MAGNETO-OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

A magneto-optical disk having a magnetic layer and a conductive layer laminated on a transparent substrate, and having a lubricant layer provided on the conductive layer. Recording and reproduction on and from the magneto-optical disk are performed by means of a flying head. The flying head glides above and lands on the lubricant layer. The magneto-optical disk can therefore be removed from the device easily since a magnetic head does not adhere to a recording medium. Further, a depressing force exerted on the flying head is controlled so as to maintain a constant floating gap between the flying head and the recording medium. The depressing force is controlled by electrostatic capacity between an electrode, provided on a bottom face of the flying head, and the conductive layer. Consequently, highly reliable recordings can be made since a magnetic field intensity applied to the magnetic layer becomes constant. It is desirable that the lubricant layer be composed of an organic binder containing a powder belonging to the ethylene tetrafluoride resin family.