Magneto-optischer Aufzeichnungsträger

摘要

A magneto-optical recording medium having a substrate (1) and a magnetic layer composed of at least a recording layer (3) and a supporting layer (4) and being capable of retrieving information by utilizing the fact that when it is irradiated with a laser beam it produces the magneto-optical effect which affects its reflected light, characterized in that the recording layer (3) has a lower Curie temperature than has the supporting layer (4) and the recording layer (3) is thin enough for the laser beam to pass through. A magneto-optical recording medium as defined above, wherein the supporting layer (4) is composed of a first supporting layer and a second supporting layer, and the recording layer (3), the first supporting layer, and the second supporting layer have Curie temperatures of T1, T2, and T3, respectively, which satisfy the following relationship. T1 < T2 and T2 >/= T3 A magneto-optical recording medium defined as above, wherein the recording layer (3) has a higher Curie temperature than has the supporting layer (4). Owing to the above-mentioned features, the magneto-optical recording media of the present invention are capable of overwriting and have improved recording sensitivity.