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.