Ablative organic films for optical recording

Abstract
This work presents a new type of optical recording medium for a diode laser which is three times more sensitive than a chalcogenide thin film. This medium has a tetralayer structure of n–hexatriacontane, zinc stearate, Sb2S3 and Bi. The Bi layer absorbs a recording light beam and organic layers are ablated by heat evolved in the Bi layer. The high sensitivity characteristic of this medium is attributed to the use of low-melting-point material as the ablating layer and the effective use of the incident beam.

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