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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2019
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
David W. Gotthold, Richland, WA (US);
Andrew J. Stevens, Richland, WA (US);
Nigel D. Browning, Richland, WA (US);
Eric Jensen, Richland, WA (US);
Nathan L. Canfield, Richland, WA (US);
Alan G. Joly, Richland, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
A method includes directing a probe beam to a target that includes an array of data portions in a data storage medium arranged so that a beam area of the probe beam extends across a plurality of adjacent data portions, the array including a data portion subset with each data portion of the subset responsive to the probe beam to produce a response illumination, receiving the response illumination at a detector, and determining data values corresponding to the plurality of adjacent data portions based on the received response illumination. Apparatus and systems are also disclosed.