Recording medium having substrate with thickness dependent on numerical aperture of object lens, method of forming the optical medium and optical recording/reproducing apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJin Yong Kim
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Abstract
A high density optical disc that can be driven changeably with the existent optical disc by the same driving apparatus. On the recording surface of the optical disc, a light transmissive layer with a thickness of about 0.2 to 0.4 mm is formed. The recording face is accessed by allowing a light beam with a wavelength of 395 to 425 nm in a spot shape to be irradiated onto it. Also, the light beam is converged in a spot shape by an objective lens having the numerical aperture of about 0.62 to 0.68.
Claims27
An optical recording medium suitable for recording/reproducing information by irradiating a laser beam at a wavelength between 395˜425 nm onto the recording surface of the optical recording medium, the laser beam being incident from the substrate side of the optical recording medium through an objective lens having a numerical aperture of 0.62˜0.68,
- said optical recording medium comprising at least one substrate and at least one recording surface, said substrate having a thickness between 0.2˜0.4 mm, wherein a total thickness of the optical recording medium is substantially 1.2 mm.
The optical medium of claim further comprising:
- a reflective film formed between the first and second substrates.
An optical recording/reproducing method of conducting recording/reproducing of information by irradiating a laser beam at a wavelength between 395˜425 nm onto a recording surface of an optical recording medium having at least one substrate and at least one recording surface, the substrate having a thickness of 0.2˜0.4 mm,
- said laser beam being incident on the substrate of the optical recording medium using an objective lens having a numerical aperture of 0.62˜0.68, wherein a total thickness of the optical recording medium is substantially 1.2 mm.
An optical recording/reproducing apparatus for conducting recording/reproducing for information by irradiating a laser beam onto a recording surface of an optical recording medium having at least one substrate and at least one recording surface, and the substrate having a thickness of 0.2˜0.4 mm,
- said optical recording!reproducing apparatus comprising at least one laser beam source irradiating the laser beam at a wavelength between 395˜425 nm and an objective lens for focusing the laser beam onto the optical recording medium, said objective lens having a numerical aperture of 0.62˜0.68, wherein a total thickness of the optical recording medium is substantially 1.2 mm.
An optical recording medium suitable for recording/reproducing information by irradiating a laser beam at a wavelength between 395˜425 nm onto the recording surface of the optical recording medium, the laser beam being incident from the substrate side of the optical recording medium through an objective lens having a numerical aperture of 0.6˜0.68, said optical recording medium comprising:
- at least one substrate and at least one recording surface, said substrate having a thickness between 0.2˜0.4 mm;
- a first substrate of the optical recording medium having a pit pattern on a surface thereof;
- a second substrate formed over the surface of the first substrate;
- and
- a reflective film formed between the first and second substrates.
An optical recording medium suitable for recording/reproducing information by irradiating a laser beam at a wavelength between 395˜425 nm onto the recording surface of the optical recording medium, the laser beam being incident from the substrate side of the optical recording medium through an objective lens having a numerical aperture of 0.62˜0.68, said optical recording medium comprising:
- at least one substrate and at least one recording surface, said substrate having a thickness between 0.2˜0.4 mm;
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate;
- and
- a third substrate formed over the first substrate such that the second substrate is formed over a first surface of the first substrate and the third substrate is formed over a second surface, opposite the first surface, of the first substrate.
An optical recording/reproducing apparatus for conducting recording/reproducing for information by irradiating the laser beam onto the recording surface of the optical recording medium having at least one substrate and at least one recording surface, and the substrate having a thickness of 0.2˜0.4 mm, said optical recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:
- at least one laser beam source irradiating the laser beam at a wavelength between 395˜425 nm and an objective lens for focusing the laser beam onto the optical recording medium, said objective lens having a numerical aperture of 0.62˜0.68;
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- numerical aperture control means for controlling the numerical aperture of the objective lens into 0.35 to 0.40, thereby recording and reproducing a second recording medium with a substrate thickness of approximately 0.6 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.