Patent ID: 8071260

Claim:
An article comprising a holographic recording medium comprising: a binder component comprising at least one thermoplastic; a polymerizable component comprising at least one photoactive monomer that is soluble in said binder component, wherein the at least one photoactive monomer is dissolved in said binder component; a photoinitiator component comprising at least one photoinitiator that causes said polymerizable component to form a polymer or co-polymer when a portion of said polymerizable component is exposed to a light source; and a photoactive component and photobinding receptors wherein said holographic recording medium is capable of recording spatial light distribution via a spatial refractive index change to provide recorded data pages in said holographic recording medium; wherein said article behaves as a thermoplastic; wherein said article is volatile compound free; wherein said article has a melting point at least 10Â° C. greater than room temperature; and wherein said article has a thickness greater than 150 Î¼m.