Abstract:
An optical device, such as an optical storage medium,comprises a layer of material in the solid state that has a refractive index that is switchable between at least two stable values by applied light. A reflector is spaced apart from the layer of material by a solid spacer layer transmissive to light.
Abstract:
The information recording medium 3 comprises an information layer having a metal layer 5 on a substrate 4, wherein concavo-convex portion is formed in the substrate to give main information such as image and voice, and the metal layer contains Al, Si and M (wherein M is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Cr and Ni) and enables sub-information to be additionally recorded therein at low cost by laser-beam 7 irradiation.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a high-density disk that is structured to prevent a collision of an optical pickup's objective lens with the high-density disk if the disk is placed upside down in a disk device that is able to record and reproduce signals to/from the high-density disk. A high-density disk recording medium according to the present invention has a reflecting thin film or label (601), formed on a surface opposite to a recording surface, to block a beam incident to an inserted disk not to travel up to a lead-in area, which a disk device tries to read first when a disk is placed, in the event that the inserted disk has been misplaced upside down.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an optical recording medium (20) to be used for a retail activation solution. The optical recording medium (20) is a modified ROM disk that can only be played after the application of an activation process. For this purpose the optical recording medium (20) has one or more areas (21, 22) provided with a light sensitive layer stack that changes its reflectivity upon illumination. The invention further relates to a method for producing such an optical recording medium (20) as well as methods and apparatuses (30) for initializing and/or activating such an optical recording medium (20).
Abstract:
There is provided a filter for an optical recording medium, including: a plurality of high refractive index layers, and a plurality of low refractive index layers, wherein the high refractive index layers and the low refractive index layers are alternately deposited, the total number of the high refractive index layers and the low refractive index layers deposited is an even number in the range of 10 to 20, and the high refractive index layers and the low refractive index layers are different in thickness from one another. Also, there is provided an optical recording medium using the filter for an optical recording medium.
Abstract:
The present invention is intended to provide optical recording media of hologram type capable of high-density recording and capable of preventing noise even when the informing light and the reference light leak from filter layers formed of wavelength-selective reflection films. Accordingly, the present invention relates to optical recording media has a first substrate, a recording layer, a filter layer, an optical absorption layer and a second substrate in this order, wherein the recording layer records information by use of holography; methods of producing the same, as well as optical recording methods for the recording media and optical reproducing methods. Preferably, the optical absorption layer absorbs a light having a wavelength within 350 nm to 600 nm and transmits a light having a wavelength within 600 nm to 900 nm.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide an optical recording medium for high speed recording corresponding to 3x speed to 10x speed (10 m/s to 36 m/s) of DVD with a favorable recording sensitivity and overwriting performance (or characteristic). Therefore, the optical recording medium is characterized by providing on the transparent substrate at least a first protective layer, a phase-change recording layer having a maximum recording linear velocity of 10.0 m/s or more and is capable of being recorded at least at any one linear velocity of 10.0 m/s to 36.0 m/s, a second protective layer, a reflective layer having a thermal conductivity of 300 W/m·K or more and a layer of a low thermal conductivity material having a thermal conductivity of 7 W/m.K or less disposed between the second protective layer and the reflective layer with a thickness of 0.5 nm or more and 8.0 nm or less.
Abstract:
An information recording medium includes a transparent substrate (1) and a recording layer (3) or a metal layer (4) provided on the transparent substrate directly or via a ground layer (6). The information recording medium has a RAM area (11b) on which information is recorded, reproduced or erased, and a ROM area (11a) from which only reproduction is made, and an average thickness of the recording layer of said RAM area is larger than that of the recording layer or metal layer of the ROM area.
Abstract:
An optical information recording medium for recording, retrieving and erasing mark length-modulated amorphous marks, which comprises a substrate, and a lower protective layer, a phase-change recording layer, an upper protective layer and a reflective layer having a thickness of from 40 to 300 nm and a volume resistivity of from 20 to 150 nΩ·m, formed in this sequence on the substrate, wherein the reflective layer is an A1 alloy containing from 0.2 to 2 atomic % of at least one member .selected from the group consisting of Ta, Ti, Co, Cr, Si, Sc, Hf, Pd, Pt, Mg, Zr, Mo and Mn, or wherein the reflective layer is made of a Ag alloy containing from 0.2 to 5 atomic % of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Ta, Nb, W, Co, Cr, Si, Ge, Sn, Sc, Hf, Pd, Rh, Au, Pt, Mg, Zr, Mo and Mn.