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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eiichi Fujii, Kamakura, JP;
Tsutomu Shiratori, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 13 ; 4286 / ;
Abstract
A magneto-optical recording medium includes a first magnetic layer of which the magnetic wall moves and which contributes to reproduction, a third magnetic layer in which information is accumulated, and a second magnetic layer disposed between the first and third magnetic layers and having a lower Curie temperature than those of the first and third magnetic layers. The following is satisfied at the lowest temperature Ts whereat the exchange-coupling between the first and third magnetic layers is cut: