Photochromic property and application for optical recording of a new diarylethene

Peijian Yan; Shouzhi Pu; Anyin Chen; Gang Liu; Weijun Liu

doi:10.1117/12.843392

23 October 2009 Photochromic property and application for optical recording of a new diarylethene

Peijian Yan, Shouzhi Pu, Anyin Chen, Gang Liu, Weijun Liu

Proceedings Volume 7517, Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings (POEM) 2009: Optical Storage and New Storage Technologies; 75170I (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.843392
Event: Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings 2009, 2009, Wuhan, China

Abstract

A novel photochromic diarylethene, 1-(2-ethyl-3-benzothienyl)-2-( 2-methoxylphenyl)perfluorocyclopentene(1a) was synthesized and its photochromic and fluorescent properties were investigated. This compound showed good photochromism both in solution and in PMMA amorphous film. In hexane solution, the open-ring isomer of the diarylethene 1 exhibited relatively strong fluorescence at 363 nm when excited at 327 nm. This new photochromic compound also exhibited remarkable fluorescence switching in the solid state. Using diarylethene 1b/PMMA film as recording medium, the evaluation of potential of photochromic diarylethene as a polarization medium by recording and reading in a real-time operation was investigated.The results demonstrated that the diarylethene compound had attractive properties for high density optical storage.

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Peijian Yan, Shouzhi Pu, Anyin Chen, Gang Liu, and Weijun Liu "Photochromic property and application for optical recording of a new diarylethene", Proc. SPIE 7517, Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings (POEM) 2009: Optical Storage and New Storage Technologies, 75170I (23 October 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.843392

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