Optical Data Storage

Phase-change media and recording

By: Erwin R. Meinders, Andrei V. Mijiritskii, Liesbeth van Pieterson

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Hardcover | 9 November 2006

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This is an overview of recording principles, materials aspects, and applications of rewritable optical storage. Elements of data recording, including mark formation, eraseability, direct overwrite strategies, data quality and data stability are explained and extensively discussed. Throughout the book, a mark formation model is described and used to back-up measurement results and support the discussed applications. High-speed and dual-layer recording are analyzed in depth, with proposals to achieve higher performance.

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I read this book on my way back from a conference in Colorado and I wasn't happy that Silicon Valley is so close to Colorado.
Intro and 5 chapters give full good overview of optical data storage and plenty of experimental data.
Book is very useful for students and engineers (optics, material sci., mechanics) and everybody who want to know how his/her DVD or CD is working.

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Semyon D. Savransky (Silicon Valley, California, USA)

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Other Technologies & Applied Sciences Applied Optics Mechanical Engineering & Materials Materials Science Computing & I.T.Computer Hardware Storage Media & Peripherals Electronics & Communications Engineering Electronics Engineering Electronic Devices & Materials

Science Physics Optical Physics

Introduction	p. 1
A brief overview of optical storage systems	p. 1
The basics of optical storage	p. 3
Optical drive layout	p. 3
Basic principles of optical data storage	p. 4
Optical storage roadmap	p. 15
Optical media	p. 16
Phase-change media	p. 18
Scope of this book	p. 20
References Chapter 1	p. 21
Theoretical aspects of phase-change alloys	p. 23
Introduction	p. 23
Glass formation and the amorphous phase	p. 26
Crystallization	p. 30
Crystallization theory	p. 30
Crystallization of amorphous marks in a phase-change disc	p. 32
Classes of phase-change materials	p. 34
Class I: Crystallization by nucleation and growth	p. 35
Class II: Crystallization dominated by crystal growth	p. 38
Emerging directions in phase-change research	p. 40
References of chapter 2	p. 46
Thermal modelling of phase-change recording	p. 51
Multi-layer thermal model	p. 51
Heat diffusion in thin layers	p. 53
Heat conduction at microscale	p. 52
Modelling of heat diffusion in multi-layer recording stacks	p. 53
Mark-formation and erasure model	p. 56
Optical parameters of phase-change recording films	p. 58
Optical properties of thin films	p. 59
Stack design	p. 63
Thermal conductivity of thin films	p. 64
In situ laser methods	p. 65
Melt-threshold method	p. 65
Thermal conductivity results	p. 66
Determination of crystallization parameters	p. 71
Isothermal measurements	p. 71
Time-resolved static tester measurements	p. 73
Mark formation and erasure results	p. 75
Effect of groove shape on direct heating	p. 80
Groove structure of phase-change discs	p. 80
Land versus groove recording	p. 84
Groove-only recording	p. 85
References of chapter 3	p. 88
Data recording characteristics	p. 93
Data recording	p. 93
Recording, erasing and direct-overwriting of marks	p. 93
Pulse trains	p. 95
Erase of marks	p. 97
Write-erase sequence	p. 106
Write strategy types	p. 110
Quality of recorded data	p. 110
Material-limited run-length jitter	p. 110
Overwrite stability	p. 112
Repeated read stability	p. 116
Effect of multi-track recording	p. 120
Thermal cross-write	p. 120
Optical cross-talk	p. 122
Recording media	p. 123
Dual-layer media and recording	p. 123
Data capacity increase	p. 123
Layout of dual-layer media	p. 124
Optical design of dual-layer media	p. 126
Mark formation	p. 128
Transmittance difference	p. 140
Media for high-speed phase-change recording	p. 145
Introduction to speed race	p. 145
Materials for high-speed recording	p. 146
Optical and thermal design of high-speed recording media	p. 148
Characterization of high-speed discs	p. 150
Mark formation in ultra-high speed recording stacks	p. 156
Influence of laser spot orientation on mark formation	p. 166
References of chapter 5	p. 171
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