| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an optical memory medium based on completely novel memory principle and to obtain an optical memory device using this medium by recording data corresponding to characteristics of an amorphous solid selected from a group of materials each having refractive index and reflectance. SOLUTION: The amorphous solid is selected from a group of diamond-like carbon, silicon carbide, boron carbide, boron nitride, amorphous silicon and amorphous germanium, and the solid contains hydrogen by up to 50 atm% with covalent bonds. A specified region of the amorphous solid having a first refractive index and having atoms with covalent bonds is heated with laser light to change the refractive index in the heated area to a second refractive index. Thus, two states can be produced to correspond the memory of data without dissolving or crystallizing the amorphous solid. The density of the solid is changed by heating, which accompanies changes in the refractive index and reflectance. |
