Method and apparatus for magnetic transfer

摘要

The present invention provides a method for magnetic transfer and an apparatus for magnetic transfer, by which it is possible to transfer a transfer pattern with high quality from a master carrier for magnetic transfer to a slave medium by magnetic transfer regardless of position of the magnetic pattern. The method and the apparatus for magnetic transfer according to the present invention are used to apply magnetic field for transfer by bringing the master carrier for magnetic transfer into contact with the slave medium, the master carrier having a magnetic layer formed on a portion corresponding to an information signal on surface of a substrate, and the slave medium being a magnetic recording medium for receiving magnetic transfer after performing initial DC magnetization by a magnetic field by more than 1.5 times higher than the coercive force Hcm of the slave medium under the condition that the slave medium is combined with the master carrier for magnetic transfer closely together, and a recording information on the master carrier for magnetic transfer is transferred by applying a magnetic field in opposite direction to the direction of the initial DC magnetization under the condition that the slave medium is combined with the master carrier for magnetic transfer closely together.