摘要:
A power-generating system includes a heat source which is able to produce temporal temperature variation, a first device in which polarization occurs based on the temperature change of the heat source, and a second device for taking out a net generating power from the first device, wherein 80% or higher of the total surface area of the first device is heated and/or cooled with the heat source.
摘要:
A power-generating system includes a heat source which is able to produce temporal temperature variation; a first device which is able to produce temporal temperature variation so as to include at least partially a temperature range of −20° C. relative to the Curie temperature to +10° C. relative to the Curie temperature based on the temperature change of the heat source, and in which polarization occurs; and a second device for taking out a net generating power from the first device.
摘要:
An optical information recording medium including three or more information layers, wherein at least one information layer provided on the light incident side is an information layer which enables information to be overwritten and includes a recording film, a transmittance adjusting film of a dielectric containing Bi, Ti and O, and an isolation film in this order from a light incident side; and the isolation film is provided between and adjacent to the transmittance adjusting film and an intermediate separation layer which separate the information layer from another information layer on the side opposite to the light incident side; and the isolation film has an optical constant at a wavelength of 405 nm such that a refractive index is 1.8 or less and an extinction coefficient is 0.05 or less. This information recording medium prevents the repeated overwriting characteristics in a sever environment from being deteriorated.
摘要:
A low-cost information recording medium is provided by which good recording quality can be obtained even when information is recorded thereon in a high density using a blue laser. The recording medium has a recording layer which comprises Sb, O and M. A content of O atoms is 30 atom % or more but not more than 55 atom %, a content of M atoms is 5 atom % or more but not more than 35 atom %, and a content of Sb atoms is 20 atom % or more but not more than 55 atom %. The recording layer does not contain Au, Pt and Pd.
摘要:
An information recording medium (1) of the present invention is an information recording medium allowing information to be recorded thereon by irradiation with a laser beam or by application of electrical energy. The information recording medium (1) includes a recording layer (15) capable of undergoing a phase change by the irradiation with the laser beam or by the application of the electrical energy. The recording layer (15) contains Sb, Te, Ge, and C, and a content of Te in the recording layer (15) is at least 8 atom % but not more than 25 atom %.
摘要:
An information recording medium (9) comprises an information layer (9a) in which concavo-convex marks are formed, and a recording layer (13), contained within the information layer (9a), in which added marks are formed by optical properties changing through laser irradiation, and that contains Te, O, and M (where M is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Pd, Au, Pt, Ag, Cu, and Ni). In this information recording medium (9), a pre-laser irradiation reflectance Ra and a post laser irradiation reflectance Rb fulfill 1.0
摘要:
To provide an information recording medium which is capable of reducing damage to a recording layer while improving environmental resistance of the recording layer and which enables information to be recorded or reproduced at a high density and a high sensitivity, an optical information recording and reproducing apparatus, an optical information recording and reproducing method, and a manufacturing method of an information recording medium. An information recording medium (24) includes: a substrate (1); first to mth (where m is an integer equal to or greater than 1) recording layers (2) respectively provided on an incident side of recording light or reproducing light with respect to the substrate (1) in order of distance closer to the incident side; and first to mth (where m is an integer equal to or greater than 1) negative refractive index layers (3) respectively provided on the incident side of the recording light or the reproducing light with respect to the mth recording layer (2) in order of distance closer to the incident side, wherein an ith (1≦i≦m) recording layer (2) and an ith negative refractive index layer (3) are alternately provided on the substrate (1), and the first to mth negative refractive index layers (3) effectively have a negative refractive index at a wavelength of the recording light or the reproducing light.
摘要:
An information recording medium (100) of the present invention is an information recording medium that allows information to be recorded thereon by being irradiated with an optical beam or by being applied with electrical energy, and includes at least a recording layer (115) whose phase can change. The recording layer (115) contains antimony (Sb), carbon (C), and a light element (L) having an atomic weight of less than 33. The light element (L) preferably is at least one element selected from B, N, O, Mg, Al, and S. For example, the recording layer (115) may be composed of a material represented by a composition Sb100-x-yCxLy, where the subscripts 100-x-y, x, and y denote composition ratios of Sb, C, and the L in atomic percentage, respectively, and x and y satisfy x+y≦50.
摘要:
In an optical information recording medium of the present invention, at least one information layer provided on a transparent substrate includes a protective layer and a write-once recording layer that are disposed in this order from the transparent substrate side. The recording layer contains at least one selected from Cr—O, Zn—O, Ga—O, In—O, Sn—O, Sb—O, Bi—O, and Te—O. The protective layer contains at least one selected from Cr—O, Zn—O, Ga—O, In—O, Sn—O, Sb—O, Bi—O, and Te—O. When the total amount of all the atoms other than oxygen atoms contained in the protective layer is taken as 100 atom %, the total amount of atoms of Cr, Zn, Ga, In, Sn, Sb, Bi, and Te in the protective layer is at least 70 atom %.
摘要:
The information recording medium (1) of the present invention includes a recording film (114, 124). The information recording medium (1) allows information to be recorded and reproduced on and from the information recording medium by irradiation of the recording film (114, 124) with a laser beam (18). The information recording medium (1) of the present invention further includes a mixed dielectric film (the second dielectric film 116, 126) disposed on the laser beam (18) incident side with respect to the recording film (114, 124). The mixed dielectric film contains a mixed dielectric material consisting of Zn sulfide, Si oxide and an oxide X (where the oxide X is an oxide of at least one element selected from Ti, Nb, Ta and Ce).