摘要:
An optical recording medium includes a support substrate, and a light transmission layer 12 that is disposed so as to come in contact with the support substrate. At least one of a refractive index of the support substrate and a refractive index of the light transmission layer, and an extinction coefficient of the support substrate and an extinction coefficient of the light transmission layer is different. As such, according to the invention, a reflective layer is not formed between the support substrate and the light transmission layer, such that the support substrate and the light transmission layer directly come in contact with each other. Accordingly, since at least one of the refractive index and the extinction coefficient is different, reflection occurs at the interface between the support substrate and the light transmission layer. Therefore, data held by a plurality of pits, that are arranged on the support substrate in a spiral shape or a concentric shape, can be correctly read out.
摘要:
An optical recording medium and a method of recording and reproducing of the optical recording medium are provided, which are capable of recording and reproducing data with reliability even when blue or blue violet laser light is used as irradiation light. The optical recording medium has a recording layer in which a recording mark composed of a plurality of cavities is formed by irradiation of the laser light. The recording layer is configured so that, in a plan view taken in a direction of irradiation of the laser light, cavities lying in an area of the center and its vicinities of the recording mark, out of the plurality of cavities, include cavities greater than ones lying around the area.
摘要:
An optical recording medium is provided, which are capable of recording and reproducing data with reliability even when blue or blue violet laser light is used as irradiation light. The optical recording medium includes a substrate, and a recording layer formed over the substrate and having its optical characteristic changed by irradiation of the laser light. The recording layer is substantially composed of Bi and O, and the ratio of the number of the O atoms to the total number of Bi and O atoms in the recording layer is 63-73%.
摘要:
In an information recording medium according to the present invention, a recording layer, a first layer, and a second layer are formed so that a thermal conductivity of the first layer that contacts one surface of the recording layer and a thermal conductivity of the second layer that contacts another surface of the recording layer are both lower than a thermal conductivity of the recording layer and a track pitch is in a range of 0.1 μm to 0.5 μm, inclusive.
摘要:
The invention relates to a light-receiving element for receiving a reflection of laser light irradiated to a rotating multi-layer recording medium having a plurality of information recording layers stacked one over another and for converting the light into an electrical signal, an optical head having the element for recording information in the multi-layer recording medium or reproducing information recorded therein, and an optical recording/reproducing apparatus and a method of optical recording and reproduction. The invention provides a light-receiving element, an optical head, an optical recording/reproducing apparatus, and a method of optical recording and reproduction which make it possible to eliminate a noise component superimposed on reflected light from a multi-layer recording medium to reproduce an RF signal of high quality. The light receiving element receives a reflection of laser light irradiated through an objective lens to a rotating multi-layer recording medium having a plurality of information recording layers stacked one over another through a return path optical system and converts the reflected light into an electrical signal. The element has a first light-receiving section having a circular light-receiving region and a second light-receiving section disposed adjacent to the outer circumference of the first light-receiving section in the form of a circle concentric therewith.
摘要:
An optical recording medium comprising: a substrate 11; and a recording layer 12, formed on substrate 11; and characterized in that recording layer 12 contains palladium oxide as the main component and contains oxygen at an amount of 19 atom % to 61 atom %.
摘要:
An inexpensive optical recording medium is provided that can ensure recording and reproduction of data even in case of using blue or blue-violet laser light as irradiation light and can be stored for a long time. The optical recording medium includes a recording layer. The recording layer includes a recording portion and a covering portion covering at least one side of the recording portion in a thickness direction of the recording portion. The recording portion and the covering portion are substantially formed from a plurality of types of common constituent elements. Composition ratios of the constituent elements are different between the recording portion and the covering portion.
摘要:
The invention relates to an optical head and an optical recording/reproducing apparatus for recording information in an optical recording medium or reproducing information recorded therein and a method of optical recording/reproduction utilizing the same. The invention provides an optical head and an optical recording/reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing an RF signal of high quality by eliminating a noise component superimposed on reflected light from a recording medium and a method of optical recording/reproduction utilizing the same. The optical head has an RF signal extraction circuit for extracting an RF signal including information recorded in a rotating recording medium. The RF signal extraction circuit has a low-pass filter for eliminating the RF signal from an electrical signal obtained by performing photoelectric conversion of laser light irradiated to and reflected by the recording medium to extract a noise signal and a differential amplifier circuit connected to the low-pass filter to perform a differential operation between the electrical signal and the noise signal.
摘要:
An optical recording medium includes a substrate and a plurality of recording layers laminated via at least intermediate layers, at least one of the recording layers other than a recording layer farthest from a light incidence plane among the plurality of recording layers containing at least one metal M selected from a group consisting of Ni, Cu, Si, Ti, Ge, Zr, Nb, Mo, In, Sn, W, Pb, Bi, Zn and La and an element X which can combine with the metal M upon being irradiated with a laser beam for recording data, thereby forming a crystal of a compound of the element X with the metal M. According to the thus constituted optical recording medium, it is possible to record data in and reproduce from a farthest recording layer from a light incidence plane in a desired manner and it is possible to record data in and reproduce from recording layer(s) other than the farthest recording layer from the light incidence plane in a desired manner.
摘要:
The invention relates to a light-receiving element for receiving a reflection of laser light irradiated to a rotating multi-layer recording medium having a plurality of information recording layers stacked one over another and for converting the light into an electrical signal, an optical head having the element for recording information in the multi-layer recording medium or reproducing information recorded therein, and an optical recording/reproducing apparatus and a method of optical recording and reproduction. The invention provides a light-receiving element, an optical head, an optical recording/reproducing apparatus, and a method of optical recording and reproduction which make it possible to eliminate a noise component superimposed on reflected light from a multi-layer recording medium to reproduce an RF signal of high quality. The light receiving element receives a reflection of laser light irradiated through an objective lens to a rotating multi-layer recording medium having a plurality of information recording layers stacked one over another through a return path optical system and converts the reflected light into an electrical signal. The element has a first light-receiving section having a circular light-receiving region and a second light-receiving section disposed adjacent to the outer circumference of the first light-receiving section in the form of a circle concentric therewith.