Confidential

July 31, 2002 Semi-Annual Report Table of Contents

From the Director
Dror Sarid, Optical Data Storage Center

Summary Reports

Characterization Facility for Optical Storage Media and Systems
M. Mansuripur, C. Peng, P. Khulbe, M. S. Giridhar, 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, K Erwin, J. S. Jo, J. Kim, W. Owens, S. K. Park, C. H. Tien, S. G. Tang, Y. Zhang

ML-RLL Recording – Initial Experimental Results
D. Howe and K. (Angus) Wu

FDTD Modeling – Near Field Probes, Extremely Short External Cavity (ESEC) Diode Lasers & Super-RENS
J. Olkkonen, K. Kataja, J. Aikio and D. Howe

Multi-level Optical Data Links
A. Kost and X. Sun

Performance of Cooperating Networked Storage Systems
T. Hurst, HP Visiting Researcher/Adjunct Professor, E. de la Rosa, U of A Doctoral Student and J. Hartman, UA Computer Science Dept. Associate Professor

Appendices

Amorphization Induced by Sub- nanosecond Laser Pulses in Phase-change Optical Recording Media
C. Peng, J. K. Erwin and M. Mansuripur

Information Storage and Retrieval Using Macro- molecules as Storage Media
M. Mansuripur, P. Khulbe, G. Malahalali, J. Perry, S. Kuebler, M. Fallahi and J. K. Erwin

Microstructures Used for Optical Trapping and Transportation of Particles in Molelcular Data Storage
P. Khulbe, M. S. Giridhar, S.Kuebler, J. Perry and M. Mansuripur

Doppler Shift, Stellar Aberration, and Convection of Light by Moving Media
M. Mansuripur

The Optics of Semiconductor Diode Lasers
M. Mansuripur and E. M. Wright

Consideration and Control of Writing Conditions with a Near- field APSIL Probe (poster)
S.- G. (Gordon) Tang and T. D. Milster

Consideration and Control of Writing Conditions with Near-field APSIL Probe (summary)
S.-G. (Gordon) Tang, T. D. Milster, D. O’Connell

Generation of Compact Near- field Energy for Optical Recording (presentation)
T. D. Milster and S.- G. (Gordon) Tang

Generation of Compact Near- field Energy for Optical Recording (summary)
T. D. Milster and S.- G. (Gordon) Tang

Signal, Cross Talk and Signal to Noise Ratio in Bit-wise Volumetric Optical Data Storage (poster)
Y. Zhang, J. Butz, J. Curtis, T. D. Milster, J. Kim, W. L. Bletscher, K. J. Erwin

Signal, Cross Talk, and Signal to Noise Ratio in Bit-wise Optical Data Storage (summary)
Y. Zhang, T. D. Milster, J. Butz, W. Bletscher, Kevin J. Erwin and E. P. Walker

Volumetric Bit-wise Memories
T. D. Milster, Y. Zhang, J. Butz, T. Miller, E. P. Walker

Signal Power in the Angular Spectrum of Ag Ox Super RENS Media
T. D. Milster, J. J. Butz, T. Nakano, J. Tominaga and W. Bletscher

Verification of FD Thermo- model
S.- K. Park and T. D. Milster

Design and Fabrication of Fiberlenses for Optical Recording Applications
C.- H. Tien, Y.-C. Lai, T. D. Milster and H.-P. D. Shieh

Summer Report
T. D. Milster

Understanding Image Formation Using a GTD-based Technique
A. Khoh, T. D. Milster, B.-II Choi, G. S. Samudra and Y. Wu

New Features in Optiscan 6.0
T. D. Milster

Physical Optics Simulation in Matlab for High-performance Systems
T. D. Milster

RLL Modulation for Multi- level Recording
D. G. Howe

Investigation of the Optical Bow-tie Antenna Via FDTD Simulations
J. Olkkonen and D. G. Howe

Numerical Study of Near- field Writing on a Phase-change Optical Disk
K. Kataja, Janne Aikio and D. G. Howe

Super Resolution Near Field Structure Study
K. Kataja, J. Olkkonen, J. Aikio and D. G. Howe


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