Handbook of magneto-optical data recording : materials, subsystems, techniques /

Handbook of magneto-optical data recording : materials, subsystems, techniques / edited by Terry W McDaniel and Randall H Victora - 947 pages : illustrations

Includes index

Includes bibliography

Magneto-Optical Data Recording: Introduction and Overview --
Heads and Lasers --
Servos and Actuators --
Media Substrates And Format --
Magneto-Optical Thin Film Recording Materials in Practice --
Materials Characterization --
Writing and Erasing in Magneto-Optical Recording --
The Magneto-Optical Readout Process --
Sources of Noise in Magneto-Optical Readout --
Modeling the Magneto-Optical Recording Processes --
Testing --
Drive Packaging --
Data Reliability and Errors --
Outlook for Magneto-Optical Recording --
Acknowledgments --
References --
Index.

Discusses many aspects of MO data recording, including the materials in use, techniques for achieving recording function, and storage device subsystems.

9780815513919


Data disk drives.
CD-ROMs.
Computer storage devices.

TK7895.M4 / HAN