Theoretical study of the recording density limit of a near-field photochromic memory

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1140-1146

  Tsujioka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Irie, Masahiro ^b  

^a SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0032346646     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001140     Document Type: Article

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