Abstract: A method for remote identification of security threats in an imaged object including transmitting an initialization signal to a first threat detection scanner over a communication network, the first threat detection scanner being located at a separate physical location, receiving a ready-to-send signal from the first threat detection scanner, the ready-to-send signal including a storage location of a scan image generated by the first threat detection scanner for security inspection, receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, transmitting, after receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, a second initialization signal to a second threat detection scanner at the separate physical location, generating a threat detection report based on a rendering of the scan image, and transmitting the threat detection report to the first threat detection scanner.

Abstract: A method for remote identification of security threats in an imaged object including transmitting an initialization signal to a first threat detection scanner over a communication network, the first threat detection scanner being located at a separate physical location, receiving a ready-to-send signal from the first threat detection scanner, the ready-to-send signal including a storage location of a scan image generated by the first threat detection scanner for security inspection, receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, transmitting, after receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, a second initialization signal to a second threat detection scanner at the separate physical location, generating a threat detection report based on a rendering of the scan image, and transmitting the threat detection report to the first threat detection scanner.

Abstract: A WORM optical recording element comprising a substrate and a phase-change recording layer wherein the phase-change recording layer has a composition expressed by SbaXbSncZndSieOfSh wherein X is an element selected from In, Ge, Al, Zn, Mn, Cd, Ga, Ti, Si, Te, Nb, Fe, Co, W, Mo, S, Ni, O, Se, Tl, As, P, Au, Pd, Pt, Hf,or V and a>0, b>0, c>0, d>0, e>0, f>0, h>0, and a +b+c+d+e+f+h=100.

Abstract: A WORM optical recording element comprising a substrate and a phase-change recording layer wherein the phase-change recording layer has a composition expressed by SbaXbSncZndSieOfSh wherein X is an element selected from In, Ge, Al, Zn, Mn, Cd, Ga, Ti, Si, Te, Nb, Fe, Co, W, Mo, S, Ni, O, Se, Tl, As, P, Au, Pd, Pt, Hf, or V and a>0, b>0, c>0, d>0, e>0, f>0, h>0, and a+b+c+d+e+f+h=100.

Abstract: A WORM optical recording element comprising a substrate and a phase-change recording layer wherein the phase-change recording layer has a composition expressed by SbaInbSncZndSieOfSh wherein a>0, b>0, c>0, d>0, e>0, f>0, h>0, and a+b+c+d+e+f+h=100

Abstract: A WORM optical recording element includes a substrate; an amorphous phase-change recording layer disposed over the substrate; a dielectric layer disposed adjacent to the amorphous phase-change layer; a reflector layer disposed adjacent to the dielectric layer; and wherein the material and the thickness of the layers are selected such that recording can be performed on the optical recording element by using a focused laser beam to form crystalline marks in the phase-change layer using laser pulses with less than 40 nS in duration, the reflectivity of the amorphous phase as measured by a collimated beam is higher than 28% and the contrast of the read-back signal is higher than 0.6, and the second and subsequent writing over previous recording results in at least a 50% increase in read out jitter.

Abstract: A WORM optical recording element includes a substrate; an amorphous phase-change recording layer disposed over the substrate; a dielectric layer disposed adjacent to the amorphous phase-change layer; a reflector layer disposed adjacent to the dielectric layer; and wherein the material and the thickness of the layers are selected such that recording can be performed on the optical recording element by using a focused laser beam to form crystalline marks in the phase-change layer using laser pulses with less than 40 nS in duration, the reflectivity of the amorphous phase as measured by a collimated beam is higher than 28% and the contrast of the read-back signal is higher than 0.6, and the second and subsequent writing over previous recording results in at least a 50% increase in read out jitter.

Abstract: A recording medium includes a transparent substrate; a crystalline phase-change layer provided over the transparent substrate; a dielectric layer provided over the phase-change layer; a metallic reflector layer provided over the dielectric layer; and the crystalline phase-change layer having a thickness and phase-change material selected so that data can be recorded in it on a first write, but on second or subsequent writes the written data results in at least a 50% increase in data jitter.

Abstract: There is disclosed a recordable optical element that has a substrate and on the surface of the substrate, a recording layer and a light reflecting layer. The recording layer has a material with the formula TeaGebCcHdOe wherein a, b, c, d, and e are atomic percents and (c+d)>40, d>10, a>5, b>5, and e≧0 such that a+b+c+d+e=100; and the reflecting layer and the recording layer being selected such that the element Rmax or Rmin (element reflectivity) is about or greater than 70% at about 780 nm.

Abstract: A recordable optical disk including a transparent substrate; a recording layer formed over the substrate; a reflective layer formed over the recording layer; and a thin metallic interlayer formed on the recording layer at the interface between the reflective layer and the recording layer wherein the thin metal interlayer includes materials selected from the group consisting of Pd, Ni, Sn, Au, In, Te, Si, Ge, and alloys thereof, the interlayer being selected so as to improve the optical disk recording stability without significantly affecting the reflection of a recording light beam passing through the substrate and the recording layer and which is reflected by the reflective layer.

Abstract: A recordable element including a substrate and having over its surface, in order, an optical recording layer and a light reflecting layer, the improvement includes an optical recording layer containing Te.sub.a Ge.sub.b C.sub.c H.sub.d O.sub.e where a, b, c, d, and e are atomic percents such that a+b+c+d+e=100, and wherein 10<a<40, 10<b<60, 5<c<35, 10<d<5, e.gtoreq.0; an the optical recording layer having one or more sublayers which can be of different compositions; and the thickness t of the optical recording layer is 0.7 Tmin<t<1.3 Tmin.

Abstract: A recordable element with improved performance, and a method of making such element is disclosed. The recordable element includes a substrate and an optical recording layer deposited on the substrate, wherein the optical recording layer is formed of Te.sub.a Ge.sub.b C.sub.c H.sub.d O.sub.e where a, b, c, d, and e are atomic percents such that a+b+c+d+e=100, and wherein 10<a<40, 10<b<60, 5<c<35, and 15<(c+d)<65 and e.gtoreq.0; a metal layer over the optical recording layer; and the recording element having its properties changed by heat treatment for a time and temperature selected so as to significantly improve jitter, window margin, reflectivity, and recording sensitivity performance.

Abstract: A master for the replication of optical elements is prepared by the steps of:(a) focusing an information modulated energy beam on a phase-change optical recording layer so as to form a pattern of two different phases in said layer corresponding to said information; and(b) selectively etching away one of said two different phases so as to form a relief pattern corresponding to said information.The master so made can be used directly as the stamper in the injection molding process or the 2-P process for the replication of optical elements.

Abstract: A composite quasi-crystalline material made of a polymeric support matrix having disposed therein polar quasi-crystals of photochromic spiropyran complexes, believed to be of the formula A.sub.n B, in which A represents the "colorless" photochromic spiropyran molecule and B represents the colored merocyanine form which is the photolysis product of A, and n is 2 or 3. The polar quasi-crystals are present in the composite material in a substantially polar aligned form. Methods for making the composite material are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an imaging method based upon the selective exposure of a select pair of photoactive materials to actinic radiation. According to this method, charge exchange between materials of a photosensitive mixture results in the selective decomposition of one of the components of said mixture. In the event that the above materials are dispersed within a polymeric film, the selective decomposition of one of these dispersed components will be manifest by changes induced in the polymeric film. Such changes in the characteristic properties of the film will, of course, vary depending upon the content of the dispersed photosensitive components in the film and the extent of decomposition of one of said materials.