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Robust detection of deeply subwavelength pits in simulated optical data-storage disks using photonic jets
Soon-Cheol Kong, Alan V. Sahakian, Alexander Heifetz, Allen Taflove, and Vadim Backman
We report a means to detect deeply subwavelength pits in optical data-storage media by employing the recently observed giant backscattering perturbation phenomenon of the photonic jet. We conducted microwave experiments with dimensionally scaled-up pits and lands in a simulated optical data-storage … [Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 211102 (2008)] published Wed May 28, 2008.
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