Recording device and recording method

Abstract

Provided is a recording device. The recording device includes: an external magnetic field application unit that is configured to apply an external magnetic field to a magnetic recording medium; a light irradiation unit that is configured to irradiate light; and a light focusing unit that is configured to focus the light from the light irradiation unit by resonating the light to generate an enhanced magnetic field in which a magnetic field of the light is enhanced, in which magnetization of the magnetic recording medium is inverted by applying the external magnetic field and the enhanced magnetic field to the magnetic recording medium.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.