Optical recording medium
US6403193B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/21
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical recording medium of the invention comprises a phase change type recording layer on a surface of a substrate with reading light incident on the recording layer through the substrate, and a dielectric layer provided in contact with the recording layer and on a side of the recording layer on which the reading light is incident. The substrate has a groove acting as a guide groove and a land between adjacent grooves so that the groove and land are used as recording tracks. The phase change type recording layer contains Ag, In, Sb and Te as main components, and has a thickness tR defined by tR≦&lgr;p/20 where &lgr;p is a wavelength of the reading light. The dielectric layer has a thickness td1 that is represented in terms of an optical path length at the wavelength &lgr;p and defined by &lgr;p/2≦td1.
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