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Calculations have been done for the modulation transfer function of a superresolution optical disk with a combination of optical path filtering and saturable absorption techniques. The results reveal that optical path filtering alone can only equalize, to a certain degree, the spatial frequency response of the opticaldisk system, but it can not attain any response beyond the cutoff frequency. With an additional saturable absorption layer in-between the substrate and the information layer, it is found that the optical response both under and beyond the cutoff frequency can be greatly improved.
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Wu, Y., Chong, C.T. A superresolution optical disk with a combination of optical path filtering and saturable absorption techniques. Optical Review 4, 195–198 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02931680
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