摘要:
A magnetooptical recording medium includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer whose Curie temperature is lower than that of the first magnetic layer, and a third magnetic layer, comprising a vertically-magnetizing film, whose Curie temperature is higher than that of the second magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer, the second magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer are in a state of exchange coupling with each other at a portion of a vertically-magnetizing film. A domain walls formed in the first magnetic layer moves when the temperature of the medium has been raised to at least the Curie temperature of the second magnetic layer.
摘要:
Recording or erasing on a thermal recording medium is performed such a manner that a local region of a recording film on the recording medium is heated to a predetermined temperature to reversibly change the state of the local region between two states. In this method, the recording film is initialized in one of the two states. When the recording film is set in the other of the two states upon continuous or intermittent heating, a band-like region elongated in a recording direction on the recording film is formed to effect the erasing operation. In recording step, the local region of the recording film is heated to a predetermined temperature in accordance with information so as to include the band-like region in the local region to be heated and a state of the heated local region is caused to be identical with the state upon the initialization.
摘要:
According to the present invention, a light beam is radiated to an area between recording tracks while the intensity of a magnetic field from the outside to a magneto-optical recording medium is suppressed to 50 Oe or less, whereby magnetic anisotropy formed between the recording tracks is set to be lower than that of the magnetic layer on the recording tracks, and micro-domains, for example, having a diameter smaller than a half-width of a light beam for reproduction in a film surface direction are formed on recording tracks. Because of this method, the influence of a leakage magnetic field in the magneto-optical recording medium adopting a DWDD reproducing system is alleviated.
摘要:
The present invention provides a magnetic recording medium capable of having a high density of tracks and excellent in reproducing characteristics. The magnetic recording medium of the present invention is a magnetic recording medium having a stacked structure composed of a memory layer, a domain wall displacement layer having domain wall-resistant magnetism smaller than the memory layer, and a switching layer having a lower Curie temperature than these layers interposed between these layers, wherein a recording surface of the magnetic recording medium is divided into a plurality of tracks of a predetermined track pitch, and the domain wall displacement layer has a recording track region limited in a track width direction in a central portion of each track, a magnetized state of a vertically magnetized memory layer is only transferred in the recording track region, and a buffer region except for the recording track region is magnetically oriented in an in-plane direction at a predetermined temperature or lower irrespective of transfer of the magnetized state and transits to a state capable of being vertically magnetized at the predetermined temperature or higher, an in-plane magnetic film being present immediately under the buffer region of the domain wall displacement layer.
摘要:
A magnetic recording medium including first, second and third magnetic layers laminated in succession, wherein (1) when the magnetic wall energy density, saturation magnetization, magnetic wall coercivity and film thickness of the first magnetic layer at a temperature T represented by cgs unit system are defined as &sgr;1, Ms1, Hw1 and h1, respectively, (2) the magnetic wall energy density, saturation magnetization, magnetic wall coercivity and film thickness of the third magnetic layer are defined as &sgr;3, Ms3, Hw3 and h3, respectively, (3) the interface magnetic wall energy, density between the first magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer is defined as &sgr;w13, and (4) the lowest temperature at which &sgr;w13 is 0 erg/cm2 is Ts, 2Ms1*Hw1 &sgr;w13/h3 are satisfied at room temperature, and when a suitable temperature Tp is chosen, within a temperature range greater than the temperature Ts and lower by 10° C. or more than the Curie temperature Tc1 of the first magnetic layer, within a temperature range of about Ts to Tp, k1(T) 0.2 × 10 - 4 are satisfied, where k1(T)=(2Ms1*Hw1+&sgr;w13/h1)/|d&sgr;1(T)| k3(T)=(2Ms1*Hw3−&sgr;w13/h3)/|d&sgr;3/dT|.
摘要:
A light beam modulated according to a data signal to be recorded is irradiates a magnetooptical recording medium while moving the recording medium. During a series of recording operations, a predetermined recording area of the recording medium is heated to a temperature of a second temperature T.sub.2 or higher in accordance with the data signal and at least a part of the area heated to the temperature of second temperature T.sub.2 or higher is once cooled down to a temperature of a third temperature T.sub.3 or lower. Then, it is heated to a temperature of a first temperature T.sub.1 or higher. Thus, the recording medium is locally heated or cooled, so that recording of information is performed.
摘要:
A magneto-optical recording medium in which n layers (n is an odd number equal to or more than 5) of magnetic thin film are exchange-coupled to be laminated on a substrate, and assuming that the n layers of magnetic thin film are the first magnetic layer, the second magnetic layer, . . . the n-th magnetic layer in sequence, and the Curie temperature on the i-th magnetic layer is Tc.sub.i, the following conditions are satisfied (where Tc.sub.n+1 is an ambient temperature and m is an arbitrary natural number equal to or less than (n-1)/2).(1) Tc.sub.2m+1 .gtoreq.Tc.sub.2m, Tc.sub.1 .gtoreq.Tc.sub.2m(2) Tc.sub.2m .gtoreq.Tc.sub.2(m+1)(3) In a cooling process after heating the medium to a temperature of Tc.sub.2 or more, when the temperature of the (2m)-th magnetic layer drops down to a temperature near Tc.sub.2m, the magnetization of the (2m)-th and (2m+1)-th magnetic layers orients to the (2m-1)-th magnetic layer so that the bonding state due to exchange interaction may be stable, while the magnetization on the (2m-1)-th magnetic layer retains its immediately previous orientation state.
摘要:
A magneto-optic recording medium has a stacked structure composed of a memory layer, a domain wall displacement layer having domain wall-resistant magnetism smaller than the memory layer, and a switching layer having a lower Curie temperature than these layers interposed between these layers. A recording surface of the magneto-optic recording medium is divided into a plurality of tracks of a predetermined track pitch. A domain wall displacement layer has a recording track region limited in a track width direction in a central portion of each track. A magnetized state of a vertically magnetized memory layer is only transferred in the recording track region. A buffer region is magnetically oriented in an in-plane direction at a predetermined temperature or lower and is vertically magnetized at the predetermined temperature or higher.
摘要:
A high density optical information recording medium comprises a substrate having rows of land and groove and a recording layer formed on the substrate. Each of the rows of land or groove includes at least two recording tracks separated by a denatured region produced by irradiating e.g. the center of each row in the recording layer with a denaturing light beam accompanied with one or two sub-beams for tracking control. Recording and reproduction of information can be performed likewise by using a recording or reproduction light beam accompanied with one or two tracking sub-beams.
摘要:
There is provided a domain wall displacement type magneto-optical recording medium and a recording method that allow signals recorded with a high density over the limit of resolution of optical systems to be regenerated without increasing complexity of a recording and regenerating apparatus or narrowing an operation margin even if a substrate having address information or the like incorporated therein is used. An information track has portions used for recording and regenerating information in the form of a magneto-optical signal and portions having irregularities to provide address information or servo information formed therein alternately arranged, and directions of magnetization of the third magnetic layer are polarized in one direction above the portions having the irregularities.