IP Library Granted Patent US 7,341,820
Granted Patent B2
US 7,341,820 · App. 10/305,976 · Granted Mar 11, 2008

Optical information recording medium

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Patent No.
US 7,341,820
App. No.
10/305,976
Granted
Mar 11, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is an optical information recording medium comprising a substrate having disposed in an order thereon a recording layer, an interlayer, and a cover layer, wherein recording and reproduction are carried out by the irradiation with a laser light having a wavelength in the range of 380 to 500 nm through a lens having a lens numerical aperture NA of 0.7 or more, wherein the recording layer is a layer of an organic substance and the thickness of the interlayer is within a range of 1 nm to 9 nm.

Claims (28)

1. An optical information recording medium, comprising:

a substrate having the following layers disposed thereon in the following order;

a reflective layer;

a recording layer;

an interlayer;

an adhesive layer; and

a cover layer,

wherein:

recording on and reproduction from the optical information recording medium are carried out by irradiation with a laser light having a wavelength in the range of 380 to 500 nm through a lens having a lens numerical aperture NA of at least 0.7;

the recording layer includes a layer comprising an organic substance and a solvent which enables the recording;

the interlayer comprises a dielectric material;

the thickness of the interlayer is from 1 to 7 nm; and

the optical information recording medium after recording has a reflectance at a wavelength of 405 nm of at least 11%.

2. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the dielectric material comprises at least one of ZnS, MoO 2 , GeO 2 , TeO, SiO 2 , TiO 2 , ZnO, ZnS—SiO 2 , and SnO 2 .

3. The optical information recording medium according to claim 2 , wherein the organic substance comprises at least one of a benzotriazole compound and a phthalocyanine compound.

4. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the organic substance comprises at least one of a benzotriazole compound and a phthalocyanine compound.

5. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the organic substance comprises a phthalocyanine derivative, a refracting rate of the recording layer to a recording laser light wavelength (n) is at least 1.8 and less than 1.9, and the dielectric material comprises at least one of sulfides and oxides.

6. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is formed from one of polycarbonate and amorphous polyolefin.

7. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1 , further comprising an undercoat layer on a side of the substrate surface, on which side the reflective layer will be provided.

8. The optical information recording medium according to claim 7 , wherein the thickness of the undercoat layer is in the range of 0.01 to 10 μm.

9. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the reflective layer contains any one of Cr, Ni, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Al, and stainless steel.

10. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the reflective layer is in the range of 50 to 200 nm.

11. An optical information recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive layer comprises one of a photo-curable resin and a resin, the molecules of which include at least two radiation-functional double bonds.

12. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the cover layer comprises a material having a coefficient of moisture absorption at 23° C. and 50% RH is no more than 5% or less.

13. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1 , further comprising, between the reflective layer and the recording layer, at least one of a dielectric layer and a light-transmissive layer.

14. The optical information recording medium according to claim 13 , wherein the thickness of the dielectric layer is in the range of 1 to 100 nm and the thickness of the light-transmissive layer is in the range of 2 to 50 nm.

15. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the interlayer is from 2 to 7 nm.

16. The optical information recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the interlayer is from 3 to 7 nm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.)
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018904/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2003
From: ISHIDA, TOSHIO; KAKUTA, TAKESHI; SAITO, SHINJI
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 013710/0929 →