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Device for reversible optical data storage

US4886718A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 3, 1987
Grant dateDec 12, 1989
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B11/10582
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for reversible optical information storage, which comprises polymeric liquid crystals as a storage medium. The device contains a film comprised of a liquid crystal main chain polymer, as a storage medium, and is constructed so that in the storage operation the storage medium is locally reoriented, and the information is stored by means of a local variation of the molecular ordering.

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