(1) New Materials Research Center, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., 1-1 Dainichi Higashimachi, Moriguchi, Osaka 570, Japan;(2) Institute of Advanced Material Study, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasugakoen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816, Japan
Abstract:
The possibility of a super-resolution optical memory using a saturable absorption dye mask layer is theoretically discussed. An equation which estimates the transmittance change of the mask layer has been derived. The numerical simulation shows that an efficient super-resolution is performed when the initial optical density of the mask layer is high.