摘要:
A thermomagnetic recording method is disclosed using a thermomagnetic recording medium where first, second and third magnetic thin films (1-3) each formed of rare-earth and transition metals are sequentially superposed to form layers in a magnetically coupled manner. The recording is carried out by heating the thermomagnetic recording medium under a predetermined magnetic field perpendicular to the film plane thereof while selectively modulating, in accordance with data to be recorded, a first heating state at a first temperature T1 substantially above the Curie point Tc1 of the first magnetic thin film (1) and adequate to hold the sublattice magnetization of the transition metal of the second magnetic thin film in a predetermined direction, and a second heating state at a second temperature T2 substantially above the Curie point Tc1 and adequate to invert the sublattice magnetization of the transition metal of the second magnetic thin film (2) to the reverse of the predetermined direction. In a cooling step subsequent to the first and second heating states, maintaining the sublattice magnetization of the third magnetic thin film in a predetermined direction while orienting the sublattice magnetization of said second magnetic thin film to be directionally coincident with that of the third magnetic thin film at a temperature below the first temperature T1 without directionally inverting the sublattice magnetization of the first magnetic thin film (1).
摘要:
1. An optical disc comprises a first information storing layer (13, 23, 43, 62) for reflecting a first laser beam and for transmitting a second laser beam, the wavelength of said second laser beam being shorter than the wavelength of said first laser beam, the information stored in said first information storing layer (13, 23, 43, 62) being read-out by said first laser beam, a second information storing layer (12, 22, 42, 63) for reflecting said second laser beam transmitted through said first information storing layer (13, 23, 43, 62), the information stored in said second information storing layer (12, 22, 42, 63) being read-out by said second laser beam, and a light incidence surface into which first and second laser beams are irradiated for reading-out the information from said first and second information storing layers (13, 23, 43, 62; 12, 22, 42, 63) respectively, said light incidence surface being formed at one side of said optical disc. The first information storing layer (13, 23, 43, 62) and the second information storing layer (12, 22, 42, 63) are provided to be optically separated for separating the reflected laser beam reflected by said first information storing layer (13, 23, 43, 62) and the reflected laser beam reflected by said second information storing layer (12, 22, 42, 63), and the length between said light incidence surface to said second information storing layer is substantially equal to the thickness of said optical disc.
摘要:
A magneto-optical recording medium comprising a light-transmitting substrate (1) on which a dielectric layer( 2), a memory layer (3) having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, an intermediate layer (4) having in-plane magnetic anisotropy or slight perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, a recording layer (5) having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, a dielectric layer (6), a metal layer (7), and a protective layer (8) are formed in a stacked form, the recording medium adapted to be magnetized for recording by a process comprising the step of modulating a first thermal condition and a second thermal condition according to a recording signal, wherein a stacked film (9) composed of the memory layer (3), the intermediate layer (4) and the recording layer (5) has a total thickness of from 100 to 150 nm, the dielectric layer (6) has a thickness of from 50 to 150 nm, and the metal layer (7) has a thickness of from 25 to 150 nm. The magneto-optical recording medium permits a recording laser light to be used with an increased power margin, without causing any increase in the laser power level. Where the thickness of the memory layer is set in the range from 20 to 70 nm, an enhanced reproduction signal output is obtained.
摘要:
A thermomagnetic recording method is disclosed using a thermomagnetic recording medium where first, second and third magnetic thin films (1-3) each formed of rare-earth and transition metals are sequentially superposed to form layers in a magnetically coupled manner. The recording is carried out by heating the thermomagnetic recording medium under a predetermined magnetic field perpendicular to the film plane thereof while selectively modulating, in accordance with data to be recorded, a first heating state at a first temperature T1 substantially above the Curie point Tc1 of the first magnetic thin film (1) and adequate to hold the sublattice magnetization of the transition metal of the second magnetic thin film in a predetermined direction, and a second heating state at a second temperature T2 substantially above the Curie point Tc1 and adequate to invert the sublattice magnetization of the transition metal of the second magnetic thin film (2) to the reverse of the predetermined direction. In a cooling step subsequent to the first and second heating states, maintaining the sublattice magnetization of the third magnetic thin film in a predetermined direction while orienting the sublattice magnetization of said second magnetic thin film to be directionally coincident with that of the third magnetic thin film at a temperature below the first temperature T1 without directionally inverting the sublattice magnetization of the first magnetic thin film (1).
摘要:
A multilayer optical disk having an information storage layer which can as well as be reproduced by a general-purpose reproducing apparatus, for example, a compact disk player, and from which information can be read from other information storage layers by using an exclusive reproducing apparatus. The multilayer optical disk having a plurality of information storage layers according to the present invention includes a plurality of information storage layers, wherein one of the plural information storage layers has a reflection factor of 70 % or higher with respect to a wavelength of 770 nm to 830 nm which is a first wavelength of reproducing light, and other information storage layers are reproduced with reproducing light having a second wavelength which is different from the first wavelength of reproducing light. Each of the other information storage layers has a reflection factor of 20 % or higher with respect to the second wavelength of reproducing light. The second wavelength of reproducing light is 615 nm to 655 nm.
摘要:
57 A magneto-optical recording apparatus records information on a magneto-optical recording medium (20) composed of a memory layer (1) and a recording layer (2) which are disposed on a substrate (11), each comprising a magnetic thin film of amorphous-rare-earth transition-metal alloy. The memory and recording layers (1,2) are magnetically coupled directly, or through an intermediate layer (3) therebetween, to each other under an exchange force. A recording magnetic field generator such as a permanent magnet or an electromagnet applies a recording magnetic field to the magneto-optical recording medium (20), and an initializing magnetic field generator such as a permanent magnet or an electromagnet applies an initializing magnetic force to the magneto- optical recording medium. The initializing magnetic field generator has a magnetic pole confronting a surface of the magneto-optical recording medium. The initializing magnetic force comprises a magnetic field H v directed perpendicularly to the surface of the magneto-optical recording medium, and a magnetic field H H directed along the surface of the magneto- optical recording medium. The magnetic fields H v , H H are defined as follows: and where H c2 is the coercive force of the recording layer and H w2 is the exchange force.
摘要:
An optical recording medium illuminated by light from a light source as near-field light using a focusing lens whose numerical aperture exceeds 1 to perform recording and/or reproduction is provided, wherein a composite layer in which a high refractive index material portion having a refractive index higher than that of a light-transmissible material portion is mixed in the light-transmissible material portion is provided on the surface of a light incident side of the optical recording medium. With an average refractive index of the composite layer being high, a numerical aperture controlled by a refractive index of a surface layer can be made large to obtain higher resolution and higher durability against contact with a lens or the like.