Method of producing an optical recording medium and an optical recording medium produced thereby
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideaki Mochizuki, Tooru Tamura, Kenichi Takahashi, Mitsuaki Oshima
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Abstract
A method of producing an optical recording medium according to the present invention includes the steps of forming a recording film on a transparent substrate, recording signals in the form of perforated pit rows on the recording film by a laser beam, and forming a reflection layer on the recording film on which the pit rows have been formed. The recording film is bleached after recording or the laser beam used for recording is selected to have a wavelength different from that of a laser beam used for reproducing so that the recording film is transparent to the laser beam used for reproducing.
Claims7
A method of producing an optical recording medium, said method comprising:
- forming an optical recording film comprising an organic pigment which substantially absorbs only light having a wavelength within a predetermined range of wavelengths on a transparent substrate;
- forming a series of pits in said recording film by only subjecting the outer surface of said recording film to a laser beam having a wavelength within said predetermined range so that said outer surface is perforated under the absorption of the laser beam by said optical recording film to record signals thereon;
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- forming a reflection layer on the perforated recording film that extends over said surface of the recording film and into said pits to conform to said series of pits so that the recorded signals are reproducible by a laser beam having a wavelength outside of said predetermined range and directed on said reflection layer through the substrate and the recording film.
A method of producing an optical recording medium, said method comprising:
- a first step of forming a recording film comprising an organic pigment which substantially absorbs only light having a wavelength within a predetermined range of wavelengths on a transparent substrate;
- a second step of forming rows of pits in an exposed surface of the recording film corresponding to signals by only subjecting the exposed surface of said film to a laser beam having a wavelength within said predetermined range so that said outer surface is perforated under the absorption of the laser beam by said optical recording film;
- a third step of controlling the laser beam with an external information source;
- a fourth step of bleaching the recording film without altering the shape of the pits;
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- a fifth step of forming a reflection layer on the recording film that extends over said surface of the recording film and into the pits to conform to said rows of pits so that the signals are reproducible by a laser beam directed on said reflection layer through the transparent substrate and the recording film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.