Optical data storage devices utilizing magnetic media and magneto-optic (MO) readout became commercially available in the last half of the 1980's. This technology has now progressed through three generations of international standard format products, and is today firmly positioned as a robust, highly reliable and extendible method for reqritable (erasable), high density optical storage of not only computer data, but also entertainment (audio, video) formats and other information. This handbook brings together in a single volume expert contributions on the many aspects of MO data recording,...