Abstract
The effects of placing a shading band in the collection path of a magneto-optical data storage device are presented. The shading band consists of an opaque region in the center of the collection aperture, which reduces the low-frequency response of the system without affecting the high-frequency response. This partially equalizes the system transfer function. Dynamic measurements indicate that the noise is also reduced in the low-frequency region, thus not significantly affecting the narrow-band carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR). The integrated signal-to- noise ratio (SNR) shows slight improvement in the high-frequency region.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5397-5401 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Japanese Journal of Applied Physics |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 11 S |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1993 |
Keywords
- Optical data storage
- Optical filtering
- Optical transfer function
- Superresolution
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering
- General Physics and Astronomy