Micro-integrated near-field optical recording head and optical recording system using the same

Abstract

A micro-integrated probe type head and an optical recording system using the same for recording/reading-out high-density optical information in a near field recording (NFR) manner are provided. The provided micro-integrated probe type head and the optical recording system using the same use a concept of a head that records/reproduces the information by focusing a beam to a probe through a wave guide, a microlens, and a micro-mirror, and by detecting a reflected beam. In this case, the probe is formed by a silicon process to have an aperture with a size of tens of nanometers. By driving the head in a disk actuation structure, high-density near-field optical information having a recording size of 50 to 100 nm is recorded/reproduced at a high speed in a manner of possibly using a conventional tracking technology of an optical disk drive (ODD) or a hard disk drive (HDD).

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