OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIUM COMPRISING A MASK LAYER WITH A SUPER RESOLUTION NEAR FIELD STRUCTURE

• Main Authors: PILARD GAEL, KNAPPMANN STEPHAN, FERY CHRISTOPHE, PACEARESCU LARISA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.06.2009
• Subjects: INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; PHYSICS

The optical storage medium according to the invention uses a mask layer (2) as a super resolution near field structure, which comprises a doped semiconductor material. The semiconductor material is n-doped particularly such that the reflectivity of the semiconductor material is increased, when irrad...