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Advances in OptoElectronics
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 967613, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/967613
Research Article

Forward and Backward Detectable Gray-Scale Data Storage System in Polymeric Material

E. Sungur, D. Carrara, G. Taupier, A. Fort, L. Mager, A. Barsella, and K. D. Dorkenoo

Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR CNRS, ULP 7504, 23 rue du Loess, B.P. 43, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France

Received 19 February 2009; Accepted 10 August 2009

Academic Editor: Lucimara Roman

Copyright © 2009 E. Sungur et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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