Accession Number:

ADP011849

Title:

Exit Pupil Patterns from Optical Disks

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARIZONA UNIV TUCSON OPTICAL SCIENCES CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Upton, Robert S.
• Milster, Tom D.

Report Date:

2000-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

The modulation of the irradiance in the exit pupil of an optical data storage scanning system is described by analyzing the behavior of scan-dependent interference fringes. These fringes are grouped into three independent irradiance components. The variation of the exit pupil irradiance pattern as a function of groove depth is discussed.

Descriptors:

• *OPTICAL STORAGE
• DEPTH
• RADIANCE
• PATTERNS
• DISKS
• MODULATION
• GROOVING
• OPTICAL SCANNING
• EXITS
• DISK RECORDING SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Computer Systems
• Electricity and Magnetism

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE