Advanced Materials, Vol.22, No.36, 4039-4043, 2010
Ultrafast Manipulation of Self-Assembled Form Birefringence in Glass
Ultrafast writing dynamics of form birefringence is experimentally demonstrated. Based on this anisotropic response created by photoinduced self-organization, rewritable 5D (X, Y,Z, birefringence slow axis direction, and retardance) optical data storage is realized by using liquid-crystal technology.