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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard N Gardner, Grant Township, Washington County, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428694 ; 365122 ; 369 13 ; 369288 ; 428900 ;
Abstract
A magneto optical thin film recording medium is disclosed having very high carrier-to-noise ratios and high rotation angles. A transmission electron microscope photomicrograph (at 200,000 X) of one such medium is shown in FIG. 1. These are multi-phase amorphous materials having magnetic anisotropy perpendicular to the plane of the thin film. They are produced in a triode vacuum sputtering process at vacuums in the range of 4.times.10.sup.-3 to 6.times.10.sup.-4 Torr. By adjusting process parameters such as substrate temperature, anode bias and deposition rate, the properties of the thin film can be altered.