Title

Multilayer Thin Film Media For Optical Recording

Abstract

Recent progress in the optical data storage technology has created new R&D and manufacturing opportunities for the optical coating community. Data storage technology has so far been confined to the semiconductor and magnetics industry. The emergence of optical media for data storage has opened up manufacturing potential for the optical coating industry which has largely been devoted to the manufacture of conventional coatings such as antireflection coatings, laser mirrors, optical filters and beam splitters. Multilayer coatings needed for optical storage media are within the scope of the manufacturing environment in a conventional optical coating plant with reasonable adaptations. Progress in the optical storage technology is generally reported in special topical meetings devoted to this technology. Therefore a survey of recent developments in this important field is considered appropriate for this conference devoted to new developments in thin film technology. In this review, we present the salient features, particularly the design aspects, of multilayer thin film storage media, and discuss recent developments in erasable phase change and magneto-optical storage media.

Publication Date

12-1-1990

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

1323

Number of Pages

132-150

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

0025535580 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0025535580

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