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Optical device and manufacturing method thereof

US6048597A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 1998
Grant dateApr 11, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/21
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical disc in which a desired exchange reciprocal action is displayed between two sorts of the rare earth-transition metal alloy films to realize optimum recording/reproducing characteristics, and a manufacturing method for the optical disc. To this end, an optical disc 1 includes a first rare earth-transition metal alloy film containing rare earth elements and transition elements and a second rare earth-transition metal alloy film layered on the first rare earth-transition metal alloy film. The second rare earth-transition metal alloy film has a composition different from that of the first rare earth-transition metal alloy film and contains rare earth elements and transition elements. An oxidized area defined between the first rare earth-transition metal alloy film and the second rare earth-transition metal alloy film has an oxygen content not higher than 2.5 atom % and a thickness not larger than 7 nm.

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