Abstract

In recent years laser adressing of liquid-crystalline polymers have been extensively studied owing to their suitability for optical information storage. However, many practical applications of polymers are somewhat limited because of their high viscosity, which can be several orders of magnitude larger than their low molar mass analogues [1]. Recently we report on the possibility to use low molar mass liquid crystals in optical information and data processing systems as holographic recording materials [2].

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