Two photon technology for 3D imaging, 3D optical circuitry, 3D data storage, up-conversion lasing and IR-to-visible image up-conversion

Author

Prasad, P.N. ; Pudavar, H. ; He, G.S. ; Swiatkiewicz, J. ; Chung, S.J. ; Kim, K.S. ; Lin, T.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem., State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

256

Abstract

We have used two-photon induced photobleaching for optical data storage. This technique was illustrated by producing a Bugs Bunny cartoon video in which various move frames were stored. A novel approach was used for fabrication of three-dimensional optical circuitry using insitu two-photon assisted polymerization in an as-formed bulk sample. The bulk media consisted of a blend of photocurable and thermally curable epoxies

Keywords

laser beam effects; optical fabrication; optical polymers; optical saturable absorption; optical storage; polymer blends; two-photon processes; 3D data storage; 3D imaging; 3D optical circuitry; IR-to-visible image up-conversion; as-formed bulk sample; optical data storage; photocurable epoxies; polymer blends; thermally curable epoxies; two photon technology; two-photon assisted polymerization; two-photon induced photobleaching; up-conversion; up-conversion lasing; Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Circuits; Laser excitation; Memory; Microscopy; Optical imaging; Optical polymers; Photonics; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE

Conference_Location

Rio Grande

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5947-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2000.890774

Filename

890774