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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1996
Naoki Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Eiichi Fujii, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of recording and reproducing information on a magnetooptical recording medium includes the steps of irradiating the medium with laser light to heat a reproducing layer at least to a predetermined temperature at which the layer is vertically magnetizable, thereby rendering the reproducing layer vertically magnetizable and causing it to effect exchange coupling with a recording layer. The method also includes the step of applying a vertical external magnetic field to a portion of the medium irradiated with the laser light and applying a horizontal external magnetic field, weaker than the vertical external magnetic field, during recording and reproducing of data.