Measurement of the relative optical phase between amorphous and crystalline regions of the phase-change media of optical recording

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2167-2173

  Liang, Rongguang ^a   Erwin, J Kevin ^a   Mansuripur, Masud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS LASERS; OPTICAL DISK STORAGE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON; SUBSTRATES;

PHASE-CHANGE MEDIA;

OPTICAL RECORDING;

EID: 0038492860     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.002167     Document Type: Article

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