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January 31, 2002  Semi Annual Report

From the Director
Dror Sarid

Summary Reports

Characterization Facility for Optical Storage Media and Systems
M. Mansuripur, C. Peng, P. Khulbe, T. Hurst, X. Xu, Rongguang Liang, E. de la Rosa, T. Liu, J.K. Erwin and W. Bletscher

Dynamic Testbed Laboratory and Micro-optics
T.D. Milster, M. Bailey, N. Beaudry, W. Bletscher, J. Butz, J. Curtis, R. Early, J.K. Erwin, J.S. Jo, J. Kim, B. Owens, S.K. Park, C. Pinto, C.H. Tien, S.G. Tang and Y. Zhang

Enhanced Error Control for Next Generation Optical Storage Systems
D. Howe

Direct Diode Laser Readout of Optical Discs -- Extremely short External Cavity (ESEC) Diode Lasers
K. Kataja, J. Aikio and D. Howe

Very-Small-Aperture Laser (VSAL) Development and Blue Laser Development
A. Kost and N. Erickson

Networked Data Storage Performance
T. Hurst, HP Visiting Researcher and E. de la Rosa, Doctoral Student

Appendices

DNA, Human Memory, and the Storage Technology of the 21st Century
M. Mansuripur

Partial-response Signaling for Phase-change Optical Data Storage Without Electronic Equalization
C. Peng and M. Mansuripur

Effect of Substrate Scattering on Optical Storage Phase-change Disk Noise
X. Xun, C. Peng, S. Hubbard, G. Hay and M. Mansuripur

Crystallization Behavior of Ge Doped Eutectic Sb70 Te30 Films in Optical Disks
P. K. Khulbe, T. Hurst, M. Horie and M. Mansuripur

Real-time Studies of Mark Formation Processes in Phase-change and Magneto-optical Media using a Two-laser Tester
M. Mansuripur, P.K. Khulbe, X. Xun, J.K. Erwin and W. Bletscher

Estimation of Thermal Coefficients of Magneto-optical Media
X. Xun, C. Peng and M. Mansuripur

The Uncertainty Principle in Classical Optics
M. Mansuripur

Omni-directional Dielectric Mirrors
M. Mansuripur

Progress in Combination Aperture Research
S.G. Tang and T.D. Milster

High-performance Readout and Recording by a Combination Aperture
S.G. Tang, T.D. Milster, J.K. Erwin and W.L. Bletscher

Near-field Optical Data Storage: Avenues for Improved Performance
T.D. Milster

Verification of FDTD Using Scatter of a Gold Sphere
M. Bailey and T.D. Milster

A Volumetric Memory Device Based on Photo-Chromatic Compounds
T.D. Milster, Y. Zhang, C.D. Pinto and E.P. Walker

Nonlinear Beam Propagation Method for Z-scan Measurement
S.K. Park and T.D. Milster

Channel Modeling
Y. Zhang and T.D. Milster

2-Photon Readout and Write Advanced Engineering Models
J. Butz and T.D. Milster

An Optical System Simulation model in MATLAB
R. Early and T.D. Milster

Vector Diffraction Analysis by Discrete-dipole Approximation
K. Shimura and T.D. Milster

Extremely Short External Cavity Lasers: Direct Semiconductor Laser Readout Modeling by Using Finite Difference Time Domain Calculations
J.K. Aikio, K.J. Kataja and D.G. Howe

Extremely Short External Cavity Lasers: The Use of Wavelength Tuning Effects in Near Field Sensing
J.K. Aikio, K.J. Kataja, T. Alajoki, P. Karioja and D.G. Howe

Numerical Study of Near Field Writing on a Phase Change Optical Disc
K. Kataja, J. Aikio and D.G. Howe


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