Low thermal budget optical recording: A method for higher recording densities

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4342, Issue , 2002, Pages 124-133

  Tsu, David V ^a   Strand, David ^a  

^a Energy Conversion Devices Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitive cooling; Low thermal budget write strategy; Multi level recording; Phase change alloy

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; JITTER; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL DISK STORAGE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHASE CHANGE ALLOYS;

OPTICAL RECORDING;

EID: 0036379932     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453418     Document Type: Conference Paper

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