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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1981
Alan E Bell, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Yehuda Arie, East Windsor, NJ (US);
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention is a recording medium wherein the light absorptive layer is a granular material comprising domains of a light sensitive material embedded in a dielectric matrix. The domains comprise a material which can be reversibly switched from a first state to a second state having different optical properties by the absorption of light. The matrix is composed of a material which is effective for inhibiting the formation of an irreversible change in the optical properties of the absorptive layer. The invention further comprises this optical recording medium having an information track recorded therein as a series of regions in the absorptive layer wherein the domains have been reversibly switched to a second state having different optical properties.