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Advances and Evolutions in Optical Data Storage

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2020) | Viewed by 2949

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Yuzuru Takashima

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College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Interests: ODS; LIDAR; Micro Fabrications; Optical System Design

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue, “Advances and Evolutions in Optical Data Storage” provides an overview of the latest research and development in ODS, as well as new research and application areas of optical data storage technologies.

The research and development into optical data storage (ODS) has encountered a drastic change. A rapid increase in data density, capacity, and the data transfer rate of solid state disks, hard disk drives and tape drives have made these storage options a viable player in modern data communication and storage eco-systems. In the storage eco-system, optical data storage is considered an extra long-term (lasting over 50 years) cold data archive system that is “green” in nature due to its smaller total cost and energy consumption compared to the alternatives.

While seeking to further develop ODS within the storage eco-system, the optical data storage research and development community, both in academia and industry, is actively seeking application areas for the ODS technology that has accumulated over the past three decades.

The Special Issue provides readers with a perspective on current ODS technologies and technical assets, as well as its horizons, including new opportunities, killer devices and systems based on the ODS technologies, which will have the same market size and technical challenges in the future.

Prof. Yuzuru Takashima
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Optical Data Storage
  • Holographic Data Storage
  • New Applications

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Synthesis and Luminescence of Optical Memory Active Tetramethylammonium Cyanocuprate(I) 3D Networks
by Aaron D. Nicholas, Rebeka M. Bullard, Amelia M. Wheaton, Michaela Streep, Victoria A. Nicholas, Robert D. Pike and Howard H. Patterson
Materials 2019, 12(8), 1211; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12081211 - 12 Apr 2019
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The structures of three tetramethylammonium cyanocuprate(I) 3D networks [NMe4]2[Cu(CN)2]2•0.25H2O (1), [NMe4][Cu3(CN)4] (2), and [NMe4][Cu2(CN)3] (3), [...] Read more.
The structures of three tetramethylammonium cyanocuprate(I) 3D networks [NMe4]2[Cu(CN)2]2•0.25H2O (1), [NMe4][Cu3(CN)4] (2), and [NMe4][Cu2(CN)3] (3), (Me4N = tetramethylammonium), and the photophysics of 1 and 2 are reported. These complexes are prepared by combining aqueous solutions of the simple salts tetramethylammonium chloride and potassium dicyanocuprate. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of complex 1 reveals {Cu2(CN)2(μ2-CN)4} rhomboids crosslinked by cyano ligands and D3h {Cu(CN)3} metal clusters into a 3D coordination polymer, while 2 features independent 2D layers of fused hexagonal {Cu8(CN)8} rings where two Cu(I) centers reside in a linear C∞v coordination sphere. Metallophilic interactions are observed in 1 as close Cu⋯Cu distances, but are noticeably absent in 2. Complex 3 is a simple honeycomb sheet composed of trigonal planar Cu(I) centers with no Cu…Cu interactions. Temperature and time-dependent luminescence of 1 and 2 have been performed between 298 K and 78 K and demonstrate that 1 is a dual singlet/triplet emitter at low temperatures while 2 is a triplet-only emitter. DFT and TD-DFT calculations were used to help interpret the experimental findings. Optical memory experiments show that 1 and 2 are both optical memory active. These complexes undergo a reduction of emission intensity upon laser irradiation at 255 nm although this loss is much faster in 2. The loss of emission intensity is reversible in both cases by applying heat to the sample. We propose a light-induced electron transfer mechanism for the optical memory behavior observed. Full article
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