Method and system for determining the quality of a storage system
First Claim
1. A readout-device-implemented method for measuring a quality parameter of an optical storage system, the storage system comprising the readout device and a non-diffraction-limited optical storage medium carrying predefined data, the method comprising:
- deriving, by the readout device, based on a readout of the predefined data, an impulse response of the optical storage system as a sequence of impulse response samples; and
analyzing, by the readout device, the impulse response to determine as the quality parameter a width of the impulse response by evaluating a second-order central moment of squares of the impulse response samples.
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Abstract
In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method for measuring a quality parameter of an optical storage system comprising a non-diffraction-limited optical storage medium and a readout device, the method comprising the process of deriving an impulse response of the optical storage system, and the process of analyzing the impulse response to determine at least one of a width of the impulse response and a skewness of the impulse response as the quality parameter.
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1. A readout-device-implemented method for measuring a quality parameter of an optical storage system, the storage system comprising the readout device and a non-diffraction-limited optical storage medium carrying predefined data, the method comprising:
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deriving, by the readout device, based on a readout of the predefined data, an impulse response of the optical storage system as a sequence of impulse response samples; and analyzing, by the readout device, the impulse response to determine as the quality parameter a width of the impulse response by evaluating a second-order central moment of squares of the impulse response samples. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A readout-device-implemented method for determining an optimum readout laser power for a non-diffraction-limited optical storage medium, the method comprising:
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setting, by the readout device, the laser power to a start laser power; determining, by the readout device, a width of an impulse response at the set laser power by deriving the impulse response as a sequence of impulse response samples based on a readout of predefined data and analyzing the impulse response to determine as the quality parameter the width of the impulse response by evaluating a second-order central moment of squares of the impulse response samples; and modifying, by the readout device, the laser power until the width of the impulse response has reached its minimum.
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4. A readout-device-implemented method for measuring a quality parameter of an optical storage system, the storage system comprising the readout device and a non-diffraction-limited optical storage medium carrying predefined data, the method comprising:
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deriving, by the readout device, based on a readout of the predefined data, an impulse response of the optical storage system as a sequence of impulse response samples; and analyzing, by the readout device, the impulse response to determine as the quality parameter a skewness of the impulse response. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A system for measuring a quality parameter of an optical storage channel, comprising:
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a non-diffraction-limited optical storage medium carrying predefined data; and a readout device that derives an impulse response of the optical storage channel as a sequence of impulse response samples based on a readout of the predefined data and analyzes the impulse response to determine as the quality parameter a width of the impulse response by evaluating a second-order central moment of squares of the impulse response samples. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A system for determining an optimum readout laser power, comprising:
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a non-diffraction-limited optical storage medium carrying predefined data; and a readout device that sets the laser power to a start laser power and determines a width of an impulse response at the set laser power and modifies the laser power until the width of the impulse response has reached its minimum, wherein the readout device determines the width of the impulse response by deriving the impulse response as a sequence of impulse response samples based on a readout of the predefined data and analyzing the impulse response to determine as the quality parameter the width of the impulse response by evaluating a second-order central moment of squares of the impulse response samples.
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10. A system for measuring a quality parameter of an optical storage channel, the system comprising:
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a non-diffraction-limited optical storage medium caffying predefined data; and a readout device that derives an impulse response of the optical storage channel as a sequence of impulse response samples based on a readout of the predefined data and analyzes the impulse response to determine as the quality parameter a skewness of the impulse response. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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