Plasmonic oOptical data storage

Author

Mansuripur, M. ; Zakharian, A.R. ; Oh, Sang-Hyun ; Jones, R.J. ; Lesuffleur, A. ; Lindquist, N.C. ; Im, Hyungsoon ; Kobyakov, A. ; Moloney, J.V.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

fYear

2009

fDate

10-13 May 2009

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

45

Abstract

In plasmonic data storage a femtosecond laser pulse is focused to a diffraction-limited spot over a small region of an optical disk which contains plasmonic nano-structures. The digital information stored in each bit-cell modifies the spectrum of the femtosecond light pulse, which is subsequently detected in transmission (or reflection) using an optical spectrum analyzer. We present theoretical as well as experimental results that confirm the potential of plasmonic nano-structures for high-density optical data storage applications.

Keywords

laser beam applications; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical disc storage; optical focusing; plasmonics; diffraction-limited spot; femtosecond laser pulse; optical disk; optical focusing; optical spectrum analyzer; plasmonic nano-structure; plasmonic optical data storage; Dielectric substrates; Memory; Optical films; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Resonance; Silver; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Data Storage Topical Meeting, 2009. ODS '09.

Conference_Location

Lake Buena Vista, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3342-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3343-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ODS.2009.5031748

Filename

5031748