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High-density magnetic recording and optical reproducing apparatus

US5093822A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 1990
Grant dateMar 3, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B11/10536
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high-density magnetic recording and optical reproducing apparatus for magneto-optically reproducing information magnetically recorded on information tracks on a recording medium, the apparatus comprising two laser beam sources emitting laser beams having different wavelengths respectively, an optical system for directing the laser beams from the two laser beam sources toward and onto the recording medium so as to irradiate the recording medium with laser beam spots partly overlapping each other, two photo detectors detecting the laser beams reflected from the surface of the recording medium, and a differential amplifier detecting the difference between the output signals of the two photo detectors thereby generating the differential signal as a reproduced output.

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