Magneto-optical disk drive technology using multiple fiber-coupled flying optical heads. Part I. System design and performance

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 691-706

  Wilde, Jeffrey P ^a   Heanue, John F ^b   Tselikov, Alexander A ^a   Hurst, Jerry E ^b  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Xros   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBERS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL HEADS;

OPTICAL DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0000813506     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.000691     Document Type: Article

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