Selenium Alloy Film For New Erasable Optical Disk Media

N. Koshino; M. Maeda; Y. Goto; K. Itoh; S. Ogawa

doi:10.1117/12.946429

12 April 1985 Selenium Alloy Film For New Erasable Optical Disk Media

N. Koshino, M. Maeda, Y. Goto, K. Itoh, S. Ogawa

Proceedings Volume 0529, Optical Mass Data Storage I; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.946429
Event: 1985 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1985, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

Selenium film alloyed with indium and antimony has good characteristics for erasable optical disk media. Depending on the conditions of the irradiation directed to the film, it exibits two different reflectances and geometrical deformations,.and the change between these two states is reversible. The mechanism of the reversible changes is different from amorphous-to-crystalline phase transition. Both states are definitely crystalline, which have been confirmed by transmission electron microscope analysis. The film has a good durability of write-erase cycles and is chemically stable. The disk sample has been confirmed to be capable of writing and erasing at a speed of 600 rpm. The resolution is sufficient to record a bit of 1 pm length on the disk. Carrier-to-noise ratio is fairly good. This film also has a potential for higher signal transfer rates.

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N. Koshino, M. Maeda, Y. Goto, K. Itoh, and S. Ogawa "Selenium Alloy Film For New Erasable Optical Disk Media", Proc. SPIE 0529, Optical Mass Data Storage I, (12 April 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.946429

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