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Magneto-optical recording medium and method of making same

US4670356A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 29, 1985
Grant dateJun 2, 1987
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12931
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved magneto-optical recording medium and a method of making the same, the medium including a substrate base and a magneto-optical recording layer formed on the base and composed of a plurality of layers each of which contains a rare earth metal and a transition metal. The relative concentration ratio between the rare earth metal and the transition metal in the layers varies cyclically in the direction of the thickness of the magneto-optical recording layer. The recording medium is conveniently manufactured by simultaneously depositing the transition metal and the rare earth metal by co-sputtering the two metals on a base and providing relative movement between the base and the metal sources during co-sputtering to produce the multilayer recording structure.

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