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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian Medower, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Terastor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/24 ; G11B 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/24 ; G11B 1/100 ;
Abstract
A magneto-optical recording medium in a near-field optical storage system is provided. A flying optical head is suspended over the medium by a cushion of gas. The medium includes a magneto-optical recording layer including at least one recording track for magneto-optical recording of information. A tracking feature is associated with the recording track. An upper transparent dielectric layer is provided having an upper surface which is substantially planar over a recordable area of the medium above the recording track and the tracking feature. A reflector layer is positioned below the magneto-optical layer above a base substrate.