Pioneer Electronic Corporation

Pioneer Video Corporation

Yoshitaka Nonaka

Hiroshi Sato

Haruhisa Maruyama

Masataka Uchidoi

Masaomi Ebe

Shinichi Hanzawa

Masahide Itoigawa

Yoshihiko Iwama

Junichi Watanabe

An optical disc has a pair of light-transmissible circular substrates each having an inner non-data region disposed around a center hole thereof, a data region disposed around the inter non-data region for bearing signals corresponding to information to be recorded and an outer non-data region disposed around the data region which are formed on a major surface of the substrate. The optical disc has a reflective layer formed on the data region and a protective layer made of an ultraviolet ray setting resin containing metal ions formed on the reflective layer. The optical disc has an adhesive layer made of an adhesive composition containing an ultraviolet ray setting component and an anaerobic hardening component disposed between the protective layers of the circular substrates for adhering the circular substrates.

Optical disc and method for manufacturing the same

The object of the present invention is to provide a an optical recording medium provided with a reflective film having a high reflectivity and durability and a means for producing thereof, and it can be obtained by a method comprising the steps of: first placing on a heating object an aluminum metal alloy containing at least one of 0.05-0.2 wt.% metal selected from the group of iron, copper and silicon, and also having 0.7-3.0 wt.% manganese; and evaporating the aluminum metal alloy in a vacuum by means of a vapor deposition process to an information signal recorded surface of a transparent synthetic resin plate. In other words, an optical recording medium according to the present invention is provided with a light reflective film covering an information signal recorded surface of a transparent synthetic resin plate, wherein the light reflective film is formed in a vacuum by means of a vapor deposition process of an aluminum metal alloy containing at least one of 0.05-0.2 wt.% metal selected from a group of iron, copper and silicon, and also containing 0.7-3.0 wt.% manganese.

Optical recording medium and method of manufacturing thereof

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Yoshitaka Nonaka