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Optical recording medium and information record with tracking aid
Assignee: RCA Corp
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Filing: 1981-06-12
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Granted: 1983-06-07
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Expires: 2001-06-12
Abstract
Abstract An optical recording medium comprising a substrate, a light absorptive layer overlying the substrate, a buffer layer overlying the absorptive layer and a masking layer having slots therethrough overlying the buffer layer. The invention also includes an information record having information recorded in the absorptive layer as a series of regions of the absorptive layer, underlying the slots in the masking layer, whose optical properties differ from those of the remainder of the absorptive layer. The presence of the slots in this medium can provide a spatially varying recording sensitivity, track identification and a means for obtaining a radial tracking error signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Alan E. Bell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 12:25
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/24; G11B7/08; G11B7/09; G11B7/0938
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
49 words
An optical recording medium comprising a substrate; an absorptive layer overlying the substrate which is absorptive of light at the wavelength of a recording light beam; a buffer layer overlying the absorptive layer; and a masking layer overlying the buffer layer and having one or more slots extending therethrough.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
49 words
An optical recording medium comprising a substrate; an absorptive layer overlying the substrate which is absorptive of light at the wavelength of a recording light beam; a buffer layer overlying the absorptive layer; and a masking layer overlying the buffer layer and having one or more slots extending therethrough.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
87 words
An information record comprising a substrate; an absorptive layer overlying the substrate which is absorptive of light at the wavelength of a recording light beam and which has an information track therein; a buffer layer overlying the absorptive layer; and a masking layer overlying the buffer layer and having one or more slots extending therethrough; wherein the information track comprises one or more regions of the absorptive layer underlying the slots in the masking layer which have different optical properties from the remainder of the absorptive layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
87 words
An information record comprising a substrate; an absorptive layer overlying the substrate which is absorptive of light at the wavelength of a recording light beam and which has an information track therein; a buffer layer overlying the absorptive layer; and a masking layer overlying the buffer layer and having one or more slots extending therethrough; wherein the information track comprises one or more regions of the absorptive layer underlying the slots in the masking layer which have different optical properties from the remainder of the absorptive layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The article according to claim 2 wherein the regions of the absorptive layer having different optical properties each have a pit in the absorptive layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The article according to claim 2 wherein the regions of the absorptive layer having different optical properties have a different degree of crystallinity from the remainder of the absorptive layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
The article according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the thickness of the buffer layer is an integral multiple of one-half the wavelength of the recording light beam in the material of which the buffer layer is composed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The article according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the thickness of the masking layer is between about 10 nanometers and about 100 nanometers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The article according to claim 1 or 2 wherein an overcoat layer overlies the masking layer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
The article according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the absorptive and masking layers are composed of a material selected from the group consisting of titanium, rhodium, tellurium, selenium, alloys containing tellurium or selenium, and chalcogenide alloys.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The article according to claim 1 or 2 wherein a reflective layer is interposed between the substrate and the absorptive layer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
47 words
The article according to claim 9 wherein the thickness of the absorptive layer is so related to the optical constants of the reflective layer, the absorptive layer and the buffer layer that the reflectivity of the recording medium in the slotted portions at recording wavelength is reduced.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The article according to claim 9 wherein a spacer layer is interposed between the reflective layer and the absorptive layer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
60 words
The article according to claim 11 wherein the thicknesses of the absorptive layer and the spacer layer are so related to the optical constants of the reflective layer, the spacer layer, the absorptive layer and the buffer layer that the reflectivity of the optical recording medium in the slotted portions at the wavelength of the recording light beam is reduced.
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