Magnetooptical storage element

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE:To increase apparently the Kerr rotation angle, by forming a reflective film consisting of Ag, Au, Cu, Al, Bi, Sn, stainless, or the like on the rear face of a thin film which consists of a rare earth transition meta alloy and has an axis of easy magnetization vertical to the film surface. CONSTITUTION:A photomagnetic recording medium 2 which consists of a rare earth transition metal and has an axis of easy magnetization vertical to the film surface is formed on a transparent substrate 1, and a reflective film 3 is formed on the recording medium 2. When the refractive index of the transparent substrate 1 is denoted as (n) and the reflected light due to multiple interference generated on the interface between the transparent substrate 1 and the photomagnetic recording medium 2 and the interface between the recording medium 2 and the reflective film 3 is regarded as a virtual reflected light on the interface between the transparent substrate 1 and the recording medium 2 and the virtual refractive index causing this virtual reflected light is denoted as N, ¦N-n¦ is set to a value smaller than ¦N0-n¦ where the refractive index of the recording medium is denoted as N0.

Inventors

• 👤 Kenji Oota
• 👤 賢司 太田
• 👤 Akira Takahashi
• 👤 明 高橋
• 👤 Hideyoshi Yamaoka
• 👤 山岡　秀嘉

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