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Optical recording medium and optical recording-reproducing method

US7245576B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 2004
Grant dateJul 17, 2007
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/268
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical recording medium includes an optical recording layer, a separating layer formed on a reproducing light incident side of the optical recording layer, and a phase-change reproducing layer formed on the reproducing light incident side of the separating layer, absorbance of which phase-change reproducing layer is changed depending on whether a state of the optical recording layer is a recording mark or a space. A transfer portion to which a state of the optical recording layer is transferred is formed in a portion having high absorbance of the phase-change reproducing layer by irradiation with reproducing light, while a portion of the phase-change reproducing layer other than the transfer portion is kept in a state optically differing from the transfer portion.

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