Materials for 3D optical storage: two-photon access vs. one-photon background N.S. Makarov, A. Rebane, M. Drobizhev (Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA) H. Wolleb, H. Spahni (Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc, P.O. Box Ch-4002 Basle, Switzerland)

Outline Principles of 3D 2PA optical memory Lack of 2PA-sensitive photochromes 2PA resonance enhancement 2PA vs. 1PA 2PA-sensitive phtalocyanines Summary References

Principles of 3D 2PA optical memory hvhv dvdv h dhdh write form Bform A M L L read form Bform A PD DM L L

Lack of 2PA-sensitive photochromes Access with 1 pulse: 100fs, 100MHz => 1TB read/write in 22.2 hrs Each bit have to be written and read by only 1 femtosecond pulse! Compound  1, cm 2 (, nm)  2,GM (, nm) FF ABAB Fulgide-based 3.38  (650) 2 (780) Spiropyrans-based 8.27  (352) 100 (694) Diarylethene-based 1.33  ( ) 70 (750)0.50.4

2PA resonance enhancement A fundamental trade-off between 2PA and 1PA may be formulated as follows: On the one hand, one would like to tune laser frequency as close as possible to the resonance in order to increase useful signal, but on the other hand, one would like to tune as far as possible to decrease detrimental background.

2PA vs. 1PA Absorbance, a.u Frequency detuning 1PA - L, cm K 300K Fluorescence 240K nm

2PA-sensitive phtalocyanines Compound  1, cm 2 (, nm)  2,GM (, nm) FF ABAB Pc 3 Nc 4.8  (752) 816 (865) Pc 3 An 5.7  (778) 1300 (920)

Summary Because of the requirement of fast speed writing and readout, the storage materials need to have high molecular 2PA cross section,  2 > GM It is evident that the crucial points in this approach are the two-photon sensitivity of a molecule and the possibility of its photochemical transformation from one form to another Careful choice of excitation frequency, along with suitable combination of 1PA and 2PA properties allow minimizing the negative impact of underlying near resonance hot band absorption Our model allows to predict the appropriateness of chromophores for the 2PA-based optical storage

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