摘要:
A magneto-optical recording apparatus of the present invention is provided with an objective lens for focusing a light beam onto a magneto-optical recording medium. A pair of magnets is disposed on opposite sides of the magneto-optical recording medium and apply a writing magnetic field onto a portion of the magneto-optical recording medium that has been irradiated by the light beam while applying an initializing magnetic field greater than the writing magnetic field onto a portion apart from that irradiated by the light beam.
摘要:
A magneto-optical recording medium has (1) a first magnetic layer made of a magnetic material which is changed into a vertical magnetization film in response to a temperature rise while is an in-plane magnetization film at a room temperature; (2) a second magnetic layer made of a vertical magnetization film; and (3) a third magnetic layer made of a vertical magnetic film having a higher Curie temperature than that of the second magnetic layer; and (4) a base substrate on which the first, second, and third magnetic layers are luminated in this order. With the arrangement, the optically modulated overwriting can be carried out with respect to the second magnetic layer and it is not necessary to complete the magnetization direction to one direction for each optically modulated overwriting. Moreover, it is possible to reproduce through the first magnetic layer the information which is recorded on a smaller portion than a light beam spot.
摘要:
An intermediate layer is formed between a memory layer and a writing layer. The intermediate layer shows in-plane magnetization at room temperature, and perpendicular magnetization within a temperature range within which the coercive force of the memory layer is lower than that of the writing layer. The Curie point of the intermediate layer is lower than that of the memory layer. Like a conventional method, light-intensity modulation overwriting is performed by irradiating laser light whose intensity has been modulated between high level and low level while applying a recording magnetic field after performing an initialization. Even when there are variations in the raised temperature by the irradiation of laser light of high level, it is possible to perform stable overwriting with light-intensity modulation by satisfactorily restraining the exchange forces between the intermediate layer and the writing layer from causing coupling.
摘要:
A magneto-optical recording method includes the steps of applying an external magnetic field perpendicularly onto the magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization of a magneto-optical recording medium and projecting a light beam onto the magneto-optical recording medium; and modulating the intensity of the light beam between the first light intensity and the second light intensity in response to the information to be recorded while shifting a spot of the light beam, thereby recording information. In the above method, the first light intensity is set such that by reducing the coercive force of the magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization, a magnetic domain is formed on the magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization, and that the magnetic domain is moved as the spot of the light beam is shifted. The second light intensity is set such that by increasing the coercive force of the magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization, the magnetic domain is fixed to the position.
摘要:
A master plate for manufacturing a stamper for injecting molding of an optical memory device has a substrate having a plurality of guiding grooves on a surface thereof with a predetermined interval. The respective edge portions of the guiding grooves are inclined with respect to the surface of the substrate at an angle not more than 30.degree.. According to a manufacturing method of the master plate, the post-baking process is carried out at a baking temperature of not less than 150.degree. C. and an etching gas containing O.sub.2 gas of 4 (SCCM) to 10 (SCCM) is used. Thus, even when the copying is carried out with respect to the substrate of the optical memory device according to the injection molding process wherein the stamper, which is manufactured based on the above-mentioned master plate, is used, the mold release of the stamper can be carried out without being caught by the substrate. Thus, it is possible to keep the respective shapes of the guiding grooves of the s tamper, thereby enabling of manufacturing the substrate of the optical memory device with high repeatability.
摘要:
A magneto-optical recording method for rewriting of information including the steps of projecting a light beam, whose intensity varies in response to information to be recorded, onto a magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization while an external magnetic field of a constant intensity is being applied thereto; and arranging the magnetization direction of an area irradiated with the light beam of the magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization in the direction of the external magnetic field when projecting the light beam of high intensity, while arranging it in the direction of demagnetizing field, opposite to the direction of the external magnetic field generated by magnetization in the vicinity of the irradiated area when projecting the light beam of low intensity, and a magneto-optical memory element provided with a base whereon the magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization and an in-plane magnetization film are formed. With the above arrangement, an overwriting operation can be carried out through light intensity modulation without requiring an initialization magnet.
摘要:
Featured is a recording and reproducing method of a magneto-optical recording medium including a recording layer for recording thereon information magneto-optically and a readout layer which has in-plane magnetization at room temperature and where a transition occurs from in-plane magnetization to perpendicular magnetization as temperature raises. The method includes projecting a light beam onto such a magneto-optical recording medium so as to form a perpendicularly magnetized area in the readout layer by duplication of the magnetization of said recording layer to the area. In further embodiments, the recording medium further includes an intermediate layer made of non-magnetic film formed between the readout and recording layers and the readout and recording layers are composed of rare-earth transition metal alloys such as TbFeCo (recoding layer) readout layer, made of GdFeCo (readout layer).
摘要:
Featured is a recording and reproducing method for recording and reproducing information on and from a recording medium. The medium includes a base having a property that a light can be transmitted therethrough, a readout layer formed on the base, which has an in-plane magnetization at room temperature, whereas, a transition occurs from in-plane magnetization to perpendicular magnetization as temperature rises and a recording layer formed on said readout layer for recording thereon information magneto-optically. A groove for guiding a light beam is formed on a readout layer side of the base and a groove width is set substantially equal to a land width formed between grooves. The recording layer on the grooves and the recording layer on lands are used in recording and reproducing information. Further a light beam is incident on a converging lens of an optical head, the light beam having a larger diameter &ohgr; than an aperture &agr; of the converging lens for converging the light beam on a predetermined position of the magneto-optical recording medium.
摘要:
A magneto-optical recording medium includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer being laminated. When information is to be recorded on the first magnetic layer, first, a magnetization direction in the second magnetic layer is arranged in one direction with an application of an initialization magnetic field. Then, an intensity modulated light beam is projected while applying thereto a recording magnetic field so as to change the magnetization direction in the second magnetic layer. Thereafter, the magnetization direction in the second magnetic layer is copied to the first magnetic layer, thereby recording information. The first magnetic layer has a magnetization in an intermediate direction between a perpendicular direction and an in-plane direction at room temperature, while has a perpendicular magnetization at above a predetermined temperature. Therefore, a smaller exchange coupling force is exerted from the first magnetic layer to the second magnetic layer at room temperature, thereby enabling a rewriting information with a smaller initialization magnetic field compared with the conventional method, thereby achieving a reduction in size of the apparatus and power conservation.
摘要:
A magneto-optical recording medium is composed of a base which has a property that a light can be transmitted therethrough, a readout layer formed on the base, which has in-plane magnetization at room temperature, whereas, a transition occurs from in-plane magnetization to perpendicular magnetization as the temperature thereof is raised and a recording layer formed on the readout layer for recording information magneto-optically. A recording and reproducing method and the optical head are designed for the magneto-optical recording medium. By the recording and reproducing method using the optical head, information recorded at high density can be reproduced.