Near-field optics: A new tool for data storage

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1480-1489

  Milster, Tom D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646932429     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.883319     Document Type: Article

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