摘要:
A phase change memory including at least a storage cell which includes a first electrode, an electrically conductive portion provided on the first electrode and having at least two electrically conductive bodies with approximately the same shape provided on the first electrode, the electrically conductive bodies being spaced by a high resistance film with a high resistance, a recording layer provided on the electrically conductive portion and having phase change material which can change between a first phase state with a first specific resistance and a second phase state with a second specific resistance different from the first specific resistance, and a second electrode provided on the recording layer.
摘要:
The present invention provides an optical disk apparatus in which a first, second, third, and fourth optical disks are selectively installed, the first and second optical disks having different recording film characteristics and both having a single-layer recording layer, the third and fourth optical disks having different recording film characteristics and both having a double-layer recording layer. A control section determines which of the first to fourth optical disks has been installed, on the basis of the level of a reproduction signal from an optical head. Recording media serving as the optical disks are formed so that the light reflectances of a single-layer L-H medium in an initialized state, an L0 layer of a double-layer H-L medium in the initialized state, and an L0 layer of a double-layer L-H medium in an uninitialized state do not overlap the light reflectance of a single-layer H-L medium in the initialized state.
摘要:
A phase-change optical recording medium includes a phase-change optical recording film that permits reversible phase change between a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase upon irradiation with light, and an interface film formed of hafnium oxide, or a mixture of hafnium oxide and at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of cerium oxide, titanium oxide and zirconium oxide, and formed in contact with at least one surface of the phase-change optical recording film.
摘要:
Even if sizes of storage cells are reduced in a phase change memory, properties of the respective storage cells can be set to be approximately equal to one another and a current amount required for phase change can be reduced sufficiently. The phase change memory includes at least a storage cell. The storage cell includes a first electrode, an electrically conductive portion provided on the first electrode and having at least two electrically conductive bodies with approximately the same shape provided on the first electrode, the electrically conductive bodies being spaced by a high resistance film with a high resistance, a recording layer provided on the electrically conductive portion and having phase change material which can change between a first phase state with a first specific resistance and a second phase state with a second specific resistance different from the first specific resistance, and a second electrode provided on the recording layer.
摘要:
An optical information recording medium of this invention includes a substrate, a light incident surface, a first reflecting layer formed between the substrate and the light incident surface, a second reflecting layer formed between the first reflecting layer and the light incident surface and stacked on the first reflecting layer, the second reflecting layer being made of the same material as that of the first reflecting layer, and a phase change optical recording layer formed between the second reflecting layer and the light incident surface, the phase change optical recording layer transiting between a crystal state and an amorphous state when irradiated with a light beam.
摘要:
An optical information recording medium of this invention includes a substrate, a light incident surface, a first reflecting layer formed between the substrate and the light incident surface, a second reflecting layer formed between the first reflecting layer and the light incident surface and stacked on the first reflecting layer, the second reflecting layer being made of the same material as that of the first reflecting layer, and a phase change optical recording layer formed between the second reflecting layer and the light incident surface, the phase change optical recording layer transiting between a crystal state and an amorphous state when irradiated with a light beam.
摘要:
There is provided an optical recording medium capable of preventing cross erase and increasing its recording density. The optical recording medium includes: a reflecting film; a first transparent film provided on the reflecting film; a first semitransparent film provided on the first transparent film; a second transparent film provided on the first semitransparent film; a recording film provided on the second transparent film, the recording film being capable of reversibly changing an atomic arrangement; and a third transparent film provided on the recording film. The first semitransparent film has a complex refractive index of n−ik satisfying relationships of 0
摘要:
It is an object to improve the recording transfer rate of a phase change recording medium, to reduce the producing costs of the medium, to greatly increase the degree of freedom for the selection of the substrate of the medium, particularly to provide a medium having a structure of Rc
摘要:
In a phase change optical recording medium, by determining heat conductivity relatively higher in one of interference layers on and under the recording layer, heat absorbed into the recording layer can be released moderately through an interference layer. Thereby, cross erasure caused by heating of adjacent tracks can be prevented, and at the same time, excessive heat radiation is prevented from a part of the recording layer nearer to the substrate to thereby maintain appropriate heat in the recording layer. As a result, cross-erasure is prevented, and data can be rewritten with the supply of typical recording/erasure power.