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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2002
Tsuyoshi Maro, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a film-surface light-incident type magneto-optical recording medium which is used by means of an objective lens having a large NA value and is excellent in productivity and yield, and a magneto-optical recording apparatus. According to the present invention, there is provided a magneto-optical recording medium for conducting recording or reading-out from the film surface side of the recording medium by traveling of a flying head incorporated with an objective lens having a numerical aperture (NA) of not more than 0.95 and not less than 0.8, wherein at least a reflective film, a recording layer, a transparent dielectric layer, a transparent resin layer and a lubricant layer are laminated on a substrate in that order.