Bit-Error-Rate-Based Evaluation of Energy-Gap-Induced Super-Resolution Read-Only-Memory Disc in Blu-ray Disc Optics

摘要

Bit error rate (bER) of an energy-gap-induced super-resolution (EG-SR) read-only-memory (ROM) disc with a zinc oxide (ZnO) film was measured in Blu-ray Disc (BD) optics by the partial response maximum likelihood (PRML) detection method. The experimental capacity was 40 GB in a single-layered 120 mm disc, which was about 1.6 times as high as the commercially available BD with 25 GB capacity. BER near 1 × 10~(-5) was obtained in an EG-SR ROM disc with a tantalum (Ta) reflective film. Practically available characteristics, including readout power margin, readout cyclability, environmental resistance, tilt margins, and focus offset margin, were also confirmed in the EG-SR ROM disc with 40 GB capacity.