Dynamic information storage or retrieval – Specific detail of information handling portion of system – Radiation beam modification of or by storage medium
Patent
1996-02-28
1997-07-01
Huber, P. W.
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Specific detail of information handling portion of system
Radiation beam modification of or by storage medium
356351, 356357, 356369, G11B 700, G01B 902
Patent
active
056445628
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for measuring and compensating for birefringence in a rotating ground glass disk (20) such as are employed in polarization based optical flying height testers. The polarized light (1, 3) impinges on the top surface (24) of the disk (20) and is refracted through the disk to a measurement point (90) on the opposite surface (25) from which it is reflected back through the disk (20) and refracted before it exits the disk (20) in a beam (9) containing both s aand p polarizations which are detected by a phase detector (13) which measures any difference in phase between the s and p polarizations. Any variation of the phase .theta..sub.G with respect to the position defined by the measurement point provides the birefringence parameters b.sub..parallel.,b.sub..perp. for the positions on the disk (20). The phase detector (13) measures the phase .theta..sub.G at a skew angle .zeta. defined between the plane of incidence (101), defined by the existing beam (9) and the incident beam (3), drawn through the measurement point (90) perpendicular to a radius line (102) for the disk (20).
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Huber P. W.
Zygo Corporation
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