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Magneto-optical medium utilizing domain wall displacement

US6177175A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 1998
Grant dateJan 23, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24355
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a magneto-optical medium of the type that information recorded therein is reproduced by displacing a domain wall, the medium comprises a substrate, and a magnetic layer provided on the substrate, which permits domain wall displacement, wherein the surface roughness Ra of the substrate is 1.2 nm or smaller.

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