Table of Contents: Vol. 46, No. 6B (2007)

Special Issue: Optical Memories

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• Basic Theory
• Components
• Drive Technologies
• High Density I
• High Density II
• Media I
• Media II
• System and Applications

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Basic Theory

3711-3714 : Sub-Nanosecond Time-Resolved Structural Measurements of the Phase-Change Alloy Ge₂Sb₂Te₅

Paul Fons, A. V. Kolobov, Toshio Fukaya, Motohiro Suzuki, Tomoya Uruga, Naomi Kawamura, Masafumi Takagaki, Hitoshi Ohsawa, Hajime Tanida, and Junji Tominaga
Published June 22, 2007
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Components

3715-3723 : Development of “L-Shaped” Rotary Voice Coil Motor Actuator for Ultra Slim Optical Disk Drive Using Integrated Design Method based on Coupled-Field Analysis

Dong-Ju Lee, Jung-Hyun Woo, Sa-Ung Kim, Je-Seung Oh, Jeong-Hoon Yoo, No-Cheol Park, Young-Pil Park, Takeshi Shimano, and Shigeo Nakamura
Published June 22, 2007
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3724-3728 : Optical Design for the Optimum Solid Immersion Lens with High Numerical Aperture and Large Tolerance

Narak Choi, Seongbo Shim, Tom D. Milster, and Jaisoon Kim
Published June 22, 2007
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3729-3736 : Blue-Violet Four-Beam Light Source Using Waveguides

Kentaro Sasaki, Norikazu Kawamura, Haruki Tokumaru, and Yasuhiro Kuwana
Published June 22, 2007
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3737-3740 : Investigation of Micro Solid Immersion Lens Mounting Systems

Matthew Lang, Tom D. Milster, Takahisa Minamitani, and Gregg Borek
Published June 22, 2007
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Drive Technologies

3741-3746 : Improvement of System Performance of the Optical Disc Drive Adopting Ferrofluidic Damper for Pick-up Actuator

Byung Youn Song, Dae Jong Jang, Young Bin Lee, and Junghoon Lee
Published June 22, 2007
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3747-3749 : Wiggling Jump Strategy for Multiple-Beam Optical Disc System

Dayu Chen, Henk Goossens, Nicolas Baumgartner, and Qiang Zhan
Published June 22, 2007
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3750-3754 : High Speed Flexible Optical Disk with Cylindrically Concaved Stabilizer

Yasutomo Aman, Nobuaki Onagi, Shozo Murata, Yasunori Sugimoto, Daiichi Koide, and Haruki Tokumaru
Published June 22, 2007
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3755-3757 : Feasibility Study of Contactless Power Supply for Layer-Selection-Type Recordable Multi Layer Optical Disk

Yuji Fujita, Akemi Hirotsune, and Yasuo Amano
Published June 22, 2007
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3758-3760 : Servo Study of Radially Polarized Beam in High Numerical Aperture Optical Data Storage System (Brief Communication)

Tzu-Hsiang Lan and Chung-Hao Tien
Published June 22, 2007
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3761-3764 : Drive Considerations for Blu-ray Multi-Layer Discs

Alexander van der Lee and Erwin Altewischer
Published June 22, 2007
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3765-3770 : High-Speed Tracking Servo Using Zero Phase Error Tracking-Feed-Forward Method for Professional-Use Optical Disks over 10000 rpm

Daiichi Koide, Haruki Tokumaru, Kiyoshi Ohishi, Toru Hayano, Isao Shibutani, and Toshimasa Miyazaki
Published June 22, 2007
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High Density I

3771-3774 : Constrained Code and Partial-Response Maximum-Likelihood Detection for High Density Multi-Level Optical Recording Channels

Jing Pei, Heng Hu, Longfa Pan, Quanhong Shen, Hua Hu, and Duanyi Xu
Published June 22, 2007
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3775-3781 : Novel Encryption Method Using Multi Reference Patterns in Coaxial Holographic Data Storage

Mitsuru Toishi, Masaaki Hara, Kenji Tanaka, Tomiji Tanaka, and Kenjiro Watanabe
Published June 22, 2007
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3782-3786 : New Efficient Run-Length Limited Code for Multilevel Read-Only Optical Disc

Hua Hu, Longfa Pan, Jianping Xiong, and Yi Ni
Published June 22, 2007
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3787-3792 : Multiplexing Method with Noncoaxial Spherical Waves for Holographic Data Storage

Yukiko Nagasaka, Kuniaki Okada, Atsushi Nakamura, Masaki Tanaka, Akiko Kuwahara, and Yukio Kurata
Published June 22, 2007
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3793-3796 : Shift Selectivity in Common-Aperture Holography

Wolfgang Hossfeld, Joachim Knittel, Oliver Malki, Frank Przygodda, Hartmut Richter, and Heiko Trautner
Published June 22, 2007
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3797-3801 : Efficient Balanced Code Using Viterbi Algorithm and Section Division for Holographic Data Storage

Jae-Sung Lee, Young-Soo Jang, Seong-Hun Lee, In Ho Choi, and Byung Hoon Min
Published June 22, 2007
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3802-3811 : Integration of Overall Error Reduction Algorithms for Holographic Data Storage System

Jang Hyun Kim, Sang-Hoon Kim, Junho Yang, Hyunseok Yang, Jin Bae Park, and Young-Pil Park
Published June 22, 2007
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3812-3815 : A Modified Low-Density Parity-Check Decoder for Holographic Data Storage System

Biwoong Chung, Pilsang Yoon, Haksun Kim, Jooyoun Park, Jongyong Park, and Euiseok Hwang
Published June 22, 2007
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3816-3821 : Coherent Parallel Copying of Holograms Recorded by Spatial Spread-Spectrum Multiplexing

Terumasa Ito and Atsushi Okamoto
Published June 22, 2007
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3822-3827 : Selective Erasure for Multiplexed Holograms in Photorefractive Crystal Using Phase Conjugator

Takayuki Sano, Atsushi Okamoto, Kunihiro Sato, and Masatoshi Bunsen
Published June 22, 2007
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3828-3831 : High-Pass Filtering in Coaxial Holographic Data Storage

Yasuhiro Ogasawara, Katsunori Kawano, Koichi Haga, Jiro Minabe, Shin Yasuda, Makoto Furuki, Kazuhiro Hayashi, and Hisae Yoshizawa
Published June 22, 2007
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3832-3836 : Speckle-Shift Multiplexing along Axial Direction in Reflection-Type Holographic Memory

Masato Miura, Osamu Matoba, Kouichi Nitta, and Takeaki Yoshimura
Published June 22, 2007
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3837-3839 : Tilt Compensation Method of Two-Beam Angle Multiplexing Holographic Memory

Yoshiyuki Matsumura, Shigeki Hori, Hideo Sekine, Kazuya Kogure, and Masami Shimizu
Published June 22, 2007
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3840-3844 : Azopolymer/Liquid Crystal Complex for Polarization Holograms

Hisae Yoshizawa, Jiro Minabe, Yasuhiro Ogasawara, Kazuhiro Hayashi, Shin Yasuda, Kouichi Haga, and Katsunori Kawano
Published June 22, 2007
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3845-3849 : Comparison of Coaxial Holographic Storage Arrangements from the M Number Consumption Point of View

Zoltán Kárpáti, Krisztián Bankó, Gábor Szarvas, Szabolcs Kautny, and László Domján
Published June 22, 2007
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3850-3854 : New Coaxial Interference Method for Consumer Holographic Memory

Makoto Sato, Masakazu Ogasawara, Yoshihisa Ito, Satoru Tanaka, and Tetsuya Iida
Published June 22, 2007
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3855-3857 : Holographic Data Storage Media Employing Phase-Change Reflector (Brief Communication)

Toshio Ando, Masayuki Ono, Kazuhisa Ozaki, and Kenji Oishi
Published June 22, 2007
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3858-3861 : Selective Erasure of Holograms in Photorefractive and Photopolymer Materials for Rewritable and Secure Data Storage

Masatoshi Bunsen, Hirosuke Furuta, and Atsushi Okamoto
Published June 22, 2007
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3862-3866 : Method of Phase Compensation for Holographic Data Storage

Norihiko Ishii, Nobuhiro Kinoshita, Tetsuhiko Muroi, Koji Kamijo, and Naoki Shimidzu
Published June 22, 2007
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3867-3869 : Hybrid Catadioptric System for Holographic and Disk Application (Brief Communication)

Yung-Sung Lan and Chung-Hao Tien
Published June 22, 2007
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3870-3872 : New Data-Reproducing Scheme for Higher Density Blu-ray Disc (Brief Communication)

Hui Zhao, Hyunsoo Park, Wookyeon Hwang, Inoh Hwang, and Chongsam Chung
Published June 22, 2007
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High Density II

3873-3877 : Design and Fabrication of Thin-Film Diarylethene Recording Layer and Its Reflective Reproduction for Super-Multilayered Optical Memories

Teruhiro Shiono, Takashi Mihara, and Yoshiharu Kobayashi
Published June 22, 2007
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3878-3881 : Decision Feedback Partial Response Maximum Likelihood for Super-Resolution Media

Ryosuke Kasahara, Tetsuya Ogata, Toshiyuki Kawasaki, Hiroshi Miura, and Kenya Yokoi
Published June 22, 2007
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3882-3885 : Fabrication of Nanohole Array via Nanodot Array Using Simple Self-Assembly Process of Diblock Copolymer

Tsuyoshi Matsuyama and Yoshimasa Kawata
Published June 22, 2007
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3886-3888 : Proposal of Roll-Type Optical Advanced Memory

Masao Miyamoto, Akihiro Ohta, Yoshimasa Kawata, and Masahito Nakabayashi
Published June 22, 2007
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3889-3893 : High-Density Near-Field Recording on Cover-Layer Protected Discs Using an Actuated 1.45 Numerical Aperture Solid Immersion Lens in a Robust and Practical System

Coen A. Verschuren, Dominique M. Bruls, Bin Yin, Jack M. A. van den Eerenbeemd, and Ferry Zijp
Published June 22, 2007
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3894-3897 : Towards a Multi-Layer Near-Field Recording System: Dual-Layer Recording Results

Jack M. A. van den Eerenbeemd, Dominique M. Bruls, Coen A. Verschuren, Bin Yin, and Ferry Zijp
Published June 22, 2007
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3898-3901 : Capacity Increase in Radial Direction of Super-Resolution Near-Field Structure Read-Only-Memory Disc

Kazuma Kurihara, Yuzo Yamakawa, Takayuki Shima, and Junji Tominaga
Published June 22, 2007
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3902-3905 : Multilayer Recording and Dynamic Performance of Volumetric Two-Photon-Absorbing Fluorescent Al₂O₃ Media

Mark S. Akselrod
Published June 22, 2007
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Media I

3906-3908 : Super-Resolution Recordable Disk with Modified Rhodamine Dye Recording Layer and Contrast Enhanced Layer

Tien-Tsan Hung and Yi-Jyun Lu
Published June 22, 2007
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3909-3911 : Temperature Dependence of the Thermal Properties of Optical Memory Materials

Masashi Kuwahara, Osamu Suzuki, Yuzo Yamakawa, Naoyuki Taketoshi, Takashi Yagi, Paul Fons, Toshio Fukaya, Junji Tominaga, and Tetsuya Baba
Published June 22, 2007
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3912-3916 : Effect of SiO₂ Addition to PtO_x Recording Layer of Super-Resolution Near-Field Structure Disc

Takayuki Shima, Takashi Nakano, and Junji Tominaga
Published June 22, 2007
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3917-3921 : Fabrication of Discs for Three-Dimensional Pit Selection Using Damascene Process

Yumiko Anzai, Junko Ushiyama, Hiroyuki Minemura, and Toshimichi Shintani
Published June 22, 2007
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3922-3925 : Dual-Speed Inorganic Write-Once Disk with Low-to-High Polarity

X. Hu, L. P. Shi, E. K. Chua, W. W. Wang, M. L. Lee, T. C. Chong, and X. S. Miao
Published June 22, 2007
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3926-3927 : New Laser Labeling Technology for Recordable Digital Versatile Disc

Hiroshi Kubo, Michihiro Shibata, Seiya Yamada, Hisanori Itoga, and Tatsuo Fushiki
Published June 22, 2007
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3928-3932 : Polarization Recording in Photoinduced Chiral Material for Optical Storage

Daisuke Barada, Takashi Fukuda, Hiroshi Sumimura, Jun Young Kim, Masahide Itoh, and Toyohiko Yatagai
Published June 22, 2007
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3933-3935 : Error Rate Reduction of Super-Resolution Near-Field Structure Disc

Jooho Kim, Jaecheol Bae, Inoh Hwang, Jinkyung Lee, Hyunsoo Park, Chongsam Chung, Hyunki Kim, Insik Park, and Junji Tominaga
Published June 22, 2007
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Media II

3936-3938 : New Inorganic Write-Once Disc Using Low-Cost and Environmentally Friendly Oxynitride Materials for Multilayer Disc System (Brief Communication)

Kazuoki Hongu, Toshimori Miyakoshi, Yasuyuki Miyaoka, Tomoyuki Hiroki, and Osamu Koyama
Published June 22, 2007
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3939-3941 : Investigation on Life Expectancy of High-Speed Recordable Optical Disks

Mitsuru Irie and Yoshihiro Okino
Published June 22, 2007
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3942-3944 : Resin Material Dependence of Pit Shape in Thermal Direct Mastering

Toshihiko Sakai, Masanori Shimo, Nobuyuki Takamori, Yoshiteru Murakami, and Akira Takahashi
Published June 22, 2007
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3945-3951 : Thermal- and Laser-Induced Order–Disorder Switching of Ag-Doped Fast-Growth Sb₇₀Te₃₀ Phase-Change Recording Films

Yung-Sung Hsu, Yung-Chiun Her, Shun-Te Cheng, and Song-Yeu Tsai
Published June 22, 2007
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3952-3954 : Metallic Nanorods Doped Optical Recording Media: The Use of Nanorods As Nano-Heat Sensitizers (Brief Communication)

James W. M. Chon, Tsung S. Kao, Hao W. Hsu, Yuan H. Fu, Craig Bullen, Din P. Tsai, and Min Gu
Published June 22, 2007
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3955-3957 : A New Inorganic Write-Once Disc using Hydrogen-Containing Dielectric Recording Material for Multi-Layered Blu-ray Disc System (Brief Communication)

Toshimori Miyakoshi, Kazuoki Hongu, Yasuyuki Miyaoka, Tomoyuki Hiroki, and Osamu Koyama
Published June 22, 2007
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3958-3964 : Relaxation Mechanism of Electrochromism of Tungsten-Oxide Film for Ultra-Multilayer Optical Recording Depending on Sputtering Conditions

Ryuji Sato, Norikazu Kawamura, and Haruki Tokumaru
Published June 22, 2007
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3965-3967 : Pit Profile Simulation for HD DVD Mastering Process

Ryousuke Yamamoto, Masaaki Matsumaru, and Naomasa Nakamura
Published June 22, 2007
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3968-3972 : Effect of Interface Layers on Phase-Change Recording Material Analyzed by Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Method

Tsukasa Nakai, Masahiko Yoshiki, and Noritake Ohmachi
Published June 22, 2007
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3973-3974 : Dual-Layer Recordable Digital Versatile Disc Having Protruded Land Pre Pit in L1 Layer Fabricated by Inverse Stack Method (Brief Communication)

Koji Tsujita, Kenichi Shimomai, Katsunori Ohshima, Masanori Takahashi, Akihiko Nomura, Hideo Machida, Tsutomu Matsumoto, Fumitaka Tsuji, and Kenji Oishi
Published June 22, 2007
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3975-3977 : Evaluation of Thermal Tolerance in Initializing Thin Optical Discs

Masaharu Kondo, Toshimichi Shintani, Yoshiaki Ogino, and Kazuhiro Soga
Published June 22, 2007
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3978-3980 : Control of Refractive Index of Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives for the Optimization of Multilayered Media

Masao Miyamoto, Akihiro Ohta, Yoshimasa Kawata, and Masahito Nakabayashi
Published June 22, 2007
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3981-3986 : Approach of Improving Disk Performance to High-Quality Gap Control in Near-Field Optical Disk Drive System

Tsutomu Ishimoto, Sunmin Kim, Takeshi Yamasaki, Tomomi Yukumoto, Ariyoshi Nakaoki, and Masanobu Yamamoto
Published June 22, 2007
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3987-3992 : Phase-Transition Mastering of High-Density Optical Media

Erwin R. Meinders, Ruchi Rastogi, Mark van der Veer, Patrick Peeters, Hamid El Majdoubi, Herman Bulle, Antoine Millet, and Dominique Bruls
Published June 22, 2007
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3993-3996 : Cover-Layer with High Refractive Index for Near-Field Recording Media

Jin-Hong Kim and Jun-Seok Lee
Published June 22, 2007
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System and Applications

3997-4002 : Analysis on Effect of External Shock in Near-Field Recording System

Yong-Joong Yoon, Sang-Hoon Kim, Woong Seol, Joong-Gon Kim, No-Cheol Park, and Hyunseok Yang
Published June 22, 2007
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4003-4006 : Toward Biological Diagnosis System Based on Digital Versatile Disc Technology

Tomofumi Arai, Subash C. B. Gopinath, Hiroshi Mizuno, Penmetcha K. R. Kumar, Carsten Rockstuhl, Koichi Awazu, and Junji Tominaga
Published June 22, 2007
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4007-4010 : High Speed Laser Modulation for up to 12× Blu-ray Disc CuSi Recording

Jean Schleipen, Rob Hesen, Jan Jaegers, Anton Janssen, Jan Rijpers, and Peter Sonneville
Published June 22, 2007
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