The development of a novel optical floppy disk drive using a phase change optical medium and a quasi-near-field optical head

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 39, Issue 2 B, 2000, Pages 929-932

  Kim, Young Joo ^a   Hasegawa, Yutaka ^b   Goto, Kenya ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Asahi Technical Laboratory Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

AR coating; External cavity; High density floppy disk drive (HD FDD); Laser oscillation; Lensless optical system; Optical head; Optical memory; Phase change media; Quasi near field optics; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; FLOPPY DISK STORAGE; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL RECORDING; POLYIMIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FLOPPY DISK DRIVES (FDD); LENSLESS OPTICAL SYSTEMS; NEAR-FIELD OPTICS; OPTICAL HEADS; PHASE-CHANGE MATERIALS;

OPTICAL DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0033878338     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.39.929     Document Type: Article

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