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High performance media for optical recording

US5843553A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateJul 29, 1997
Grant dateDec 1, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31678
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A recordable element including a substrate and having over its surface, in order, an optical recording layer and a light reflecting layer, the improvement includes an optical recording layer containing Te.sub.a Ge.sub.b C.sub.c H.sub.d O.sub.e where a, b, c, d, and e are atomic percents such that a+b+c+d+e=100, and wherein 10<a<40, 10<b<60, 5<c<35, 10<d<5, e.gtoreq.0; an the optical recording layer having one or more sublayers which can be of different compositions; and the thickness t of the optical recording layer is 0.7 Tmin<t<1.3 Tmin.

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