Optical recording medium, information recording method and information reproducing method
US5428599A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S430/146
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical recording medium includes in sequence a transparent substrate, a light-reflecting layer, a transparent intermediate layer and a light-absorbing layer. The light-reflecting layer and the light-absorbing layer are respectively formed as a layer of an organic coloring matter. The light-absorbing layer can cause deformation for recording information accompanied with a local charge in thickness of the transparent intermediate layer in response to a recording beam indicated to the light-absorbing layer through the transparent substrate. The transparent substrate, the light-reflecting layer, the transparent intermediate layer and the light-absorbing layer in combination constitutes a multi-layer optical element with respect to a reproducing beam having a prescribed wavelength and incident to the light-absorbing layer through the transparent substrate, the multi-layer optical element showing a minimum reflectance and a maximum reflectance of the reproducing beam at an incident surface of the optical recording medium at different thicknesses of the transparent intermediate layer. The transparent intermediate layer is formed in a thickness providing a mediate reflectance between t…
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