Near-field optical data storage: Avenues for improved performance

Optical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2255-2260

  Milster, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture probes; Evanescent energy; Near field optics; Optical data storage; Solid immersion lens

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL RECORDING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SIGNAL MODULATION;

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 0035484999     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1402126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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