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Recording medium, method of manufacturing fullerene thin film, recording reproducing apparatus, information recording method, and information reading method

US10008232B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 2016
Grant dateJun 26, 2018
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B9/149
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to the present invention, there is provided a recording medium comprising a substrate, a platinum layer formed on the substrate and having a (111) plane preferentially oriented, and a fullerene single crystal thin film formed on the platinum layer, and configured to be a recording layer, wherein an average value of average surface roughness Ra's with respect to four or more visual fields measured by using an atomic force microscope in a surface of the fullerene thin film is 0.5 nm or less.

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