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Over write capable magnetooptical recording medium

Assignee: Nikon Corp
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Filing: 1988-05-10
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Granted: 1990-03-20
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Expires: 2008-05-10
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Abstract

Abstract Over Write Capable Magnetooptical Recording Medium, Recording Method and Apparatus Using the Same. The recording medium in which the direction of an initial field Hini. is the same as that of a bias field Hb (Classes 1, 2, and 8 in Table 1), and which satisfies predetermined formulas can allow an over-write operation if a jointing field Hjoint. is used which continuously changes from the initial field Hini. to the bias field Hb.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jun Saito
  • 👤 Masatoshi Sato
  • 👤 Hiroyuki Matsumoto

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B11/00; G11B11/10; G11B11/105; G11B11/10582; G11B11/10586; G11B11/10589; G11B11/10591; G11B11/10502; G11B11/10504; G11B11/10506; G11B11/10517; G11B11/10519; G11B11/10532; G11B11/1055; G11B11/10552; G11B11/10534; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/922; Y10S428/9265; Y10S428/928; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12465

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 229 words
A magnetooptical recording medium comprising: a substrate; and a perpendicular magnetic film provided on said substrate nd having a multilayered structure including first and second layers; said first layer comprising a transition metal-heavy rare earth alloy which is heavy rare earth rich and has a compensation temperature between a room temperature and a Curie temperature, said second layer comprising a transition metal-heavy rare earth alloy which is heavy rare earth rich and has a compensation temperature between a room temperature and a Curie temperature, and said medium satisfying following formula (1): T.sub.R <T.sub.comp.1 <T.sub.C1 ≈T.sub.L ≈T.sub.comp.2 <T.sub.C2 ≈T.sub.H ( 1) and satisfying at the room temperature following formulas: ##EQU17## where T R : room temperature T comp .1 : compensation temperature of first layer T comp .2 : compensation temperature of second layer T C1 Curie temperature of first layer T C2 : Curie temperature of second layer T L : temperature of recording medium when low-level laser beam is radiated T H temperature of recording medium when high-level laser beam is radiated H C1 : coersivity of first layer H C2 : coersivity of second layer M S1 : saturation magnetization of first layer M S2 : saturation magnetization of second layer t 1 : thickness of first layer t 2 : thickness of second layer σ w : interface wall energy Hini.: initial field Hb: bias field.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 229 words
A magnetooptical recording medium comprising: a substrate; and a perpendicular magnetic film provided on said substrate nd having a multilayered structure including first and second layers; said first layer comprising a transition metal-heavy rare earth alloy which is heavy rare earth rich and has a compensation temperature between a room temperature and a Curie temperature, said second layer comprising a transition metal-heavy rare earth alloy which is heavy rare earth rich and has a compensation temperature between a room temperature and a Curie temperature, and said medium satisfying following formula (1): T.sub.R <T.sub.comp.1 <T.sub.C1 ≈T.sub.L ≈T.sub.comp.2 <T.sub.C2 ≈T.sub.H ( 1) and satisfying at the room temperature following formulas: ##EQU17## where T R : room temperature T comp .1 : compensation temperature of first layer T comp .2 : compensation temperature of second layer T C1 Curie temperature of first layer T C2 : Curie temperature of second layer T L : temperature of recording medium when low-level laser beam is radiated T H temperature of recording medium when high-level laser beam is radiated H C1 : coersivity of first layer H C2 : coersivity of second layer M S1 : saturation magnetization of first layer M S2 : saturation magnetization of second layer t 1 : thickness of first layer t 2 : thickness of second layer σ w : interface wall energy Hini.: initial field Hb: bias field.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 223 words
A magnetooptical recording medium comprising: a substrate; and a perpendicular magnetic film provided on said substrate and having a multilayered structure including first and second layer; said first layer comprising a transition metal-heavy rare earth alloy which is heavy rare earth rich and does not have a compensation temperature between a room temperature and a Curie temperature, said second layer comprising a transition metal-heavy rare earth alloy which is heavy rare earth rich and has a compensation temperature between the room temperature and the Curie temperature, and said medium satisfying following formula (1): T.sub.R <T.sub.C1 ≈T.sub.L ≈T.sub.comp.2 <T.sub.C2 ≈T.sub.H ( 1) and satisfying at the room temperature following Formulas: ##EQU18## where T R : room temperature T comp .2 : compensation temperature of second layer T C1 : Curie temperature of first layer T C2 : Curie temperature of second layer T L : temperature of recording medium when low-level laser beam is radiated T H : temperature of recording medium when high-level laser beam is radiated H C1 : coersivity of first layer H C2 : coersivity of second layer M S1 : saturation magnetization of first layer M S2 : saturation magnetization of second layer t 1 : thickness of first layer t 2 : thickness of second layer σ w : interface wall energy Hini.: initial field Hb: bias field.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 223 words
A magnetooptical recording medium comprising: a substrate; and a perpendicular magnetic film provided on said substrate and having a multilayered structure including first and second layer; said first layer comprising a transition metal-heavy rare earth alloy which is heavy rare earth rich and does not have a compensation temperature between a room temperature and a Curie temperature, said second layer comprising a transition metal-heavy rare earth alloy which is heavy rare earth rich and has a compensation temperature between the room temperature and the Curie temperature, and said medium satisfying following formula (1): T.sub.R <T.sub.C1 ≈T.sub.L ≈T.sub.comp.2 <T.sub.C2 ≈T.sub.H ( 1) and satisfying at the room temperature following Formulas: ##EQU18## where T R : room temperature T comp .2 : compensation temperature of second layer T C1 : Curie temperature of first layer T C2 : Curie temperature of second layer T L : temperature of recording medium when low-level laser beam is radiated T H : temperature of recording medium when high-level laser beam is radiated H C1 : coersivity of first layer H C2 : coersivity of second layer M S1 : saturation magnetization of first layer M S2 : saturation magnetization of second layer t 1 : thickness of first layer t 2 : thickness of second layer σ w : interface wall energy Hini.: initial field Hb: bias field.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 221 words
A magnetooptical recording medium comprising: a substrate; and a perpendicular magnetic film provided on said substrate and having a multilayered structure including first and second layers; said first layer comprising a transition metal-heavy rare earth alloy which is transition metal rich and does not have a compensation temperature between a room temperature and a Curie temperature, said second layer comprising a transition metal-heavy rare earth alloy which is heavy rare earth rich and has a compensation temperature between the room temperature and the Curie temperature, and said medium satisfying following formula (1): T.sub.R <T.sub.C1 ≈T.sub.L ≈T.sub.comp.2 <T.sub.C2 ≈T.sub.H ( 1) and satisfying at the room temperature following Formulas: ##EQU19## where T R : room temperature T comp .2 : compensation temperature of second layer T C1 : Curie temperature of first layer T C2 : Curie temperature of second layer T L : temperature of recording medium when low-level laser beam is radiated T H : temperature of recording medium when high-level laser beam is radiated H C1 : coersivity of first layer H C2 : coersivity of second layer M S1 : saturation magnetization of first layer M S2 : saturation magnetization of second layer t 1 : thickness of first layer t 2 : thickness of second layer σ w : wall energy Hini.:initial field Hb : bias field.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 221 words
A magnetooptical recording medium comprising: a substrate; and a perpendicular magnetic film provided on said substrate and having a multilayered structure including first and second layers; said first layer comprising a transition metal-heavy rare earth alloy which is transition metal rich and does not have a compensation temperature between a room temperature and a Curie temperature, said second layer comprising a transition metal-heavy rare earth alloy which is heavy rare earth rich and has a compensation temperature between the room temperature and the Curie temperature, and said medium satisfying following formula (1): T.sub.R <T.sub.C1 ≈T.sub.L ≈T.sub.comp.2 <T.sub.C2 ≈T.sub.H ( 1) and satisfying at the room temperature following Formulas: ##EQU19## where T R : room temperature T comp .2 : compensation temperature of second layer T C1 : Curie temperature of first layer T C2 : Curie temperature of second layer T L : temperature of recording medium when low-level laser beam is radiated T H : temperature of recording medium when high-level laser beam is radiated H C1 : coersivity of first layer H C2 : coersivity of second layer M S1 : saturation magnetization of first layer M S2 : saturation magnetization of second layer t 1 : thickness of first layer t 2 : thickness of second layer σ w : wall energy Hini.:initial field Hb : bias field.

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