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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1998
Eiichi Fujii, Kamakura, JP;
Koichiro Nishikawa, Takasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reproducing information on a magneto-optical recording medium can reproduce a signal having a period equal to or smaller than the diffraction limit of light at high speed, can obtain a reproduced signal with a high C/N ratio from a small recorded domain at an amplitude nearly equal to that of a large recorded domain, can greatly improve the recording density and transfer rate, and can also make the reproduction apparatus compact. The information reproduction method includes the steps of irradiating a laser beam onto a medium and forming a temperature distribution having at least two peaks by the laser beam. The apparatus has a laser light source and an optical system for irradiating a laser beam emitted by the light source onto the medium, wherein the laser beam forms the temperature distribution having at least two peaks.