摘要:
A magneto-optical disk provided with a record layer having a recording magnetic domain where data are recorded, an auxiliary reproduction layer for transferring the record data in the record layer to a reproduction layer by generating a floating magnetic field corresponding to the data in the record layer, and the reproduction layer from which the data are read out through irradiation of a light beam, which are sequentially layered while interposing nonmagnetic intermediate layers therebetween. The stable magnetic domain width in the auxiliary reproduction layer is shorter than the recording magnetic domain width at room temperature and extends as the temperature rises and becomes longer at or above a first temperature. The stable magnetic domain width in the reproduction layer is longer than the recording magnetic domain width at room temperature and lessens as the temperature rises and becomes shorter at or above a second temperature which is lower than the first temperature. The first and second temperatures satisfy a condition expressed as: room temperature
摘要:
A magneto-optical disk provided with a record layer having a recording magnetic domain where data are recorded, an auxiliary reproduction layer for transferring the record data in the record layer to a reproduction layer by generating a floating magnetic field corresponding to the data in the record layer, and the reproduction layer from which the data are read out through irradiation of a light beam, which are sequentially layered while interposing non-magnetic intermediate layers therebetween. The stable magnetic domain width in the auxiliary reproduction layer is shorter than the recording magnetic domain width at room temperature and extends as the temperature rises and becomes longer at or above a first temperature. The stable magnetic domain width in the reproduction layer is longer than the recording magnetic domain width at room temperature and lessens as the temperature rises and becomes shorter at or above a second temperature which is lower than the first temperature. The first and second temperatures satisfy a condition expressed as: room temperature
摘要:
A recording layer including a recording magnetic domain for recording thereon information is formed. A reproducing layer for reproducing information by projecting thereto a light beam is formed on the recording layer. A non-magnetic intermediate layer for intercepting a magnetic exchange coupling force exerted between the recording layer and the reproducing layer is formed between the recording layer and the reproducing layer. The reproducing layer is arranged such that the width of the stable magnetic domain on the reproducing layer at room temperature is larger than the width of the recording magnetic domain in the recording layer. At a reproducing temperature by the light beam, the width of the stable magnetic domain becomes smaller than the width of the recording magnetic domain, and the information is copied by the leakage magnetic flux of the recording magnetic domain. Depending on whether or not the information transferred to the reproducing layer is reproduced, the effects from other magnetic domain adjacent to the magnetic domain to be reproduced from the reproducing layer can be prevented, thereby enabling a high density recording of information on the recording layer.
摘要:
If the Curie points of the first magnetic layer, second magnetic layer, third magnetic layer and fourth magnetic layer of alloys of rare-earth metal and transition metal as ferrimagnetic materials showing perpendicular magnetization from room temperature to their Curie points are indicated as Tc1, Tc2, Tc3 and Tc4, respectively, the Curie points and room temperature are related by: room temperature
摘要:
A non-magnetic intermediate layer is provided between a reproductive layer and a recording layer. The reproductive layer is composed of a first reproductive layer and a second reproductive layer. When the first reproductive layer has a temperature that is higher than a first critical temperature, its stable magnetic domain width becomes smaller than a recording magnetic domain width so that the magnetization is reversed. When the second reproductive layer has a temperature that is higher than a second critical temperature, its stable magnetic domain width becomes larger than the recording magnetic domain width so that the reversed magnetic domain is collapsed. The first critical temperature is lower than the second critical temperature. A reproductive output having abrupt rising and falling can be obtained by the generation and the collapse of the reverse magnetic domain on the reproductive layer. For this reason, higher density recording required for larger capacity can be achieved.
摘要:
A magneto-optical memory medium is provided, on a substrate, with a first magnetic layer, which shows in-plane magnetization at room temperature and perpendicular magnetization above a certain temperature, and a second magnetic layer, which shows perpendicular magnetization within a range from room temperature up to its Curie temperature. The first magnetic layer is made up of alternating films of rare earth metals and transition metals. As a result, a magneto-optical memory medium can be provided which has a wide reproducing power margin, and which is able to prevent deterioration of characteristics due to repeated laser projection.
摘要:
A magneto-optical recording medium comprising a readout layer, an intermediate layer, and a recording layer. Two light beams having high and low light intensities respectively are applied while applying an external magnetic field. The magnetization direction of the recording layer is changed according to information, by reversing the sub-lattice magnetic moment of the readout layer in the case of the high light intensity. The intermediate layer exhibits a perpendicular magnetization during the irradiation, and also exhibits an in-plane magnetization at room temperature. Since it is not necessary to provide a device for generating a magnetic field for initializing every recording, it is possible to avoid increase in the size of the recording and reproducing apparatus. Moreover, the magnetization direction of the readout layer can be easily controlled with an external magnetic field, and the optical modulation overwriting property can be stabilized.
摘要:
A magneto-optical recording medium includes a reproducing layer which has in-plane magnetization at room temperature and has perpendicular magnetization at an elevated temperature of not less than a critical temperature, a recording layer made of a perpendicular magnetization film for recording information, an intermediate layer made of a non-magnetic film formed between the reproducing layer and the recording layer, and an in-plane magnetization layer adjacent to the reproducing layer, in which magnetization is reduced at a temperature in a vicinity of the critical temperature. According to the described magneto-optical recording medium, since information recorded in a recording magnetic domain of a portion having the in-plane magnetization is masked, even in the case where adjacent recording bits fall within a diameter of a spot of a converged light beam, each recording bit can be reproduced separately, thereby obtaining a quality reproduced signal.
摘要:
Featured is a magneto-optical recording medium including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a third magnetic layer and a fourth magnetic layer formed one on another in this order. The first, second, third and fourth magnetic layers have Curie points Tc1, Tc2, Tc3 and Tc4, respectively, which satisfy the condition of Tc3
摘要:
A magneto-optical recording medium has at least a substrate, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a first interface layer provided between the first and second magnetic layers. The first magnetic layer exhibits a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy from room temperature to a Curie temperature thereof. The second magnetic layer has a coercive force lower than A: that of the first magnetic layer at room temperature, has a Curie temperature higher than that of the first magnetic layer, and exhibits a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy from room temperature to a Curie temperature of the second magnetic layer. The first interface layer is made of at least one rare-earth metal and has a thickness of several atoms. With this arrangement, it is possible (1) to carry out light modulation overwriting with respect to the magneto-optical recording medium, (2) to carry out initialization without an initializing magnetic field, and (3) to stabilize recording bits.