phase-change recording

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phase-change recording [¦fāz ‚chānj ri′kȯrd·iŋ]

(computer science)

An optical recording technique that uses a laser to alter the crystalline structure of a metallic surface to create bits that reflect or absorb light when they are illuminated during the read operation.

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No references found			And the phase-change recording layer is specified to sustain--for up to 1,000 rewrite cycles--the same ratio of amorphous-to-crystalline reflectivity (i. Move Over, DVD-RAM Here Comes DVD-RW by Glatzer, Hal / Computer Technology Review Specially formulated with a rapid phase-change recording layer, TDK Snap N' Save DVD media maximizes the data transfer rate while minimizing the potential for errors. TDK Launches DVD and CD Media in Innovative Snap N' Save(TM) Storage ... by Business Wire In addition, Mark Edge Recording was employed in the phase-change recording layer production to increase the pit density to 0. Maxell RAMS The Optical Media Market by Computer Technology Review			phase shift Phase Shifter Phase Shifter, Microwave phase solubility Phase Space phase speed Phase Splitter phase stability Phase Stability in Particle Accelerators phase titration phase transfer catalysis phase transformation phase transformer Phase Transition Phase transitions phase undervoltage relay Phase Velocity Phase Volume phase winding phase-alternation line system Phase-angle measurement Phase-Angle Meter phase-balance relay phase-change coefficient phase-change material phase-change recording phase-comparison relaying phase-contrast microscope Phase-Contrast Microscopy phase-correcting network phase-frequency distortion phase-locked communication phase-locked loop Phase-locked loops phase-locked oscillator phase-locked subharmonic oscillator phase-locked system phase-modulation detector phase-modulation transmitter phase-rotation relay phase-sensitive detector Phase-Sequence Indicator phase-sequence relay Phase-Shift Circuit phase-shift control phase-shift discriminator phase-shift keying phase-shift mutation phase-shift oscillator Phase-Shifting Device Phase-Shifting Transformer			Phase transitions Phase transitions Phase transitions Phase Type Distribution phase undervoltage relay phase variation phase velocities Phase velocity Phase velocity Phase Velocity Equalization Curve Phase velocity vector Phase Volume Phase Weighting Super-resolution Method phase winding Phase Zero Defense Phase-Alternated Pulse Sequence Phase-alternating line Phase-alternating line Phase-alternating line phase-alternation line system Phase-angle measurement phase-angle meter phase-balance relay Phase-Center Displacement phase-change coefficient Phase-Change Guest Host phase-change material Phase-change memory Phase-change memory Phase-Change Random Access Memory phase-change recording Phase-Coded Pulse Doppler Phase-coherent holography phase-comparison relaying Phase-contrast microscope Phase-contrast microscope Phase-contrast microscope phase-contrast microscopy phase-contrast microscopy Phase-Controlled Magnetron Phase-Corrected Coupled-States Phase-Correcting Fresnel Zone Plate Antenna Phase-Correcting Freznel Zone Plate phase-correcting network Phase-Diverse Speckle phase-frequency distortion phase-II neuromuscular block phase-II neuromuscular block phase-II neuromuscular block phase-in Phase-Induced Intensity Noise Phase-Inverted Echo-Amplitude Detected Nutation Phase-Isolated Bus Phase-Lock Loop Phase-Locked Clock phase-locked communication Phase-Locked Dielectric Resonator Oscillator Phase-Locked Epitaxy Phase-locked loop Phase-locked loop Phase-locked loops

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