Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of optical recording materials, in particular, fluorescent compounds and matrices suitable for use in optical memory systems, including three dimensional optical memory systems for READ ONLY MEMORY (ROM). More particularly, nonfluorescent peri-phenoxiderivatives of polycyclic quinones are transformed into fluorescent aminoderivatives of anaquinones.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 11, 1997
Date of Patent:
August 31, 1999
Assignee:
Memory Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Natalia T Sokoluk, Vladimir V. Shubin, Eugene B. Levich, Jacob N. Malkin
Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of photochromic material, in particular of photochromic compounds and matrices suitable for use in optical memory systems, including three dimensional optical memory systems for computers, multimedia applications and the like. The photochromic compounds have the following formula: ##STR1## wherein the substituents are defined in the specification.