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Magneto-optical recording medium and method of reproducing from same
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1995-06-02
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Granted: 1997-08-19
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Expires: 2015-06-02
Abstract
Abstract A recording layer including a recording magnetic domain for recording thereon information is formed. A reproducing layer for reproducing information by projecting thereto a light beam is formed on the recording layer. A non-magnetic intermediate layer for intercepting a magnetic exchange coupling force exerted between the recording layer and the reproducing layer is formed between the recording layer and the reproducing layer. The reproducing layer is arranged such that the width of the stable magnetic domain on the reproducing layer at room temperature is larger than the width of the recording magnetic domain in the recording layer. At a reproducing temperature by the light beam, the width of the stable magnetic domain becomes smaller than the width of the recording magnetic domain, and the information is copied by the leakage magnetic flux of the recording magnetic domain. Depending on whether or not the information transferred to the reproducing layer is reproduced, the effects from other magnetic domain adjacent to the magnetic domain to be reproduced from the reproducing layer can be prevented, thereby enabling a high density recording of information on the recording layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Junji Hirokane
- 👤 Junichiro Nakayama
- 👤 Michinobu Mieda
- 👤 Akira Takahashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 23:29
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B11/00; G11B11/10; G11B11/105; G11B11/10582; G11B11/10586; G11B11/10589; G11B11/10593; G11B11/10502; G11B11/10515; G11B11/10584
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
A magneto-optical recording medium, comprising: a recording layer composed of a magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization, including a recording magnetic domain for recording thereon information, said recording layer generating a leakage magnetic flux; a reproducing layer composed of a magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization, including a reproducing magnetic domain for transferring thereto a magnetization direction from said recording magnetic domain, wherein a width of a stable magnetic domain which possibly exists in a reproducing magnetic domain is larger than a width of a recording magnetic domain at room temperature and smaller than a width of the recording magnetic domain at an elevated predetermined temperature above room temperature; and an intermediate layer composed of a non-magnetic substance, said intermediate layer being formed between said recording layer and said reproducing layer for intercepting an exchange coupling force exerted between said recording layer and said reproducing layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
146 words
A magneto-optical recording medium, comprising: a recording layer composed of a magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization, including a recording magnetic domain for recording thereon information, said recording layer generating a leakage magnetic flux; a reproducing layer composed of a magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization, including a reproducing magnetic domain for transferring thereto a magnetization direction from said recording magnetic domain, wherein a width of a stable magnetic domain which possibly exists in a reproducing magnetic domain is larger than a width of a recording magnetic domain at room temperature and smaller than a width of the recording magnetic domain at an elevated predetermined temperature above room temperature; and an intermediate layer composed of a non-magnetic substance, said intermediate layer being formed between said recording layer and said reproducing layer for intercepting an exchange coupling force exerted between said recording layer and said reproducing layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
64 words
The magneto-optical recording medium as set forth in claim 1, wherein: when a temperature of the reproducing magnetic domain is raised, and the width of the stable magnetic domain in the reproducing magnetic domain becomes identical with the width of the recording magnetic domain, a magnetization direction in the recording magnetic domain is copied to the reproducing magnetic domain by the leakage magnetic flux.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
90 words
The magneto-optical recording medium as set forth in claim 1, wherein: said recording layer includes a first recording domain and a second magnetic domain respectively having perpendicular magnetization directions in recording magnetic domains, the perpendicular magnetization directions being anti-parallel directions, the width of said first recording magnetic domain being larger than the width of said second recording magnetic domain, and said reproducing layer has a small stable magnetic domain width until it becomes nearly identical with the magnetic domain width of said second recording magnetic domain at an elevated temperature.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
The magneto-optical recording medium as set forth in claim 3, wherein: in said second recording magnetic domain, a magnetization direction is reversed according to information to be recorded, and said first recording magnetic domain adjacent to said second recording magnetic domain has a magnetization direction always fixed in one direction.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
60 words
The magneto-optical recording medium as set forth in claim 4, wherein: said recording layer having a track formed thereon including said first recording magnetic domain and said second recording magnetic domain, and information is recorded on the track by a mark position method for recording information by varying a position of said second recording magnetic domain as a recording bit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
79 words
The magneto-optical recording medium as set forth in claim 4, wherein: said recording layer having a track formed thereon including said first recording magnetic domain and said second recording magnetic domain, and information is recorded on the track by a mark edge method for recording information by varying a length of said second recording domain as a recording bit, wherein: said width of said first recording magnetic domain is larger than the width of said second recording magnetic domain.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The magneto-optical recording medium as set forth in claim 1, wherein: a coercive force of said reproducing layer at room temperature is smaller than a coercive force of said recording layer at room temperature.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
289 words
A method of reproducing from a magneto-optical recording medium, comprising the steps of: preparing a magneto-optical recording medium which comprises: a recording layer composed of a magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization, including a recording magnetic domain for recording thereon information, said recording layer generating a leakage magnetic flux; a reproducing layer composed of a magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization, including a reproducing magnetic domain for transferring thereto a magnetization direction from said recording magnetic domain, wherein a width of a stable magnetic domain which possibly exists in a reproducing magnetic domain is larger than a width of a recording magnetic domain at room temperature and smaller than a width of the recording magnetic domain at an elevated predetermined temperature above room temperature; and an intermediate layer composed of a non-magnetic substance, said intermediate layer being formed between said recording layer and said reproducing layer for intercepting an exchange coupling force exerted between said recording layer and said reproducing layer arranging beforehand the perpendicular magnetization in said reproducing layer in one direction; projecting a light beam onto said reproducing layer whose perpendicular magnetization is arranged in one direction beforehand, so as to raise a temperature of said reproducing layer until a width of a stable magnetic domain of the reproducing magnetic domain becomes smaller than a width of the recording magnetic domain, copying a magnetization direction in the recording magnetic domain to the reproducing magnetic domain having a temperature rise to a point where the width of the stable magnetic domain in the reproducing magnetic domain is smaller than the width of the recording magnetic domain by the light beam, and detecting a reproducing signal for reproducing information by a reflected light beam from the reproducing magnetic domain.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
289 words
A method of reproducing from a magneto-optical recording medium, comprising the steps of: preparing a magneto-optical recording medium which comprises: a recording layer composed of a magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization, including a recording magnetic domain for recording thereon information, said recording layer generating a leakage magnetic flux; a reproducing layer composed of a magnetic thin film with perpendicular magnetization, including a reproducing magnetic domain for transferring thereto a magnetization direction from said recording magnetic domain, wherein a width of a stable magnetic domain which possibly exists in a reproducing magnetic domain is larger than a width of a recording magnetic domain at room temperature and smaller than a width of the recording magnetic domain at an elevated predetermined temperature above room temperature; and an intermediate layer composed of a non-magnetic substance, said intermediate layer being formed between said recording layer and said reproducing layer for intercepting an exchange coupling force exerted between said recording layer and said reproducing layer arranging beforehand the perpendicular magnetization in said reproducing layer in one direction; projecting a light beam onto said reproducing layer whose perpendicular magnetization is arranged in one direction beforehand, so as to raise a temperature of said reproducing layer until a width of a stable magnetic domain of the reproducing magnetic domain becomes smaller than a width of the recording magnetic domain, copying a magnetization direction in the recording magnetic domain to the reproducing magnetic domain having a temperature rise to a point where the width of the stable magnetic domain in the reproducing magnetic domain is smaller than the width of the recording magnetic domain by the light beam, and detecting a reproducing signal for reproducing information by a reflected light beam from the reproducing magnetic domain.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
93 words
The method of reproducing as set forth in claim 8, wherein: in said step for arranging the perpendicular magnetization direction in said reproducing layer in one direction, an external magnetic field is applied to a surface of said magneto-optical recording medium, opposite to a surface whereon a light beam is projected, and the magnetization direction in an other reproducing magnetic domain from the reproducing magnetic domain to which the magnetization direction is copied from the recording magnetic domain in response to a temperature rise by the light beam, is arranged in one direction.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of reproducing as set forth in claim 8, wherein: said step for arranging the perpendicular magnetization direction in said reproducing layer in one direction is performed using the leakage magnetic flux generated from said recording layer as the external magnetic field.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of reproducing as set forth in claim 8, wherein: in said step of raising the temperature of said reproducing layer, an intensity of said light beam is set to such a intensity that the width of the stable magnetic domain is smaller than the width of the recording magnetic domain only in a single reproducing magnetic domain.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of reproducing as set forth in claim 8, including the step of: after detecting the reproducing signal from said reproducing magnetic domain, the perpendicular magnetization direction in said reproducing layer is arranged in said one direction by the external magnetic field.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of reproducing as set forth in claim 12, wherein: said step of arranging the perpendicular magnetization direction of said reproducing layer in said one direction after detecting the reproducing signal is performed using the leakage magnetic flux generated from the recording layer as the external magnetic field.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of reproducing as set forth in claim 8, further comprising the step of: differentiating the reproducing signal detected from the reproducing magnetic domain.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of reproducing as set forth in claim 14, further comprising the step of: detecting a position of the recording magnetic domain based on a fixed voltage level as a slice level with respect to the differentiated reproducing signal.
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