Opto-magnetic recording medium having three exchange-coupled magnetic layers
Abstract
Abstract An opto-magnetic recording medium includes: a substrate; a first magnetic layer formed on the substrate, the first magnetic layer having the following composition: [(Tb.sub.1-x Dy.sub.x)(Fe.sub.1-y CO.sub.y)].sub.1-z M.sub.z wherein 0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦0.3, and 0≦z≦0.2, and M is one element selected from the group consisting of Cr and Al; and two second magnetic layers respectively formed on the two surfaces of the first magnetic layer, each of the second magnetic layers having a lower coercive force and a higher Curie temperature than those of the first magnetic layer, and being exchange-coupled to the first magnetic layer, and each of the magnetic layers having the following composition: (GdFeCo).sub.1-w M.sub.w wherein 0≦w≦0.2, and M is one element selected from the group consisting of Cr or Al.
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- 👤 Tadashi Kobayashi
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