A C-shaped nanoaperture Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser for high-density near-field optical data storage

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6132, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Rao, Zhilong ^a   Matteo, Joseph A ^a   Hesselink, Lambertus ^a   Harris, James S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data storage; Nanoaperture; Near field; Polarization; VCSEL

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE; NANOAPERTURE; NEAR FIELD; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOGIC DESIGN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; POLARIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33646168742     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.645083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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