Magneto-optical recording medium
US6436524B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/265
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When recording using magnetic field modulation recording, the magneto-optical recording medium which is disclosed is capable of satisfactory recording with a low magnetic field. This recording medium is a layered superposition of a recording layer 13 and an auxiliary recording layer 14 having a film thickness of less than or equal to 100 angstroms. The recording layer 13 is a film having an easy perpendicular axis of magnetization whose value of magnetization at room temperature is at least 150 emu/cc, and for example a heavy rare earth—transition metal alloy, a magnetic multilayer film which employs a precious metal, an oxide like a garnet or Spinel ferrite, or some other magnetic alloy may be used. The auxiliary recording layer 14 is typically a heavy rare earth—transition metal alloy, and has a Curie temperature higher (desirably at least 30K higher) than that of the recording layer 13. It is desirable to further provide a stabilizing layer superimposed upon the recording layer 13 which has a lower Curie temperature and also a higher coercive field at room temperature than the recording layer recording layer 13. If HREx(Fe1−yCoy)1−x is used for the record…
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