Method and apparatus of magnetically transferring information signal from master medium to slave medium

摘要

When executing a magnetic transfer by bringing a master medium and a slave medium into close contact with each other and applying a transferring magnetic field, a permitted limit of the application direction of the transferring magnetic field is defined so that magnetic patterns can be accurately transferred. A slave medium 2 is previously initial DC magnetized in a track direction by applying a magnetic field to the slave medium in the track direction of a slave surface, and when executing a magnetic transfer by bringing the master medium 3 and the slave medium 2 into close contact with each other and applying the transferring magnetic field in the track direction of the slave surface, the application angle alpha of the transferring magnetic field is defined within a range of ±30° in a vertical direction with respect to the slave surface. Furthermore, the application angle of the transferring magnetic field is defined within a range of ±30° with respect to the track direction on a plane parallel to the slave surface.