title: Reading and writing of photochemical holes using GaAlAs-diode lasers.
abstract: A current-tuned GaAlAs-diode laser is utilized both to burn and to detect narrow photochemical holes in the inhomogeneously broadened 833-nm zero-phonon line of the R' color center in LiF. Applications for reading and writing data into frequency-domain optical memories based on photochemical hole burning are discussed.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pokrowsky
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Moerner
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Bjorklund