Abstract:
Embodiments show a recording medium (10) adapted for recording and read-out with relatively low-power laser means (212) to write digital data "bits" (v) (as reflectance changes) for high density computer storage. One preferred medium comprises a disk support (12) having an "anti-reflective" surface (1-AR) on which is laid a gold "information layer" (15) adapted to absorb recording radiation (from laser beam) (212 a,b,c) and so "write" the bits. The antireflective surface (1-AR) may comprise a high-reflectance surface, like an aluminum film, covered with a transparent (to beam) dielectric "spacer" (14) like SiO2. The gold absorber layer (15) exhibits surprisingly high sensitivity, apt for low power recording, and extended archival stability; more surprisingly, it appears to be formed without any evidence of the usual "pit formation" or other deformation and by relatively slight laser heating, well below the melting point.
Abstract:
Embodiments show a recording medium (10) adapted for recording and read-out with relatively low-power laser means (212) to write digital data "bits" (v) (as reflectance changes) for high density computer storage. One preferred medium comprises a disk support (12) having an "anti-reflective" surface (1-AR) on which is laid a gold "information layer" (15) adapted to absorb recording radiation (from laser beam) (212 a,b,c) and so "write" the bits. The anti-reflective surface (1-AR) may comprise a high-reflectance surface, like an aluminum film, covered with a transparent (to beam) dielectric "spacer" (14) like SiO2. The gold absorber layer (15) exhibits surprisingly high sensitivity, apt for low power recording, and extended archival stability; more surprisingly, it appears to be formed without any evidence of the usual "pit formation" or other deformation and by relatively slight laser heating, well below the melting point.
Abstract:
This disclosure concerns methods of applying protective overcoatings to an information storage record which includes an information-layer adapted for optical data recording. The protective overcoatings are transparent to recording radiation and especially adapted to enhance service life and recording characteristics. A typical coating comprises the polymerization product of a formulation including at least one radiation-cured bulk resin (e.g., an acrylamide or an acrylate monomer or pre-polymer), plus an associated non-yellowing photo-initiator, a non-yellowing adhesion-promoter and related coating-constituents. Once applied, this coating is cured by exposure to UV radiation such as to cure it without heating it significantly. Leveling is accelerated and enhanced by dispersing the coating as beads with a nozzle (n) placed close enough to the substrate to top the beads in the fashion of a doctor blade.
Abstract:
An optical data storage medium is contemplated, one apt for data-modulated writing with laser beam of predetermined energy and wavelength -- the embodiments here described being characterized by an optical record structure (O-S) laid upon each face of a substrate-thickness (SB) -- and in some cases, this being attached to any rigid carrier (C).
Abstract:
Embodiments show a recording medium (10) adapted for recording and read-out with relatively low-power laser means (212) to write digital data "bits" (v) (as reflectance changes) for high density computer storage. One preferred medium comprises a disk support (12) having an "anti-reflective" surface (1-AR) on which is laid a gold "information layer" (15) adapted to absorb recording radiation (from laser beam) (212 a,b,c) and so "write" the bits. The anti-reflective surface (1-AR) may comprise a high-reflectance surface, like an aluminum film, covered with a transparent (to beam) dielectric "spacer" (14) like SiO2. The gold absorber layer (15) exhibits surprisingly high sensitivity, apt for low power recording, and extended archival stability; more surprisingly, it appears to be formed without any evidence of the usual "pit formation" or other deformation and by relatively slight laser heating, well below the melting point.
Abstract:
Embodiments show a recording medium (10) adapted for recording and read-out with relatively low-power laser means (212) to write digital data "bits" (v) (as reflectance changes) for high density computer storage. One preferred medium comprises a disk support (12) having an "anti-reflective" surface (1-AR) on which is laid a gold "information layer" (15) adapted to absorb recording radiation (from laser beam) (212 a,b,c) and so "write" the bits. The anti-reflective surface (1-AR) may comprise a high-reflectance surface, like an aluminum film, covered with a transparent (to beam) dielectric "spacer" (14) like SiO2. The gold absorber layer (15) exhibits surprisingly high sensitivity, apt for low power recording, and extended archival stability; more surprisingly, it appears to be formed without any evidence of the usual "pit formation" or other deformation and by relatively slight laser heating, well below the melting point.
Abstract:
Embodiments show a recording medium (10) adapted for recording and read-out with relatively low-power laser means (212) to write digital data "bits" (v) (as reflectance changes) for high density computer storage. One preferred medium comprises a disk support (12) having an "anti-reflective" surface (1-AR) on which is laid a gold "information layer" (15) adapted to absorb recording radiation (from laser beam) (212 a,b,c) and so "write" the bits. The anti-reflective surface (1-AR) may comprise a high-reflectance surface, like an aluminum film, covered with a transparent (to beam) dielectric "spacer" (14) like SiO2. The gold absorber layer (15) exhibits surprisingly high sensitivity, apt for low power recording, and extended archival stability; more surprisingly, it appears to be formed without any evidence of the usual "pit formation" or other deformation and by relatively slight laser heating, well below the melting point.
Abstract:
Embodiments show a recording medium (10) adapted for recording and read-out with relatively low-power laser means (212) to write digital data "bits" (v) (as reflectance changes) for high density computer storage. One preferred medium comprises a disk support (12) having an "anti-reflective" surface (1-AR) on which is laid a gold "information layer" (15) adapted to absorb recording radiation (from laser beam) (212 a,b,c) and so "write" the bits. The anti-reflective surface (1-AR) may comprise a high-reflectance surface, like an aluminum film, covered with a transparent (to beam) dielectric "spacer" (14) like SiO2. The gold absorber layer (15) exhibits surprisingly high sensitivity, apt for low power recording, and extended archival stability; more surprisingly, it appears to be formed without any evidence of the usual "pit formation" or other deformation and by relatively slight laser heating, well below the melting point.