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Product Description This handbook brings together in a single volume expert contributions on the many aspects of MO data recording, including the materials in use, techniques for achieving recording function, and storage device subsystems. As a multiple author treatment, it brings perspective from many viewpoints and institutions. The insights delivered should be valuable to a wide audience from students to practitioners in all areas of information storage. Review "This Handbook is highly recommended for anyone with at least an active interest in the field ..." - RIC News. Review This handbook brings together in a single volume expert contributions on the many aspects of MO data recording, including the materials in use, techniques for achieving recording function, and storage device subsystems. From the Back Cover This handbook brings together, in a single volume, expert contributions on the many aspects of MO data recording, including the materials in use, techniques for achieving the recording function, and storage device subsystems. As a multiple author treatment, it brings perspective from many viewpoints and institutions. The insights delivered should be valuable to a wide audience from students to practitioners in all areas of information storage. About the Author Terry W. McDaniel is presently with Quinta Corporation in San Jose, California. During the preparation of this book, he was Senior Physicist with the IBM Storage Division. He has extensive experience in optical data storage technology and has attended numerous international conferences on these topics.Dr. McDaniel earned his doctorate at Michigan State University and has published over thirty technical papers. He is also the holder of four patents.Randall H. Victora is a research associate at the Kodak Research Laboratories, Rochester, New York. He was program co-chairman of the INTERMAG Conference in 1995 and was also publications co-chairman of the Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. He is also a member of the advisory committees for the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.Dr. Victora earned his doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley, has published thirty-five papers, and is the holder of three patents. His research is focused on theoretical investigations of magnetism and magnetic materials, primarily for data applications.