A nano-aperture with 1000×power throughput enhancement for very small aperture laser system (vsal)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4342, Issue , 2002, Pages 320-327

  Shi, Xiaolei ^a   Thornton, Robert L ^b   Hesselink, Lambertus ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Siros Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fdtd simulation; Nano aperture; Near field optical data storage; Power throughput

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIMULATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

VERY SMALL APERTURE LASER SYSTEMS (VSAL);

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 0036378571     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453378     Document Type: Article

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