Abstract
We describe a method to estimate the thermal conductivity of the substrate, the dielectric layer, and the magneto-optic (MO) layer of MO recording media. The method relies on the disappearance of the polar Kerr rotation above the Curie temperature of the MO layer. We obtain the thermal conductivities by taking into account the differences in the heat diffusion behavior under different sized focused spots. The results are reliable to better than 5% accuracy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4355-4360 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Applied optics |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 20 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering