Mark formation model for optical rewritable recording

Optically rewritable discs contain one or more so-called recording stacks. These stacks consist of various grooved layers. At least one of these layers contains a so-called phase-change material. In the recording layer, amorphous regions are formed on a crystalline background by means of high power laser pulses. During read-out, differences in...

Mark formation modeling in optical rewritable recording

In optical rewritable recording media, such as the Blu-ray Disc, amorphous marks are formed on a crystalline background of a phase-change layer, by means of short, high power laser pulses. In order to improve this data storage concept, it is of great importance to understand the mark formation process. Therefore, a rigorous numerical model is...

Mark formation modeling in optical rewritable recording

In optical rewritable recording media, such as the Blu-ray Disc, amorphous marks are formed on a crystalline background of a phase-change layer, by means of short, high power laser pulses. In order to improve this data storage concept, it is of great importance to understand the mark formation process. Therefore, a rigorous numerical model is...

A study of enthalpy methods for mark formation modeling

Towards solving a moving boundary problem within a multi-layered recording stack

Finite-element model for phase-change recording

The finite-element method is applied to model phase-change recording in a grooved recording stack. A rigorous model for the scattering of a three-dimensional focused spot by a one-dimensional periodic grating is used to determine the absorbed light in a three-dimensional region inside the phase-change layer. The optical model is combined with a...

Numerical modeling of optical phase-change recording