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Pregrooved optical-disk

US4481620A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 22, 1982
Grant dateNov 6, 1984
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2007/25417
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical-disk according to an embodiment of the invention is disclosed. The optical-disk has a transparent substrate which has a surface in which a tracking groove is formed and which is made of a polymethyl methacrylate having a refractive index n.sub.1 of about 1.49, a transparent layer of polystyrene which is formed on the transparent substrate and which has a refractive index n.sub.2 of about 1.59, and a recording layer which is formed on the transparent layer of polystyrene and which is made of a substance which is melted by a pulse laser beam for recording, which becomes incident thereon through the transparent substrate and the transparent layer of polystyrene.

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