Magneto-optical recording apparatus using the magnetic field modulation method

A magneto-optical recording apparatus, which is provided with means for irradiating a light beam onto a magneto-optical recording medium having a recording film, made of a magnetic material, whereon information is recorded and means for applying an external magnetic field that is inverted in response to a recording signal onto the recording film that has been subjected to a temperature rise by the light beam, comprising:

• light intensity control means for controlling the intensity of the light beam such that, during recording, a light beam with a first light intensity is irradiated upon inversion of the external magnetic field and a light beam with a second light intensity is irradiated during non-inversion of the external magnetic field, the first light intensity, which is not sufficient for recording information, being lower than the second light intensity, the second intensity being sufficient for recording information,
• wherein the control means, during recording, further controls the second light intensity according to the lengths in a track direction of recording bits so that the second light intensity corresponding to longer recording bits is lower than the second light intensity corresponding to shorter recording bits.