Abstract:
A description is given of a rewritable single-sided double layer optical information medium having a first recording stack (2) with a phase change recording layer (4) sandwiched between two dielectric layers (3, 5). The recording stack (2) is sufficiently transmissive to ensure proper reading/writing of the second recording stack (9). For this purpose, the recording stack (2) comprises a thin metal layer (6) and a further dielectric layer (7). The laser beam (14, 15) can be focused on the first recording stack (2) or on the second recording stack (9), thus doubling the storage capacity of the recording medium.
Abstract:
An information recording medium maintaining better recording, reproducing and rewriting characteristics, comprising, as a recording layer, information recording thin film formed on a substrate and for recording and/or reproducing information according to a change in the atomic arrangement caused by the irradiation with light, at least one protection layer, the protection layer and recording layer being laminated in that order from the side on where light falls; and further at least one absorption rate control layer to exhibit favorable rewriting characteristics.
Abstract:
A phase change optical medium compatible with a flying head can include a substrate, a reflective layer, a first dielectric layer, a phase change information carrying layer, a second dielectric layer and a lubricant layer. The structure and materials used both protect the phase change layer from mechanical damage due to impact and from information-altering heat generated by impact.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an optical recording medium, comprising a substrate, a recording layer, and a reflecting layer where the recording layer comprises at least one dye of formula (I), wherein A1, and A2 are each independently of the other C(CH3)2, O, S, Se, or CH=CH which is unsubstituted or substituted by C1-C5alkyl or benzyl; M1 and M2 are each independently of the other Cr or Co ; L1 and L1' are each independently of the other a ligand of formula (II) or (III); L2 and L2' are each independently of the other and independently of L1 and L1' a ligand of formula (II), (III) or (VI), m is a number from 0.2 to 1.0; and n, depending on m, is a number from 0.0 to 0.8, so that the sum of m and n equals 1.0; p and q are each independently of the other 0 or 1; and Q is CR15, CR15-CR16=CR17 or CR15-CR16=CR17-CR18=CR19. This invention also claims the dyes of formula (I) themselves as well as a process for optically recording, storing or reproducing information using a recording medium of this invention, recording or reproduction preferably being carried out at the wavelength range from 600 to 800 nm.
Abstract:
The optical recording medium has a grooved transparent substrate superposed by a recording layer comprising a partial mirror, a buffer layer, a thick reflective layer, and optionally a protective coating. By virtue of the partial mirror, the buffer layer, and the thick reflective layer, a Fabry-Perot etalon is created. Information can be written by deformation of one or more of the partial mirror, the buffer layer, the thick reflective layer, or the substrate. The deformation effects change or destroy the Fabry-Perot, and a decrease in reflection is created. As deformation effects are used for writing, a non-liquid crystalline high-molecular weight material can be used in the buffer layer. The tracking (keeping the writing laser within the grooves) can take place by employing the difference in reflected amplitude or phase of the partial mirror/substrate interface within and outside the groove.
Abstract:
An ultraviolet-curing adhesive composition comprising a photopolymerization initiator exhibiting a molar absorption coefficient 400 or above at a wavelength of 360 to 450 nm and an ultraviolet-curing compound. This composition can bond substrates to each other, each substrate exhibiting a total transmittance of 0.01 to 20 % for the energy rays of 280 to 380 nm wavelength.
Abstract:
A dual layer pre-recorded optical disc (12) includes a transparent substrate (14), a partially reflective layer (16), a transparent spacer layer (18), and a highly reflective layer (20). One pattern of data pits (15) is provided on the substrate, adjacent the partially reflective layer, and another pattern of data pits (19) is provided on the spacer layer, adjacent the highly reflective layer. The partially reflective layer may be made of silicon carbide. A substrate-incident beam can be used to read data encoded in either data pit pattern depending on which layer the laser (30) is focused upon. The dual layer disc has twice the data storage capacity of conventional single layer discs.
Abstract:
Recording media having a back coat and a recording layer on opposite sides of a substrate and a super coat adsorbed onto the back coat and/or the recording layer are disclosed. The super coat suitably has a low surface energy. Such media are particularly useful in optical recording applications where the media are in tape form and stored on spools.
Abstract:
An erasable optical disk (100K), for use with an erasable optical disk drive system, having a readout stimulation laser and a recording laser, is disclosed. The disk utilizes electron trapping optical memory material as the storage medium and comprises a disk substrate (10a), a layer of electron trapping optical memory material (14) coated on the disk substrate, a first light absorbing layer (120) coated on the layer of electron trapping optical memory material, a second light absorbing layer (122) coated on the first absorbing layer, and a reflective layer (20) coated on the second absorbing layer.
Abstract:
An optical data storage medium for use in an optical read/write system using an optical read wavelength of W, the medium including a textured region having raised areas and depressed areas disposed in a regular array with a period (pitch) not greater than W and a depth (peak-to-trough) in the range 10 to 1,000 nanometers. The medium comprises a substrate (1) and a regular array of zones of magneto-optic material (3) disposed at least over the peaks and troughs of the surface texture and conforming to the surface texture. In many embodiments, there is also a layer or a regular array of zones of an optically reflective material (2). In one embodiment, the texture is shallow, being generally in the range 10 to 120 nanometers. In a second embodiment, the depth of the texture is at least one tenth of the value of W. In any of the embodiments, there may be a dielectric layer over the top of the structure. The texture can take the form of a grating, or of crossed gratings, or be defined between an array of protuberances; structures with sinusoidal, square-wave (top-hat) or saw-tooth profile are advantageous.