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Information recording apparatus and method, information reproducing method and fade-in memory, with summary information corresponding to plurality of information recording elements

US8081394B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 2010
Grant dateDec 20, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C13/04
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information recording apparatus has a plurality of fine particles forming an array on a plane in close proximity of each other, each of the plural particles including a ferromagnetic metal, a light-emitting device for exciting a near-field light, and a photo-electric conversion element for detecting a near-field light traveled along the fine particles. Summary information may be recorded for plural information recording parts.

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