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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1987
Charles W Reno, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
General Electric Company, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Abstract
A multi-beam optical record/playback system includes optical elements for directing pluralities of write and read beams as respective diffraction limited spots on the optically-sensitive surface of a rotating disk. The spots on the disk are positioned such that information can be read immediately after it is written. A prism is selectively interposed in the path of write beams for the purpose or erasing previously recorded information. The prism refracts the write beams, causing a shift of its diffraction limited spots to positions behind the corresponding read spots, thus allowing the read beams to track recorded information which is subsequently erased by the light from the refracted beams.