Optical equalizer of a data storage system using liquid crystal super-resolution devices

Nobuyuki Hashimoto; Tomas D. Milster

doi:10.1117/12.453406

10 January 2002 Optical equalizer of a data storage system using liquid crystal super-resolution devices

Proceedings Volume 4342, Optical Data Storage 2001; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.453406
Event: Optical Data Storage, 2001, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Abstract

Super-resolution with suppressed side-lobes using a liquid crystal super-resolution device and its application to optical equalizer are presented. The liquid crystal device modulates linearly polarized input into orthogonaled linearly polarized pairs and to place the device in focusing optics causes super-resolution effects and polarization states of its side - lobes become different from its main - lobes. Then we can reduce side-lobes using polarization filterings. To apply this device to optical heads with an analyzer in the collection path, we can find variable optical equalizer effects by rotating a direction of the analyzer.

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Nobuyuki Hashimoto and Tomas D. Milster "Optical equalizer of a data storage system using liquid crystal super-resolution devices", Proc. SPIE 4342, Optical Data Storage 2001, (10 January 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.453406

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