• DocumentCode
    1385206
  • Title

    A glass disk distortion effect in an optical flying height tester

  • Author

    Fukuzawa, Tadashi ; Hisano, Teiji ; Watabe, Hiroshi

  • Author_Institution
    Tokyo Res. Lab., IBM Res., Kanagawa, Japan
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    3690
  • Lastpage
    3692
  • Abstract
    A flying height tester has been developed for measuring low disk-to-media gap and high disk rotation speeds. The tester can obtain two-dimensional measurement data for a flying head, using an adaptive detection algorithm and signals from a color television camera. A depolarizing unit is used to suppress measurement errors caused by the photoelastic effect of the glass disk at high rotation speeds
  • Keywords
    height measurement; magnetic disc storage; photoelasticity; adaptive detection algorithm; color television camera signal; depolarizing unit; disk rotation speed; disk-to-media gap; errors; flying head; glass disk distortion; optical flying height tester; photoelastic effect; two-dimensional measurement; Cameras; Detection algorithms; Distortion measurement; Glass; Optical distortion; Rotation measurement; Signal detection; TV; Testing; Velocity measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.538805
  • Filename
    538805