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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1996
Edward C Gage, Fairport, NY (US);
Steven C Dohmeier, Rochester, NY (US);
Mark V Hettel, Penfield, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for reading data from an optical medium having improved settling time characteristics and reduced bandwidth requirements, including producing a gain adjusted front facet monitor signal from a laser light beam, producing first and second data signals from data read from the medium, and producing first and second gain adjusted data signals in response to the gain adjusted front facet monitor signal and first and second data signals, respectively. The method further includes producing a magneto-optic data signal in response to the first and second gain adjusted data signals, the magneto-optic data signal being a function of the difference between the first and second gain adjusted data signals; or producing a combined data signal in response to the first and second gain adjusted data signals, the combined data signal being a function of the sum of the first and second gain adjusted data signals, and producing a write-once data signal in response to the gain adjusted front facet monitor signal and the combined data signal, the write-once data signal being a function of the difference between the gain adjusted front facet monitor signal and the combined data signal.