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Magneto-optical recording method using a magneto-optical recording medium having two or more magnetic layers to allow recording and reproduction to be effected simultaneously and magneto-optical recording medium used in the method

US5428586A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 1994
Grant dateJun 27, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B11/10586
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magneto-optical recording method employs a magneto-optical recording medium having a first magnetic layer which exhibits a low coercive force at room temperature and a high Curie temperature and a second magnetic layer which is exchange-coupled to the first magnetic layer and which exhibits a higher coercive force and a lower Curie temperature as compared with those of the first magnetic layer. A magnetic field modulated in accordance with information to be recorded is applied to the magneto-optical recording medium while irradiating it with a light beam of a constant intensity so as to record the information. The recorded information is simultaneously confirmed by using a reflected light of this light beam.

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