title: Improving the recording ability of a near-field optical storage system by higher-order radially polarized beams.
abstract: Distributions of the optical field in a solid immersion lens recording system are calculated for higher-order radially polarized modes of the incidence. Results show that two higher-order radially polarized modes of R-TEM(11) (* )and R-TEM(21) * are useful to near-field optical recording, but further higher-order modes such as R-TEM(31) (* ), R-TEM(41) (* ), and R-TEM(51) (* ) are not useful due to the strong side-lobe intensity. Compared with R-TEM(01) (* ) beam focusing, the full width at half-maximum of the recording spot is decreased markedly and the focal depth is increased substantially by using R-TEM(11) (* )beam focusing. The effect of the beam width of the R-TEM(11) (* ) mode is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: College of Physics and Electronic Information, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China. zhangyaoju@sohu.com
authors.forename: Yaoju
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bai