Abstract
The use of a solid immersion lens (SIL) is an important
technique for increasing areal density in optical recording. Here
an approximate method is presented for analyzing the optical fields in
a SIL above a half-space and a SIL above a multilayer recording
medium. Both propagating and evanescent components are included in
the distribution of fields below the SIL. An approximate
closed-form expression is given for the decay of the intensity away
from the SIL surface above a half-space. In the case of a SIL above
a recording medium the model describes the strong oscillations that are
observed in the reflected Kerr rotation and ellipticity as the medium
spacing is varied. These oscillations are attributed to standing
waves in the propagating field component.
© 2000 Optical Society of America
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