Title :
A spinning disk test stand for two-color, tungsten oxide based optical memory system
Author :
Bussjager, Rebecca ; Getbehead, Mark ; Osman, Joseph M. ; Hinkel, Capt Dan ; Grueza, D. ; McEwen, Thomas ; Myers, Brook ; Holzhauer, Nathan ; Chaiken, Joseph
Author_Institution :
Air Force Res. Lab., Rome NY, USA
Abstract :
We have constructed and tested a spin stand based demonstration system for a new form of optical memory. Based on a new two color storage process which utilizes a form of tungsten oxide as the physical medium, this system offers potential advantages in storage density, write speed, signal to noise, processing flexibility, data robustness, and overall cost. In this paper we describe the system and its performance on prototype disks. Issues regarding choices of wavelengths, write power and speed are discussed
Keywords :
automatic test equipment; optical materials; optical storage; optical testing; tungsten compounds; DVD RAM; DVD ROM; WO3; WO3WO5; data robustness; processing flexibility; prototype disks; signal to noise; speed; spin stand based demonstration; spinning disk test stand; storage density; two color storage; two-color optical memory; write power; write speed; Color; Colored noise; Costs; Noise robustness; Optical noise; Prototypes; Signal processing; Spinning; System testing; Tungsten;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Snowmass at Aspen, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5425-7
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.1999.789793
