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Magneto-optical disk having write-once identification marks and method for recording thereof

US6266299A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 20, 1999
Grant dateJul 24, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 20, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2020/1245
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical disk and a method for storing write-once information usable for preventing the illegal copies. The optical disk comprises a disk substrate, and a recording layer having a magnetic film disposed on the disk substrate. The optical disk stores write-once information formed by first recording areas and second recording areas and the write-once information being different for each disk. The second recording areas are formed as a plurality of stripe-shaped marks that are oblong in a radial direction of the disk by irradiating laser light based on a modulation signal of the write-once information in the pre-determined portion of the recording layer, in a manner that a magnetic anisotropy in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the second recording areas is smaller than a magnetic anisotropy in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the first recording areas.

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