Design approaches with a lenslet array and a single, high-numerical-aperture annular-field objective lens for optical data storage systems that incorporate large numbers of parallel read–write–erase channels

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1163-1168

  Sasián, José M ^a   Mansuripur, Masud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0010760966     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.001163     Document Type: Article

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