PROTUBERANT OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM

An optical recording medium as shown in Figure 3 containing a light-absorbing film 32 of refractory material less than 60 nm thick and which is sufficiently plastic to allow plastic information upon localized heating is provided for exposure to a focused laser beam 20, whereupon localized heating of...

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Main Authors RICHARD FRANCIS WILLSON, KENT NEWTON MAFFITT, WILLIAM BREWSTER ROBBINS
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 19.08.1982
Subjects
COLOUR PRINTING
INFORMATION STORAGE
INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
LINING MACHINES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PRINTING
PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES
STAMPS
STATIC STORES
TRANSPORTING
TYPEWRITERS
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Summary:An optical recording medium as shown in Figure 3 containing a light-absorbing film 32 of refractory material less than 60 nm thick and which is sufficiently plastic to allow plastic information upon localized heating is provided for exposure to a focused laser beam 20, whereupon localized heating of the light-absorbing film enables information storage in the form of localized protuberances 38 in the heated areas which can subsequently be optically detected and can be used as a master information record for replication purposes.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU8042082