Optical disk

• Main Author: KURODA; MIKIYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.07.1997
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; PHYSICS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

An optical disk is provided for recording data thereon as optically readable pits formed thereon and for reading data from the pits by means of a reproducing laser beam. The disk has a substrate of a light transmissive material. A reflective layer of a light reflective material is formed on one of the surfaces of the substrate. A light absorbing layer is formed on the other surface of the substrate on which the reproducing laser beam is projected. The light absorbing layer containing a coloring substance exhibiting light absorption characteristics that is small for the reproducing laser beam but large for a laser beam of a specific light wavelength band shifted from the reproducing laser beam wavelength band to a longer light wavelength side. The substrate may be of a colored substrate including the coloring substance. The light absorbing layer is not required in this case.