| 摘要 |
<p>A magneto-optical recording medium includes a reproducing layer which has in-plane magnetization at room temperature and has perpendicular magnetization at an elevated temperature of not less than a critical temperature, a recording layer made of a perpendicular magnetization film for recording information, an intermediate layer made of a non-magnetic film formed between the reproducing layer and the recording layer, and an in-plane magnetization layer adjacent to the reproducing layer, in which magnetization is reduced at a temperature in a vicinity of the critical temperature. According to the described magneto-optical recording medium, since information recorded in a recording magnetic domain of a portion having the in-plane magnetization is masked, even in the case where adjacent recording bits fall within a diameter of a spot of a converged light beam, each recording bit can be reproduced separately, thereby obtaining a quality reproduced signal. <IMAGE></p> |
