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- From: bower@peppermint.udel.edu (Tyson Bower)
- Subject: Re: Life after CDs
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- As far as pressing the "grooves" on a CD closer together goes, I believe
- they are already very nearly as close together as they can get. They can
- be packed in slightly more (I think this is how some of those `long'
- CD's are made to exceed the 74 min standard) but not much.
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- It has to do with limitations due to the wavelength of the red laser
- used to read the discs. If the spiral track gets and tighter, the
- laser cannot accurate track a single row to pits/bumps. Apparently,
- the solution to this restriction is to use a blue laser instead, which
- has a shorter wavelength and can therefore focus in on a smaller spot.
- Unfortunately, blue lasers are rather expensive and the technology
- does not yet exist to mass produce them at a realistic price.
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- Does anyone know more about this?
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