Title :
Optical, thermal, and materials aspects of short laser pulses for optical data storage
Author :
Mansuripur, M. ; Peng, Chubing ; Erwin, J. Kevin ; Bletscher, Warren
Author_Institution :
Opt. Sci. Center, Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Sub-nanosecond laser pulses are attractive for optical data storage because of their efficient delivery of optical power and mitigation of thermal conduction effects, thus enabling media designs for superfast cooling. We review the technology of short-pulse lasers, and discuss the potential of short-pulse data recording.
Keywords :
cooling; heat conduction; laser beam applications; optical materials; optical storage; optical testing; data recording; laser storage material aspects; optical power delivery efficiency; short laser pulse optical data storage; short-pulse laser technology; sub-nanosecond laser pulses; superfast cooling media design; thermal conduction effects; Conducting materials; Cooling; Disk recording; Memory; Optical design; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optical recording; Power lasers; Thermal conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Memory and Optical Data Storage Topical Meeting, 2002. International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7379-0
DOI :
10.1109/OMODS.2002.1028588
