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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Amir Alon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tatiana Kosoburd, Lod, IL;
Shlomo Shapira, Petach-Tikva, IL;
Michael Naor, Rehovot, IL;
Joseph Kedmi, Jerusalem, IL;
Assignee:
Zen Research (Ireland), Ltd., Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/09 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/09 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an optical system having a read mode, during which multiple tracks of an optical disk are simultaneously read, and a write mode, during which data is written to at least one track of the optical disk. The multiple light beams employed during read mode may be generated by a single laser diode operated at low power used in combination with a diffractive element, multiple laser diodes, or combinations thereof.