Owner DATAPLAY, INC.

Inventors BELL, Bernard, W.; BERGESON, Daniel, G.; ZIMMER, Eric, J.; WILSON, Scott, D.; REDMOND, Ian, R.

Pub. Number AU-A-2002318113

PCT Number PCT/US02/13867

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/094159

Filing date 2 May 2002

Wipo publication date 17 November 2003

G11B 007/12 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Heads

G11B 007/22 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of heads, e.g. assembly

G11B 007/135 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Means for guiding the beam from source to record carrier or from record carrier to detector