacteriorhodopsin.- 4.4.3 Reoxan.- 4.4.4 Thermoplastic Recording Media.- 4.5 Persistent Spectral Hole Burning.- 4.5.1 Frequency Domain Optical Storage.- 4.5.2 Time-Domain Holography.- 5. Digital Recording on Optical Memory Discs.- 5.1 Commonly Available Optical Memory Discs.- 5.1.1 Multilayered Recording Media.- 5.1.2 Components of the Recording and Reading System.- 5.2 Photothermal Recording.- 5.2.1 Irreversible Recording in Tellurium Compounds.- 5.2.2 Reversible Recording in Tellurium Compounds.- 5.2.3 Photothermal Recording in Antimony Compounds.- 5.2.4 Magneto-Optic Recording.- 5.3 Light Stimulated Recombination Luminescence.- 6. Summary and Looking Ahead.- References.- Recording Medium Index.
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