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Optical recording medium and its designing method

US6618349B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 21, 2001
Grant dateSep 9, 2003
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/007
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an optical recording medium of land/groove recording system, a sufficient tilt margin and a reduced cross talk are realized simultaneously with a sufficiently increased output. Provided is an optical recording medium having a light-transmitting substrate formed with grooves wherein the grooves and the region between adjacent grooves are used for the recording track, and a reading beam is irradiated through the light-transmitting substrate, wherein the relations:−12.6T+15.6≦x≦25T−3.8, and 0.55≦T≦0.68 are satisfied when the reading beam has a wavelength of &lgr;, the light-transmitting substrate has a refractive index at the wavelength &lgr; of n, the reading optical system has a numerical aperture of NA, recording track pitch is PT, the groove has a depth of &lgr;/(x·n), and T is PT/(&lgr;/NA).

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