Ultrahigh density near-field optical storage

Afshin Partovi*, David Peale, Cherry A. Murray, George Zydzik, Leslie Hopkins, James H.J. Yeh, Matthias Wuttig, Rob Chichester, Lisa Dhar, Daryoosh Vakhshoori, William S. Hobson, James Wynn, John Lopata

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Abstract

This paper discusses a near-field optical storage system based on a semiconductor laser that is placed within 25-200 nm of a storage medium using flying head techniques commonly used in magnetic storage. The relatively large powers (>10 μW) radiating from the laser enable data rates of larger than 10 Mbit/s while the vicinity of the head to media presents the possibility of storage densities in excess of 50 Gbit/in. Such a performance presents this technique as a viable option for ultrahigh density storage.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)195-196
Number of pages2
JournalConference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS
StatePublished - 1996
EventProceedings of the 1996 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO'96 - Anaheim, CA, USA
Duration: Jun 2 1996Jun 7 1996

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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