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Optical recording medium having a relationship between groove width and track pitch

US7548505B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 18, 2002
Grant dateJun 16, 2009
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2005/0005
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical recording/reproducing medium having grooves formed along recording tracks and used for recording/reproducing when irradiated with light L with a specified wavelength λ, wherein the track pitch p of a groove is at least 200 nm and up to 350 nm, and a ratio wg′/p between the width wg of a groove and a track pitch p is at least 0.24 and up to 0.67.

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