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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1993
Masaki Itoh, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
For use in recording information by an irradiation of a laser beam, an optical information recording medium comprises a substrate transparent for the laser beam and a first and a second magneto-optical layer which are made of GdFeTi and TbFeCo, respectively. The first magneto-optical layer is between the substrate and the second magneto-optical layer and thermally coupled to the second magneto-optical layer. For carrying out a recording operation, the laser beam is irradiated to the substrate to heat the first magneto-optical layer. A temperature of the first magneto-optical layer is transferred to the second magneto-optical layer. In this condition, the second magneto-optical layer is subjected to a magnetic field representative of information. As a result, the information is recorded as recorded information to the second magneto-optical layer. The recorded information is transferred from the second magneto-optical layer to the first magneto-optical layer with decreasing of the temperature of the first magneto-optical layer. The recorded information can be read from the first magneto-optical layer in the manner known in the art.