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Optical information recording medium, producing method thereof and method of recording/erasing/reproducing information

US6153063A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 1998
Grant dateNov 28, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2007/25715
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a phase-change recording medium, a recording medium is provided with a barrier layer including Ge--N, Ge--N--O between a recording layer and a dielectric protective layer in order to prevent a chemical reaction and an atom diffusion between the recording layer and the dielectric protective layer. A barrier material can be also applied to the protective layer itself. Thereby, it is possible to considerably suppress a reduction of a reflectivity and a reduction of a signal amplitude due to the repeat of recording and erasing, such reductions being observed in a conventional phase-change optical information recording medium, and thereby the number of overwriting times can be increased.

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