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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideki Ohkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3461351 ; 430495 ; 430945 ;
Abstract
An optical recording medium for optically storing and retrieving information comprises a substrate, two recording layers supported on the substrate and a barrier layer provided between the two recording layers. The two recording layers comprise a thin metallic layer and a thin semiconductor layer which can form an alloy or mixture by applying an energy beam thereto. The barrier layer is employed to prevent the two recording layers from interdiffusing so long as the two recording layers are not exposed to the energy beam.