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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dirk J Gravesteijn, Eindhoven, NL;
Carolus J van der Poel, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430495 ; 430346 ; 430945 ; 430964 ; 3461351 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for the optical recording of information in which an amorphous recording layer 4 having a composition according to formula (1) provided on a synthetic resin substrate (2) (FIG. 1) in a maximum layer thickness of 150 nm is exposed of infrared laser light having a wavelength of 750-900 nm and pulsed in accordance with the binary information to be recorded with a pulse time of at most 200 ns. A crystalline area 6 (bit) having maximum dimensions of a few micrometers is formed in the amorphous layer in the exposed places. As optical recording element is also provided for use in the method.