Abstract:
An optical head for a laser memory disk in accordance with the present invention containing a substrate (1); a waveguide layer (3) formed over a main surface of the substrate; a semiconductor laser (4) provided at an end of the waveguide layer for injecting laser beams into the waveguide; a focusing grating coupler (6) formed on the waveguide layer for focusing the injected laser beams on the disk and introducing beams reflected back from the disk into the waveguide; beam splitters (5) formed on the waveguide layer between the semiconductor laser and the focusing grating coupler, for bisecting each of the reflected beams at a prescribed acute angle; photodetectors (10) for converting the bisected beams into electrical signals; optical isolators (17, 18) formed between the semiconductor laser and the photodetectors.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes a waveguide with first and second sections, and a junction coupling the first and second waveguide sections together. The first waveguide section has a first reflective device and the second section comprising a second reflective device arranged to generate a standing wave in the waveguide with maximum energy wave intensity at a target region of the waveguide in response to an incident energy wave being provided into at least one of the waveguide sections.
Abstract:
A method fabricates an interferometric tapered waveguide (ITWG) for a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) transducer. The ITWG is defined from at least one waveguide layer. The waveguide layer(s) include an energy sensitive core layer. The energy sensitive core layer has an index of refraction that varies in response to exposure to energy having a particular wavelength range. The step of defining the ITWG includes defining a plurality of arms for the ITWG. At least one phase difference between the arms is determined. At least one of the arms is exposed to the energy such that the index of refraction of the energy sensitive core layer in the arm(s) is changed and such that the phase difference(s) between the arms is changed.
Abstract:
In a heat-assisted magnetic recording hard disk drive, a laser module includes a submount-integrated photodetector configured to receive optical energy from a laser by way of a head slider. The submount may be formed of a semiconductor material such as a crystalline silicon material, and the photodetector may be a photodiode that is integrally formed with the submount. A HAMR head slider may comprise a feedback waveguide configured to guide optical energy from the laser through the slider to a feedback photodiode at an interface of the submount and the slider, to detect the optical energy transmitted through the slider to the slider air bearing surface (ABS). A back facet photodiode may also be integrally formed with the submount and configured to receive back facet optical energy to detect the optical energy generated by the laser.
Abstract:
The technology of this application relates to a data read/write apparatus and an electronic device, which relate to the data storage field, and can improve data read/write performance. The data read/write apparatus includes a first laser, configured to output a first optical pulse based on a control signal, where the control signal is a signal obtained based on to-be-written data, a dispersion compensator, configured to perform dispersion compensation on the first optical pulse to output a second optical pulse, and an optical fiber lens, connected to the dispersion compensator by using an optical fiber, and configured to focus the second optical pulse onto an optical storage medium, to write the to-be-written data to the optical storage medium.
Abstract:
The technology of this application relates to a data read/write apparatus and an electronic device, which relate to the data storage field, and can improve data read/write performance. The data read/write apparatus includes a first laser, configured to output a first optical pulse based on a control signal, where the control signal is a signal obtained based on to-be-written data, a dispersion compensator, configured to perform dispersion compensation on the first optical pulse to output a second optical pulse, and an optical fiber lens, connected to the dispersion compensator by using an optical fiber, and configured to focus the second optical pulse onto an optical storage medium, to write the to-be-written data to the optical storage medium.
Abstract:
In a scanning head for an optical disc system, a light beam from a laser is transmitted through a monomode optical fiber and then focussed on a record carrying surface of an optical disc by a converging lens. The end of the fiber can be reoriented within orthogonal planes perpendicular to the plane of the record carrying surface by transducers so as to correct for tracking and timing errors. The laser diode can function both as an emitter and, in an external cavity mode, as a detector of light reflected from the disc. Drive to the transducers is dependent on tracking and speed error signals generated from the detected light. For tracking and speed error compensation, only lens fiber end, and, optionally, a collimating lens, which are of negligible weight, need be moved rather than the entire scanning head. This provides a simple structure having a high frequency response and low power consumption.
Abstract:
An optical storage device for storing data includes at least one optical waveguide for receiving an optical interrogation signal and providing a response to the optical interrogation signal and a plurality of optical elements arranged relative to the at least one optical waveguide. The plurality of optical elements are responsive to the optical interrogation signal provided through the at least one waveguide to return a prescribed data value through the at least one optical waveguide. The plurality of optical elements represent encoded data concerning a function of an optical sensor.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes a waveguide with first and second sections, and a junction coupling the first and second waveguide sections together. The first waveguide section has a first reflective device and the second section comprising a second reflective device arranged to generate a standing wave in the waveguide with maximum energy wave intensity at a target region of the waveguide in response to an incident energy wave being provided into at least one of the waveguide sections.
Abstract:
The present application discloses a detection device including a light source configured to emit emission light, a scattering substance situated near a target object and configured to generate plasmon resonance between the scattering substance and the target object, a light guide portion configured to guide the emission light to the scattering substance and cause first reflected light, which is reflected from the scattering substance, and a detector configured to detect a state in phase of the first reflected light.