摘要:
Disclosed are an electron beam irradiation apparatus and an electron beam irradiation method that are capable of easily curing a material that is hard to be cured by irradiation of ultraviolet rays and of reducing the number of electron beam irradiation tubes. The electron beam irradiation apparatus has a motor for rotationally driving an irradiation target object, a shield container for rotatably accommodating the irradiation target object, and an electron beam irradiation unit provided in the shield container so that the surface of the irradiation target object is irradiated with electron beams, wherein the electron beam irradiation unit and the irradiation target object are relatively moved when the electron beam irradiation unit irradiates the surface of the irradiation target object with the electron beams during a rotation of the irradiation target object.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for processing a photoresist-coated board, a method for manufacturing a stamper for a recording medium and a method for manufacturing a recording medium which can form a fine raised and depressed pattern having a uniform width after development even in the case where a laser beam having a relatively long wavelength is used for forming pre-pits on a recording medium with high accuracy. A photoresist-coated board 108 is constituted by laminating a light absorption layer 108b and a photosensitive material layer 108c on a glass substrate 108a in this order and is exposed to a laser beam 102 by condensing the laser beam 102 onto the photosensitive material layer 108c, thereby forming a raised and depressed pattern corresponding to pre-pits on the the photosensitive material layer 108. When the length of a pre-pit to be formed is shorter than 4 T, for example, the duty ratio of the pulse signal train input to the light modulator 109 is varied within a range from about 50% to 65% so that a pulse signal train having a higher duty ratio is generated as the length of a pre-pit to be formed becomes longer and the power of a laser beam is modulated by the thus generated pulse signal train. On the other hand, when the length of a pre-pit to be formed is equal to or longer than 4 T, for example, a pulse signal train having a constant duty ratio is generated independently of the length of the pre-pit to be formed and the power of a laser beam is modulated by the thus generated pulse signal train.
摘要:
A stamper with a sharp uneven pattern is obtained, and high precision information media can be manufactured using this stamper. A method of manufacturing a stamper comprises the steps of manufacturing a photoresist master 100 by forming a light absorption layer 103 and a photoresist layer 104 on top of a substrate 102, forming a latent image on the photoresist layer 104, and then forming an uneven pattern 106 in the photoresist layer 104 by developing the latent image, forming a Ni thin film 108 on the uneven pattern 106 of the photoresist master 100 by electroless plating, forming a Ni film 110 on top of the Ni thin film 108, and then removing the Ni thin film 108 and the Ni film 110 from the photoresist master 100 to form the stamper 120, wherein as preliminary treatments prior to the step of forming the Ni thin film 108 on the photoresist layer 104, a metal catalyst is provided on the surface of the uneven pattern 106, the metal catalyst is activated, and the surface of the uneven pattern 106 on which the metal catalyst has been provided is washed with ultra pure water.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an optical recording medium having two recording layers on a supporting substrate and an optical recording medium obtained according to the method. A method of manufacturing an optical recording medium including the steps of: (A) providing a radiation-curable resin layer backed with a lining sheet 12 on a stamper 11 for the formation of information pits and/or grooves for the first recording layer, irradiating the resin layer with radiation to cure the resin layer, and removing the stamper 11, thereby to form the light transmitting layer 6 supported by the lining sheet 12; (B) forming the first recording layer 5 on the light transmitting layer 6; (C) forming the second recording layer 3 on the supporting substrate 2 with information pits and/or grooves for the second recording layer formed; (D) laminating the lining sheet 12 and the supporting substrate 2 via the space layer 4 so that the first recording layer 5 and the second recording layer 3 are located inside; and (E) removing the lining sheet 12.
摘要:
An information recording medium according to the present invention includes a recording layer that is formed of a single layer of a single type of recording material and is directly sandwiched by a pair of resin layers, the information recording medium being constructed so that at least one resin layer out of the pair of resin layers deforms due to deformation of the recording layer that is caused by irradiation with laser light for recording data and a track pitch is in a range of 0.1 μm to 0.5 μm, inclusive, wherein the pair of resin layers are formed with respective Young's moduli in a range of 415 MPa to 7100 MPa, inclusive.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a multiplayer optical recording medium by depositing two recording layers, with a spacer layer sandwiched therebetween, on a substrate. The method includes using a rubber chuck which can undergo elastic deformation at least in radial directions to close a central mounting hole of the substrate to thereby fix the substrate having the recording layer formed thereon on a turntable. After a coating liquid for forming the spacer layer is dropped in the vicinity of a boundary portion between a peripheral surface of the rubber chuck and the substrate, the rubber chuck is caused to chuck a stamper for forming the first recording layer thereon while allowing the stamper to be placed over the substrate. Thereafter, the turntable is rotated to spin-coat the coating liquid. This makes it possible to form a spacer layer having a uniform layer thickness while preventing intrusion of air bubbles, without leading to high manufacturing costs.
摘要:
An information medium evaluating method includes, in the following order: a recording process that records data onto a recordable information medium to be evaluated; a rubbing process that rubs a processing member against a data recording surface of the information medium; a reading process that reads the data from the information medium; and an evaluating process that evaluates the information medium based on a result of the reading process and evaluation standard data. During the rubbing process, the processing member is rubbed onto only part of a region in a circumferential direction of the information medium.
摘要:
A stamper with a sharp uneven pattern for manufacturing high precision information media and a method of manufacturing a stamper. The method includes (1) manufacturing a photoresist master by forming a light absorption layer and a photoresist layer on substrate, (2) forming a latent image on the photoresist layer, and an uneven pattern in the photoresist layer by developing the latent image, (3) forming a Ni thin film on the uneven pattern by electroless plating, (4) forming a Ni film on the Ni thin film, and (5) removing the Ni thin film and the Ni film from the photoresist master. The method also includes, prior to the step of forming the Ni thin film on the photoresist layer, a metal catalyst being provided on the surface of the uneven pattern, the metal catalyst being activated, and the surface of the uneven pattern being washed with ultra pure water.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for processing a photoresist-coated board, a method for manufacturing a stamper for a recording medium and a method for manufacturing a recording medium which can form a fine raised and depressed pattern having a uniform width after development even in the case where a laser beam having a relatively long wavelength is used for forming pre-pits on a recording medium with high accuracy. A photoresist-coated board 108 is constituted by laminating a light absorption layer 108b and a photosensitive material layer 108c on a glass substrate 108a in this order and is exposed to a laser beam 102 by condensing the laser beam 102 onto the photosensitive material layer 108c, thereby forming a raised and depressed pattern corresponding to pre-pits on the the photosensitive material layer 108. When the length of a pre-pit to be formed is shorter than 4 T, for example, the duty ratio of the pulse signal train input to the light modulator 109 is varied within a range from about 50% to 65% so that a pulse signal train having a higher duty ratio is generated as the length of a pre-pit to be formed becomes longer and the power of a laser beam is modulated by the thus generated pulse signal train. On the other hand, when the length of a pre-pit to be formed is equal to or longer than 4 T, for example, a pulse signal train having a constant duty ratio is generated independently of the length of the pre-pit to be formed and the power of a laser beam is modulated by the thus generated pulse signal train.
摘要:
An information recording medium according to the present invention includes a recording layer that is formed of a single layer of a single type of recording material and is directly sandwiched by a pair of resin layers, the information recording medium being constructed so that at least one resin layer out of the pair of resin layers deforms due to deformation of the recording layer that is caused by irradiation with laser light for recording data and a track pitch is in a range of 0.1 μm to 0.5 μm, inclusive, wherein the pair of resin layers are formed with respective Young's moduli in a range of 415 MPa to 7100 MPa, inclusive.