公开(公告)号：WO1998049675A1

公开(公告)日：1998-11-05

申请号：PCT/US1997007303

申请日：1997-04-29

Applicant: TERASTOR CORPORATION

Inventor： TERASTOR CORPORATION ,  KNIGHT, Gordon, R. ,  AL-SAMARRIE, John ,  BLANKENBECKLER, David ,  BONN, Brian ,  BURROUGHS, Alan ,  DALZIEL, Warren ,  HAJJAR, Roger ,  JAIN, Amit ,  MA, Guolin ,  TREMAINE, Brian

IPC: G11B05/09

CPC classification number: B82Y10/00 ,  G11B7/00745 ,  G11B7/08564 ,  G11B7/122 ,  G11B7/1374 ,  G11B7/1387 ,  G11B7/14 ,  G11B11/10515 ,  G11B11/10554 ,  G11B11/10569 ,  G11B11/1058 ,  G11B11/10584 ,  G11B20/1258 ,  G11B23/0328 ,  G11B2007/0013 ,  G11B2007/13727

Abstract: An electro-optical storage system based on air-bearing-suspended optical head in a near-field configuration. The system comprises a read/write head and a head positioning system, an optics module (1702) including beam relay optics and signal detectors (1804), an optical medium (1714) and a corresponding medium driving unit, and an electronic control system. The optical head includes a near-field lens with a high index of refraction and in a near-field regime has a numerical aperture greater than unity when the spacing between an exit facet of the optical head and a recording layer in an optical medium is a fraction of the wavelength.

Abstract translation: 一种基于近场配置的空气悬挂光头的电光存储系统。 该系统包括读/写头和头定位系统，包括光束中继光学器件和信号检测器（1804）的光学模块（1702），光学介质（1714）和相应的介质驱动单元以及电子控制系统。 光头包括具有高折射率的近场透镜，并且在近场状态下，当光学头的出射面与光学介质中的记录层之间的间隔为 波长的分数。

公开(公告)号：EP0979508A1

公开(公告)日：2000-02-16

申请号：EP97923507.4

申请日：1997-04-29

Applicant: Terastor Corporation

Inventor： KNIGHT, Gordon, R. ,  AL-SAMARRIE, John ,  BLANKENBECKLER, David ,  BONN, Brian ,  BURROUGHS, Alan ,  DALZIEL, Warren ,  HAJJAR, Roger ,  JAIN, Amit ,  MA, Guolin ,  TREMAINE, Brian

IPC: G11B5/09 ,  G11B5/68 ,  G11B7/00 ,  G11B7/24 ,  G11B9/00 ,  G11B11/00 ,  G11B3/74 ,  G02B5/18 ,  G02B21/00

CPC classification number: B82Y10/00 ,  G11B7/00745 ,  G11B7/08564 ,  G11B7/122 ,  G11B7/1374 ,  G11B7/1387 ,  G11B7/14 ,  G11B11/10515 ,  G11B11/10554 ,  G11B11/10569 ,  G11B11/1058 ,  G11B11/10584 ,  G11B20/1258 ,  G11B23/0328 ,  G11B2007/0013 ,  G11B2007/13727

Abstract: An electro-optical storage system based on air-bearing-suspended optical head in a near-field configuration. The system comprises a read/write head and a head positioning system, an optics module (1702) including beam relay optics and signal detectors (1804), an optical medium (1714) and a corresponding medium driving unit, and an electronic control system. The optical head includes a near-field lens with a high index of refraction and in a near-field regime has a numerical aperture greater than unity when the spacing between an exit facet of the optical head and a recording layer in an optical medium is a fraction of the wavelength.