Bernoulli Optical Systems Company

Matsushita-kotobuki Electronics, Industries, Ltd.

Stephen W Farnsworth

David R Dodds

Slobodan R Perera

K John Stahl

Scott David Wilson

Scott D Wilson

Coherent light passing through slits produces an optical interference pattern having a fringe spacing related to the spacing of the servo tracks on a magnetic disk. The convolution of the interference pattern with the servo tracks generates a servo error signal.

Optical servo system for magnetic disk

Coherent light passing through slits produces an optical interference pattern having a fringe spacing related to the spacing of the servo tracks on a magnetic disk. The convolution of the interference pattern with the servo tracks generates a quadrature servo error signal.

An information read/write storage system for reading and writing data to and from a flexible magneto-optic media is shown to include a magnetic recording member, having a recording head positioned proximate the media, for recording information onto the media at a recording point, the recording point being defined as the area of the media wherein information is being recorded at any given time and an optical read/write assembly for providing focused light onto the media during reading and writing, for receiving reflected light from the media to read the information and for continuously providing focused light onto the media for heating the recording point while the magnetic recording member is recording.

Magneto-optical information storage system for flexible media having

An optical read/write storage system for reading and writing data to and from a flexible optical media is shown to include an optical read/write head for providing focused light onto the flexible media and for receiving reflected light from the flexible media and a fine movement stabilizater, connected to the optical head and positioned proximate the flexible media, for stabilizing the flexible media in a desired position so that the optical head need not be moved substantially toward or away from the media in order to maintain the light focused on the media.

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Stephen W Farnsworth