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Optical recording elements having recording layers containing cationic azo dyes

US5547727A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 13, 1994
Grant dateAug 20, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/21
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical recording element having a transparent substrate and on the surface of said substrate, a recording layer and a light reflecting layer wherein recording layer comprises a dye selected from the group consisting of cationic azocyanine dyes and mixtures of such dyes and the unrecorded layer is such that the real part of the refractive index (N) at 780 nm is at least 1.8 and the imaginary part (k) is 0.01 to 0.15.

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