The Super-Resolution Near-Field Structure and Its Applications.- Near-Field Optical Properties of Super-Resolution Near-Field Structures.- Super-RENS Media Using Alternative Recording Systems.- Metal-Doped Silver Oxide Films as a Mask Layer for the Super-RENS Disk.- Transient Optical Properties of the Mask Layer for the Super-RENS System.- A Thermal Lithography Technique Using a Minute Heat Spot of a Laser Beam for 100 nm Dimension Fabrication.- New Structures of the Super-Resolution Near-Field Phase-Change Optical Disk and a New Mask-Layer Material.- Polarization Dependence Analysis of Readout Signals of Disks with Small Pits Beyond the Resolution Limit.- Signal Power in the Angular Spectrum of AgOx SuperRENS Media.- Super-Resolution Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy.- Optical Tunneling Effect and Surface Plasmon Resonance from Nanostructures in a Metallic Thin Film.- Coherent Spontaneous Emission of Light Due to Surface Waves.- Plasmon Resonances in Nanowires with a Non—regular Cross-Section.