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Optical disk having recording capacity of about at least 15 GB

US6512735B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 2001
Grant dateJan 28, 2003
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/263
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical disk having a recording capacity of about at least 15 GB and methods of making the same. The optical disk may include an optical disk substrate having successive pits formed into a first surface. The successive pits may correspond to a recording signal. The optical disk may further have a reflection film formed on the first surface of the optical disk substrate and in the successive pits and have a light transmissive layer formed on the reflection film. If a length of an effective pit length B of each pit of the plurality of successive pits is restricted to be not less than 80 nm and not greater than 250 nm, then a thickness T of the reflection film is restricted to be not greater than 20 nm and not less than 8 nm, and the thickness of the light transmissive layer is restricted to be not greater than 177 &mgr;m and not less than 10 &mgr;m.

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