Magneto-optical recording medium and recording/reproducing apparatus therefor in which recorded magnetic domains are transferred from the recording layer to the reproducing layer
US6301199A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B11/10515
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A magneto-optical recording medium which includes a reproducing layer. When a laser beam is irradiated to the magneto-optical recording medium, a magnetic domain in a recording layer is transferred, through enlargement, to a reproducing layer increased in temperature. The magneto-optical recording medium further includes a calibration area that has a calibration magnetic domain recorded in a predetermined pattern in the recording layer. In a reproducing apparatus, a laser beam of an optical head is adjusted in output depending upon a reproduced signal obtained by reproducing the calibration magnetic domain.
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