Multiple data surface optical medium and storage system

    公开(公告)号:SG43196A1

    公开(公告)日:1997-10-17

    申请号:SG1996005293

    申请日:1994-06-27

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: The optical data storage system comprises an optical medium comprising two spaced-apart substrates having the same material thickness, each substrate having a data layer. At least one of the substrates has a data layer which is at least partially transmissive. A light source is located near a first one of the substrates. A device directs light from the source to the medium, and includes a device for focusing the light to a discrete number of focusing positions. Each position defines an optical path between the light source and a corresponding one of the data layers. Each of the two optical paths includes a passage through substrate material having a total thickness equal to three substrate thicknesses.

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    公开(公告)号:DE69426660T2

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-12

    申请号:DE69426660

    申请日:1994-06-27

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: The optical data storage system comprises an optical medium comprising two spaced-apart substrates having the same material thickness, each substrate having a data layer. At least one of the substrates has a data layer which is at least partially transmissive. A light source is located near a first one of the substrates. A device directs light from the source to the medium, and includes a device for focusing the light to a discrete number of focusing positions. Each position defines an optical path between the light source and a corresponding one of the data layers. Each of the two optical paths includes a passage through substrate material having a total thickness equal to three substrate thicknesses.

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    公开(公告)号:DE3880353T2

    公开(公告)日:1993-10-28

    申请号:DE3880353

    申请日:1988-02-02

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A holographic mirror is used in an optical storage head to diffract a laser beam perpendicularly to the optical medium and also to focus the beam onto the optical medium. The mirror can also function to cause circularisation of a collimated laser beam of elliptical cross-section.

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