Table of Contents:
  • 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.