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Publication
IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Paper
The characteristics of a dual-layer optical disk with read-only and erasable functions
Abstract
A dual-layer optical disk comprised of a read-only layer and a phase-change layer was designed to perform the read-only and erasable dual-functionality in an optical disk. With the properly designed dual-layer disk structure, 23 mW of write power was adequate to write data marks on the erasable phase-change layer; simultaneously, equal magnitude of sufficient radio-frequency readout signals could be obtained on both its data layers. The analyzes of its recording characteristics demonstrated the feasibility of the dual-functional optical disk.