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Optical recording medium, process for manufacturing the same, sputtering target for manufacturing the same, and optical recording process using the same

US7260053B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 2003
Grant dateAug 21, 2007
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2007/24314
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical recording medium which comprises a substrate and a recording layer disposed on the substrate, in which the recording layer comprises Ga and Sb, a content of the Sb is 80 atm % to 95 atm % relative to a total content of the Ga and the Sb in the recording layer, and recording and erasing are carried out by a reversible phase change between an amorphous phase and a crystalline phase in the recording layer.

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