CFD of contamination in near field (optical) recording (NFR)

A decade after Blue-ray, the next-generation of optical recording drives may be near field recording (NFR). Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling is being used to optimize the design of their solid immersion lens (SIL) to be robust against particle contamination.

PFTL Researcher(s): TBA

Method(s) employed: Fluent CFD, DPM

Sponsor(s): N/A

Reference(s): Terrell, E. and Higgs III, C.F., "A Simulation of Contaminates Around the Solid Immersion Lens in a Near Field Optical Recording System," IEEE Trans. Magnetics, Vol. 43, 6, 2007