Azobenzene-Containing Materials for Hologram

With the development of information technology, quick rate of data transfer and high capacity of data storage are expected for advanced recording media. Although data storage media and technique have been developed from soft discs, hard disk, CD-ROM and DVDROM to multi-layered blue-ray discs, undoubtedly, holography is one of the most fascinating and attractive techniques. As shown in Figure 1, which illustrates comparison of media in data storage and holographic ones. The optical holography is based on a threedimensional storage method (Bieringer, 2000; Kogelnik, 1969). This provides unique opportunities for the next-generation storage technique by a simple recording and reading process.

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