Abstract: A method of and structure for optical recording by energy-induced homogenization or fractionation is disclosed. When the method involves fractionation, a film is provided that contains a homogeneous mixture of a matrix material and an incident energy absorbing material. A spot on the film is treated with sufficient energy in the form of electric fields, radiation or heat, or combinations thereof to effect fractionation and/or homogenization of the film which will undergo further physical state transition only under treatment with additional energy. In a preferred embodiment, the fractionation is effected by laser radiation. The laser irradiated spot becomes inhomogeneous and can be detected by the resulting changes in its optical properties. When the method involves homogenization, a film is provided that contains a inhomogeneous mixture. The energy treated spot in this case becomes homogeneous without undergoing a phase transition between the amorphous and crystalline phases.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing a magenta dye-forming polymeric coupler.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having at least one silver halide emulsion layer in which there is provided a polymer coupler and a compound of the formulaAr--O--RO).sub.p H [I]wherein Ar is an aryl group, R is an alkylene group, and p is an integer from to 1 to 3.

Abstract: A photographic silver dye bleach material which contains a compound of the formula ##STR1## in which R is a substituted alkyl, R.sub.1 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, p is 1 or 2, q is 0 or 1, p+q having to be 1 or 2, and n is 1 to 20, or a salt of this compound.The benzoquinones used deactivate bleach catalysts which diffuse beyond the silver image area produced by development of the exposed material. The silver dye bleach material containing these compounds is therefore distinguished by high contrast, high sharpness and good color reproduction.

Abstract: Polymethine dyes are disclosed containing a tellurazolium nucleus which is substituted at its 2-position with methine chain which is in turn substituted at its .beta. position with a dye property modifier. These dyes can be used in photographic elements to facilitate image formation.

Abstract: A positive photoresist composition in the form of solution which comprises a resin soluble in an aqueous alkaline solution, a 1,2-quinonediazide derivative as a photosensitizer, and at least one anti-halation agent in amounts of about 1 to about 10 parts by weight in relation to 100 parts by weight of the resin in the composition, the anti-halation agent being selected from the group consisting of dyestuffs of specific structures.

Abstract: A laser beam scanner system records medical information on a direct-read-after-write optical data storage strip. The strip is adhered to a medium containing a picture, such as X-ray pictures, CAT-scan pictures, ultrasonic or NMR images, or microscope photos of tissue samples. The strip may record information such as a description or diagnosis related to the picture for archival storage.

Abstract: Improved photographic recording materials containing at least one silver halide emulsion layer with comparatively high sensitivity and at least one silver halide emulsion layer with comparatively low sensitivity. Color couplers and DIR compounds of differing reactivities are associated with these layers.

Abstract: A recording medium for reflective readout in an optical information recording system. The medium comprises a substrate such as PET or PMMA on emulsion layer of silver halide material and an optical protective layer. The emulsion is exposed to a laser source to form a latent data image and is then developed to exhibit a glossy silver metallic image. Playback uses established systems.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer. The light-sensitive material contains at least one hydrophilic organic colloid layer in which at least one photographically useful reagent is dispersed in the presence of a specific surface-active polymer. The polymer contains at least 5 mole % of units represented by the following general formula (I-1) or (I-2): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or aryl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, A and D each represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, R.sub.2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may respectively form a ring, X represents a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, alkenylene or arylene group, Y represents --COOM, --SO.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support base having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer and two distinct types of couplers. One coupler is a diffusing dye-forming coupler which can form a dye capable of having moderate diffusibility in an emulsion layer through coupling with an oxidation product of a color developing agent. The other coupler is a high reaction rate coupler which can form a dye of the same color as that of the diffusing dye-forming coupler and that, has a coupling speed higher than that of the diffusing dye-forming coupler by a factor of 1.3 to 15. By utilizing the two types of couplers in combination with each other the resulting material can provide images with improved graininess over the entire density region of the dye image.

Abstract: In a process for the production of photographic images by the silver dye bleach process, a photograph material is used which, on a base, comprises at least one silver halide-free gelatin layer, which contains a diffusion-resistant bleachable image dye, the gelatin/dye ratio being at most 10:1, and a silver halide emulsion layer which is arranged directly on top of the former layer on the side facing the light source and is free of image dye, and the exposed material is processed in a dye and silver bleach bath which contains a combination of oxidizing agents of the formula (1a) with bleach catalysts of the formulae (2a) and (3), or of the oxidizing agent of the formula (1b) with bleach catalysts of the formula (2b).

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is described, comprising a coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A represents the residue of a coupler, R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having from 4 to 15 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, with the total number of carbon atoms of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 being from 8 to 27.

Abstract: Method for forming a dye image comprising imagewise exposing and processing a silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material having a support and coated thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide crystals, wherein said silver halide crystals consist essentially of crystals having at least 80 mole % of silver chloride, said developing taking place in a developer essentially free from bromide ion and having a pH value of at least 9.5, in the presence of a p-phenylenediamine color-developing agent and a compound of the formula ##STR1## having an acid dissociation constant of not more than 1.times.10.sup.-8 and a solubility product with silver ion of not more than 1.times.10.sup.-10, wherein Z, together with N forms a heterocyclic ring, said compound.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having coated thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains a cyan dye forming coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.

Abstract: A process for fabricating a negative pressure slider is disclosed which briefly comprises the steps of: (a) applying a dry negative photoresist layer to the surface of the slider; (b) positioning a mask having alignment marks which are too narrow to be resolved during exposure and development to pattern the photoresist layer to expose the portions of the flying surface of the slider to be milled by an ion milling process; (c) ion milling the slider wherein the patterned photoresist layer protects the flying surface of the slider while the negative pressure cavities of the slider are being milled; and (d) removing the remaining portions of the photoresist layer once the negative pressure cavities have been milled.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having one or more silver halide emulsion layers formed on a reflective support is disclosed, wherein at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains at least one cyan coupler of formula (I) dispersed therein with the aid of at least one high-boiling organic solvent having a dielectric constant of 6.1 or more, and wherein at least one photographic layer contains at least one dye of formula (II) and/or formula (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a straight- or branched-chain alkyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is a ballast group; and X is a hydrogen atom or a group capable of leaving upon coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent; ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 and R.sub.5 are each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; R.sub.4 and R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed. The material contains a photographic magenta coupler of formula (I) and a phenolic compound of formula (II) within a silver halide emulsion layer: ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each an alkyl group or an aryl group; Z is a hydrogen atom or a group that can be eliminated upon coupling reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent); ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.3 is an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group or an amino group; R.sub.4 is an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or a halogen atom; s is an integer of 0 to 2, provided that when s is 2, R.sub.4 may be the same or different).

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is described, the material comprising a support having thereon at least one photographic layer containing at least one compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, ##STR2## a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phosphoric acid group, or a divalent group derived from the above-described groups which forms a ring together with the oxygen atom linking to --R and the carbon atom which is in the ortho-position to --O--R and to which ##STR3## is not bonded; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support base having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan dye forming coupler. The coupler is a compound represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein the substituents in the general formula (I) are as defined in the specification. The coupler has good solubility in an organic solvent having a high boiling point and a high dye forming rate even in a color developing solution which does not contain benzyl alcohol. Further, the coupler provides a cyan color image having a high maximum density and excellent fastness to light. Decreasing in optical density of the cyan color image is not substantially observed even when the color photographic light-sensitive material is processed with a bleaching solution which has a weak oxidation power or a bleaching solution which is exhausted.