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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1998
Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ogaki, JP;
Naoyuki Takagi, Fuwa-gun, JP;
Yoshiharu Uchihara, Ogaki, JP;
Satoshi Sumi, Gifu, JP;
Hiroyuki Awano, Noda, JP;
Hiroshi Shirai, Kitasohma-gun, JP;
Hitoshi Watanabe, Yuuki-gun, JP;
Norio Ohta, Tsukuba-gun, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A magneto-optical recording medium which includes a reproducing layer. When a laser beam is irradiated to the magneto-optical recording medium, a magnetic domain in a recording layer is transferred, through enlargement, to a reproducing layer increased in temperature. The magneto-optical recording medium further includes a calibration area that has a calibration magnetic domain recorded in a predetermined pattern in the recording layer. In a reproducing apparatus, a laser beam of an optical head is adjusted in output depending upon a reproduced signal obtained by reproducing the calibration magnetic domain.