Abstract:
Twenty-bit audio data is separated into first data of high-order 16 bits and second data of low-order 4 bits. EFM-modulated data is created from the first data. A laser beam is turned on/off according to the logical level of channel data that is created by NRZI-modulating a serial data string. Consequently, the first data is recorded in the same way as in a compact disk. According to the second data, each pit is controlled to have displacement in a horizontal direction with respect to the track center, allowing a displaced pit to be formed. When data is thus recorded depending on the pit displacement, the high frequency component of a tracking error signal is changed during reproduction. Thus the second data can be extracted from the tracking error signal.
Abstract:
A data recorded medium having a data recorded area where digital data including literary work data on literary works such as a music composition and an image is recorded, wherein identification information for identifying the recorded medium is recorded in an identification information recorded area and judging information representing presence/absence of identification information is recorded in a read-in area. The location of the digital data recorded on a recorded medium is managed by identification information for identifying the recorded medium and hence a wide variety of use such as copyings of literary work data is possible.
Abstract:
An optical recording medium is capable of linear recording in a photon mode. An organic material changed in molecular orientation on light illumination to exhibit birefringence is used as a recording material. For example, a recording layer having, as a recording material, an organic material changed in molecular orientation caused by trans-cis rearrangement, is changed in birefringence with changes in the molecular orientation of the organic material. The recording system which utilizes the changes in the molecular orientation of the organic material has linear characteristics and gives outputs different depending on e.g., the degree or the angle of orientation, thus enabling multi-valued recording.
Abstract:
An optical recording medium initialization method for a recording medium having a plurality of optical recording layers capable of reducing initialization irregularities caused by optical interference upon initialization without deteriorating the information recording/reproduction signal characteristic of the recording layer. On a substrate (11), a second optical recording layer (12) and a first optical recording layer (16) are successively formed via an intermediate layer (17). Furthermore, on the first optical recording layer (16), a protection layer (18) is formed. At least the first optical recording layer (16) has a recording film having a phase change type recording material. In the optical recording medium initialization method, recording/reproduction light LTR is applied from the side of the protection layer (18) upon recording/reproduction. The intermediate layer (17) is made from a material having a sufficient transmittance with respect to the wavelength of the recording/reproduction light LTR and absorption with respect to the initialization light LTI. In the process of initialization by applying the initialization light LTI to the first optical recording layer (16)from the side of the protection layer (18), the initialization is performed by using a laser beam having a wavelength in the range from 200 to 400 nm as the initialization light LTI.
Abstract:
It is intended to provide a bioassay unit, etc. whereby the problem of the space distribution at the upper part of a detection part can be solved and the servo operation on a disc substrate can be stabilized. Namely, it is intended to provide a bioassay unit (U) which has at least a means wherein a biological substance (a nucleotide chain, a peptide, a protein, a lipid, a low-molecular weight compound, a liposome, etc.) as a detection subject (D) is fixed in a detection part (3) and , onto the detection subject (D) thus fixed, a target-containing solution (S) is dropped so that the detection subject (D) reacts with the target (T) to form a reaction product (R); and another means wherein the reaction product (R) is irradiated with a excitation light (P) of a definite wavelength and the fluorescence (F) thus generated from the fluorescence-labeled substance (D) is condensed with the use of a lens (5) provided in the back face (102) side of the detection part (3) to thereby detect the intensity of the fluorescence (F).
Abstract:
An optical alignment film and a liquid crystal thin film are adjacently formed. These films are irradiated with light. The optical alignment film is aligned, and the viscosity of the liquid crystal thin film is lowered because of the increase of the temperature due to light irradiation. The liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal thin film are aligned similarly to the alignment of the optical alignment film by use of the intermolecular force at the interface between the optical alignment film and the liquid crystal thin film. The alignment of the liquid crystal molecules allows the recorded information to be held. While using this optical alignment film, a sufficiently large amount of signals are realized, and the thermal stability and the stability against light irradiation are ensured.
Abstract:
An optical recording medium having an information layer for carrying information formed on a base. The information layer includes an information recording area in which information is recorded in the form of physical change at least either in the direction of the thickness or the track width and a reflecting film formed thereon. The relationship between the reflectance R0 of the unrecorded reflecting film (3) with respect to the reading light and the reflectance R1 of the recorded reflecting film recorded by thermal recording with respect to the same is given by 0.5 [%] =(|R0-R1|/R0) x 100 [%] ≤ 17 [%]. The optical recording medium can be manufactured at low cost and additional recording thereon is possible.