Optical Near-Field Recording Science and Technology /

• Main Authors: Tominaga, Junji (Author), Nakano, Takashi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Nanotechnology.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.

This textbook is written for all those wishing to understand the concepts behind modern optical recording. It also paves the way towards the future science and technology beyond the optical diffraction limit. The important keyword here is "near-field optics," a regime whose promising chara...

Table of Contents:

• Summary of Optical Data Storage and the Future Trend
• Basic Theory of Optical Near-Field and Surface Plasmon Polaritons
• Near-Field Recording and Its Actual Methods
• Role of Surface Plasmons in Optical Disc
• Epilogue.