Near-field optical data storage

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-143

  Terris, B D ^a   Mamin, H J ^a   Rugar, D ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA RECORDING; DENSITY (OPTICAL); LASER BEAMS; LENSES; LIGHT; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL DISK STORAGE; OPTICAL RECORDING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACES;

AIR BEARING SLIDER; AIR GAP; LINEAR DENSITY; NEAR FIELD OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL SPOT SIZE; READING; SOLID IMMERSION LENS; WRITING;

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 0030574546     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.116127     Document Type: Article

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