TY - GEN
T1 - Localized light focusing and super resolution readout via chalcogenide thin film
AU - Tominaga, Junji
AU - Fons, Paul
AU - Shima, Takayuki
AU - Kurihara, Kazuma
AU - Nakano, Takashi
AU - Kolobov, Alexander
AU - Petit, Stephane
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - We have demonstrated that certain chalcogenide layers within a spinning super-RENS optical disc allow to squeeze the 650 nm laser beam to a spot size as fine as 50 nm using a 15-nm chalcogenide film. The near-field light was focused at a depth of just over 30 nm after passing through a chalcogenide film. Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations also reproduced these results. We suggest that a conductive ring aperture generated in the chalcogenide layers plays an important role in the localized light focusing.
AB - We have demonstrated that certain chalcogenide layers within a spinning super-RENS optical disc allow to squeeze the 650 nm laser beam to a spot size as fine as 50 nm using a 15-nm chalcogenide film. The near-field light was focused at a depth of just over 30 nm after passing through a chalcogenide film. Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations also reproduced these results. We suggest that a conductive ring aperture generated in the chalcogenide layers plays an important role in the localized light focusing.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33947627771
SN - 155899890X
SN - 9781558998902
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 79
EP - 89
BT - Science and Technology of Nonvolatile Memories
T2 - 2006 MRS Spring Meeting
Y2 - 19 April 2006 through 21 April 2006
ER -