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READ/WRITE/ERASE MEMORY SYSTEMS FROM COMPOSITES GRAFT POLYMERS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Energy
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 7769
Amount: $494,068.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
2545 West 237th Street Suite B
Torrance, CA 90505
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Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr Gajendra Khune
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Business Contact
 PETER YEUNG
Phone: (213) 530-1416
Research Institution
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Abstract

HIGH MEMORY STORAGE CAPACITY, INHERENT IN OPTICAL RECORDING SYSTEMS, HAS ASSISTED IN THE VERY BROAD APPLICATIONS OF OPTICAL DISKS FOR STORAGE OF COMPUTER, SATELLITE, X-RAY, ANDSTATISTICAL DATA AND VIDEO PICTURES. A NEW OPTICAL RECORDING SYSTEM (ORS), BASED ON POLYVINYL ALCOHOL-N-METHYL ACRYLAMIDE, DEMONSTRATES SUPERIOR OPTICAL PROPERTIES WHEN COMPARED TO EXISTING OPTICAL SYSTEMS. WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM, A READ/WRITE/ERASABLE OPTICAL DISK STORAGE SYSTEM WILL BE DEMONSTRATED BY APPLYING REAL TIME BIREFRINGENT VOLUME HOLOGRAMS HAVING HIGHER RESOLUTION, SENSITIVITY, AND DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT POSSIBLE. THUS, DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY INDICES OF AS MUCH AS 0.01 CAN BE ACHIEVED BY HOLOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE WITH ARGON LASER LIGHT WITH VERY LOW EXPOSURE OF 10 MJ/CM(2). AN INNOVA LASER GIVES A TOTAL CONTINUOUS POWER OF 10 W, AND THUS IT IS POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN A RESPONSE TIME OF 1 MUS. LONG TIME RETENTION FIXING COULD BE ACHIEVED BY HEATING, WHEREAS ERASING CAN BE OBTAINED BY A HIGHLY UNIFORM LASER EXPOSURE.

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