| 摘要 |
A magneto-optical recording medium includes first, second, and third magnetic layers laminated in this order. The first magnetic layer, made of a rare earth-transition metal alloy, has a great coercive force at room temperature and is transition metal rich in a temperature range between room temperature and a Curie temperature of the first magnetic layer. The second magnetic layer, made of a rare earth-transition metal alloy, has a Curie temperature higher than that of the first magnetic layer and is rare-earth metal rich at room temperature. The third magnetic layer, made of a rare earth-transition metal alloy, has a Curie temperature higher than that of the first magnetic layer, and a compensation temperature falling in a temperature range between room temperature and the Curie temperature of the third magnetic layer. A magnetization of the third magnetic layer is transferred to the first magnetic layer at a temperature higher than room temperature. A perpendicular magnetic anisotropy Ku3 satisfies 0.3x106 erg/cc<Ku3<1.0x106 erg/cc. This arrangement ensures recording by the light modulation overwriting method while achieving the compatibility with other recording/reproducing apparatuses in accordance with the ISO standard, and enables miniaturization of recording/reproducing apparatuses for the magneto-optical recording media.
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