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- Title
Photochromic 3D Optical Storage: Laser‐Induced Regulation of Localized Optical Basicity of Glass.
- Authors
Li, Xuefeng; Wu, Yaman; Lin, Hang; Chen, Gengxu; Hao, Yanxue; Wang, Pengfei; Lin, Shisheng; Xu, Ju; Cheng, Yao; Wang, Yuansheng
- Abstract
3D optical storage, spatially expanding storage capacity, is regarded as an effective and economical way to break the diffraction limit of the conventional 2D optical storage. In this study, a new kind of 3D optical storage medium, i.e., vanadium ions (V5+) doped sodium borate glass, is developed, showing intriguing spatially‐selected photochromism (PC) upon laser driven excitation. Significantly, a brand‐new PC mechanism of V5+‐aggregation regulated by localized optical basicity (OB) of glass is proposed and demonstrated. The developed PC glass is responsive to a low‐price desktop‐level mini‐laser to encode optical information, yields unique twofold decoding modes in bright‐ and dark‐fields, and shows good data erasibility. 3D volumetric optical storage with a memory density of ≈480 Mbit cm−3 is realized with the aid of an advanced femtosecond laser micro‐machining system. The findings suggest a novel design approach to fabricate 3D PC glass in terms of manipulating the scale of optical basicity in glass, hopefully stimulating the development of new multi‐dimensional PC optical storage media.
- Subjects
OPTICAL glass; FEMTOSECOND lasers; BORATE glass; BORAX; STORAGE; OPTICAL sensors; MICROMACHINING; PHOTOCHROMIC materials
- Publication
Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2024, Vol 18, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1863-8880
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/lpor.202300744