National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Tdk Corporation

Agency of Industrial Science and Technology

J. A. Woolam Japan Corporation

Masashi Kuwahara

Junji Tominaga

Takashi Kikukawa

Takayuki Shima

Narutoshi Fukuzawa

Tatsuhiro Kobayashi

Joo-Ho Kim

Nobufumi Atoda

Takashi Nakano

In-sik Park

Hiroshi Fuji

Michio Suzuki

Koichi Tsutsumi

Toshio Fukaya

Dorothea Buechel

Christophe Mihalcea

Rie Endo

Masahiro Susa

Takayuki Sima

An apparatus for optical measurement of a liquid or molten material, which has: a transparent container which has a bottom face and is capable of containing a to-be-measured material therein, with the bottom face at least having a flat face and being transparent; and an optical device that irradiates a light to the bottom face of the container and that detects and measures a reflected light from the bottom face; and a method for optically measuring a liquid or molten material using the apparatus.

Optical measurement apparatus and optical measurement method for a liquid or molten material

A pattern forming materials includes a thermal sensitive material layer formed on a target substrate, a first light-to-heat converting layer formed between the thermal sensitive material layer and the target substrate, and a second light-to-heat converting layer formed on a surface of the thermal sensitive material layer opposite to the first light-to-heat converting layer, the thermal sensitive material layer being interposed between the first and second light-to-heat converting layers. A higher aspect ratio fine pattern can be formed in the thermal sensitive material layer made of photoresist using heat generated in the first and second light-to-heat converting layers formed on both surfaces of the thermal sensitive material layer.

Pattern forming materials and pattern formation method using the materials

A method for reproducing data according to the present invention is adapted for reproducing data recorded in an optical recording disc including a multi-layered body formed by forming a decomposition reaction layer containing noble metal oxide as a primary component and a light absorption layer so as to sandwich a dielectric layer therebetween by irradiating a laser beam onto the optical recording disc and forming a recording mark train including at least one of a recording mark having a length shorter than a resolution limit and a blank region having a length shorter than the resolution limit therein, and is constituted by changing the read power Pr of the laser beam in accordance with a readout linear velocity at which data are to be reproduced from the optical recording disc. According to the thus constituted method for reproducing data, even in the case where the length of a recording mark or the length of a blank region between neighboring recording marks is shorter than the resolution limit, it is possible to record and reproduce a recording mark train including these recording marks and the blank regions. Therefore, this method can be applied to an optical recording medium whose storage capacity is markedly increased.

Method for reproducing data and an apparatus for recording and reproducing data

A method for determining a read power of a laser beam includes a step of setting a power of a laser beam to a recommended recording power Pw' and forming a recording mark train including at least one of a recording mark having a length shorter than a resolution limit and a blank region having a length shorter than the resolution limit in an optical recording disc, thereby recording test data therein. The method also includes a step of setting the power of the laser beam to a recommended read power Pr&#x2032; and reproducing the test data recorded in the optical recording disc, a step of judging whether or not signal characteristics of a reproduced signal obtained by reproducing the test data satisfies reference conditions, and determining an optimum read power of the laser beam based on the result of the judgment.

Method for determining a reproducing power of a laser beam and an apparatus for recording and reproducing data

A multi-layer structure whose volume changes when a temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold value, a microscopic structure drawing method that involves emitting a laser beam onto the multi-layer structure to create a temperature distribution within a beam spot and performing microscopic recording on a portion of the beam spot having a temperature higher than the threshold value, an optical disc master, and a mastering method using the same, where the multi-layer structure includes a substrate and a transformation layer formed on the substrate, wherein a volume of a portion of the transformation layer irradiated by a laser beam changes when the temperature of the portion exceeds a predetermined temperature. The microscopic structure drawing method includes emitting the laser beam onto a predetermined region of the transformation layer and heating the region of the transformation layer irradiated by the laser beam beyond a predetermined temperature so that the heated region can undergo a volume change.

Multi-layer structure and method of drawing microscopic structure therein, optical disc master and method of fabricating the same using the multi-layer structure, and optical disc manufactured using the optical disc master

A molecular sensor comprising a sensor film containing a metal compound wherein Raman spectroscopic analysis is carried out utilizing the amplification of Raman light by the localized plasmons that fine particles resulting from reduction of the metal compound generate has a small size and a very high sensitivity. A high sensitivity Raman spectroscopic process is provided.

Molecular sensor and raman spectroscopy process

Disclosed is a photolithographic pattern-forming material capable of giving a fine patterned resist layer rapidly and being used repeatedly. The pattern-forming material is a multilayered body comprising a substrate and a photoresist layer thereon which is overlaid with a three-layered composite film for near-field light generation consisting of an intermediate layer of a non-linear optical material such as antimony sandwiched between two dielectric layers. When irradiated with active rays focused on the optically nonlinear layer, a fine optical window or light scattering point is formed therein where a near-field light is generated to pattern-wise expose the photoresist layer.

Photolithographic pattern-forming material and method for formation of fine pattern therwith

Provided is an optical probe array head device in which a single optical detector or a plurality of optical detectors are disposed to each of the optical probes constituting an optical probe array having a plurality of apertures. The optical detectors are arranged to surround the aperture so as to be able to efficiently detect scattering of a feeble near-field light enabling similtaneous detection of a multipilicity of optical signals. In this device, an optical lens system necessary for optical detection can be omitted by integrating the optical probe array and the optical detectors. In addition, the output signals from the optical detectors can be utilized for conducting position control of the optical probe array head.

Optical probe array head device

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Ibaraki, Japan

Masashi Kuwahara