摘要:
An optical information recording medium that is a phase-change type optical disk includes, on a transparent substrate having a land and a groove, a phase-change type recording layer in which an optically detectable reversible change occurs between an amorphous phase and a crystalline phase by irradiation with an energy beam, wherein dielectric layers are provided so as to be in contact with at least one side of the phase-change type recording layer, the phase-change type recording layer contains at least one selected from the group consisting of Te, Se, Sb, In, Ge, and Ag as a main component, aid the dielectric layers contain, as main components thereof, at least one selected from the group consisting of Ge and Si, and N. The dielectric layers contain an element &bgr; (where &bgr; is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Tc, Re, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, and Cd) or an element &ggr; (where &ggr; is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sb, Te, Se, Sn, Ga, and In), and the phase-change type recording layer contains an element &agr; (where &agr; is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Tc, Re, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, and Cd). Thus, the optical information recording medium of the present invention exhibits satisfactory cycle characteristics, in which movement of a material in a phase-change type recording layer is suppressed even with a large number of repetitions of so-called land & groove recording.
摘要:
The optical information recording medium of the present invention includes a plurality of information layers provided on a substrate and an optical separating layer provided between information layer adjacent to each other, and information is recorded or reproduced by irradiation of a laser beam. When an information layer that is provided closest to a laser beam incident side of the plurality of information layers is taken as a first information layer and an optical separating layer provided in contact with the first information layer is taken as a first optical separating layer, then the first information layer comprises a recording layer, a transmittance adjusting layer that adjusts a transmittance of the first information layer, and a low refractive index layer provided between the transmittance adjusting layer and the first optical separating layer.
摘要:
A disk with an Ag reflective layer, a recording layer including elements Sb and Te, and a dielectric layer including S provided between the reflective layer and the recording layer has the problems of corrosion of the Ag reflective layer, decline of the signal quality due to insufficient heat releasing ability, and exfoliation between the layers. (1) A phase-change optical disk includes, on a transparent substrate, a recording layer in which an optically detectable reversible change between an amorphous phase and a crystalline phase can be caused by irradiation with an energy beam, a reflective layer, and a dielectric layer arranged between the recording layer and the reflective layer, wherein the main component of the dielectric layer is an oxide or a nitrooxide of Ta. (2) Between the recording layer and the dielectric layer, a layer including a nitride, an oxide, a carbide or nitrooxide of an element α (wherein α is at least one element selected from Sn, In, Zr, Si, Cr, Al, V, Nb, Mo, W, Ti, Mg and Ge) is provided.
摘要:
In a multilayered recording medium, when a titanium oxide layer is formed using a sheet-type sputtering device, a transmittance significantly varies due to variations in thickness of the titanium oxide layer. Therefore, according to the present invention, in the multilayered recording medium having the titanium oxide layer, a second dielectric layer composed of titanium oxide, or mainly composed of the same, is formed on a first dielectric layer composed of niobium oxide or silicon dioxide, or mainly composed of the same. Further, when the sheet-type sputtering device is used, at least one chamber for promoting removal of water and oxygen from a substrate is provided between a load lock chamber and a chamber for forming a transmittance adjustment layer.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing an optical information recording medium having an excellent mechanical strength, thermal stability, and improved overwrite cycle property can be provided by forming the dielectric layer by using a mixed target comprising ZnS and SiO.sub.2 in an atmosphere comprising rare gas and at least oxygen at the side where the dielectric layer does not contact to the recording layer. The optical information recording medium is manufactured by using the substrate, the recording layer comprising a material that varies reversibly between the optically identifiable states by an irradiation of a laser beam, and the dielectric layer at least one side of which has a two-layered structure at the upper and lower sides of the recording layer. At least one of the dielectric layers that does not contact to the recording layer is formed by using a mixed target comprising ZnS and SiO.sub.2 in a mixed atmosphere comprising rare gas and oxygen.
摘要:
An optical information storage medium includes a multilayer structure formed on a substrate. The multilayer structure is formed by a sputtering process in a discharge gas and includes at least a first dielectric layer, a recording layer which shows reversible phase change between an amorphous phase and a crystal phase, and a second dielectric layer. The multilayer structure contains sufficiently small amount of the discharge gas so that a limited amount or less of voids of the discharge gas generates in the recording layer during repeated overwrite operations.
摘要:
In mark length modulation recording, a mark end portion correction pulse train is added to a recording pulse train, or laser radiation with bias power is applied between the recording pulse train and laser radiation with cooling power or the mark end portion correction pulse train, furthermore, the start time of the cooling power radiation, the duration of the cooling power radiation, and the shape of the mark end portion correction pulse train are varied in accordance with the mark length to be recorded, further, in CAV mode, the start time of the cooling power radiation or the duration of the cooling power radiation is varied in accordance with disk radius position, and when the recording pulse train consists of a start pulse, an end pulse, and pulses between the start and end pulses, laser radiation with cooling power is applied, or laser radiation with bias power is applied between the recording pulse train and cooling power application, and when the recording pulse train is varied in accordance with mark length and mark spacing, the timing to start the laser radiation with cooling power is delayed by a predetermined amount from the end pulse or determined based on the clock.