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Optical information recording medium, method for producing the same, and method for recording and reproducing optical information

US6503690B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 1998
Grant dateJan 7, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/146
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides an optical information recording medium having excellent characteristics in repetitive recording and a sufficient C/N ratio. The optical information recording medium includes a recording layer containing Ge, Te and Sb and a diffusion preventing layers in contact with the recording layer. A composition ratio of Ge, Te and Sb in the recording layer has numerical values which lie within the range represented by the area ABCDE in a ternary phase diagram of Ge, Te and Sb, where the points A, B, C, D and E are as follows:A (Ge50Te50), B (Ge22.5Sb22.0Te55.5), C (Ge17.0Sb41.5Te41.5), D (Ge48.0Sb26.0Te26.0), E (Ge65Te35)The diffusion layer contains at least one compound selected from an oxide, a nitride, a nitrogen oxide, a carbide and a fluoride.

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