Superresolution near–field readout in phase–change optical disk data storage

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 3922-3931

  Peng, Chubing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE CHANGING CIRCUITS; READOUT SYSTEMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SUPERRESOLUTION;

OPTICAL DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0011755393     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.003922     Document Type: Article

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