Optical storage disc based on the frequency up-conversion effect from rare earth ions

Ho-Pui Ho1, Wing-Wai Wong2, Shu-Yuen Wu2, E.E.Y. Pun3
1Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, HK
3Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Tóm tắt

The application of infrared-to-visible upconversion in rare earth (Ho/sup 3+//Yb/sup 3+/) co-doped TeO/sub x/ sol-gel thin film for optical storage has been investigated. Optical discs with the storage layer made from rare-earth co-doped TeO/sub x/ sol-gel thin films have been studied in terms of minimum bit-size and up-conversion efficiency. The possibility of a multi-layered architecture has also been investigated. The choice of using TeO/sub x/ thin films is based on the higher up-conversion efficiency in the rare earth doped chalcogenide glasses. The nonlinear properties of the up-conversion effect lead to the possibility of reducing the 'effective' spot size of the signal region, smaller than that limited by diffraction, hence leading to super-resolution in the storage layer and increased storage density.

Từ khóa

#Particle beam optics #Frequency #Optical films #Optical scattering #Optical crosstalk #Biomedical optical imaging #Optical sensors #Optical recording #Optical materials #Phonons

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