INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING PROCESS

摘要

The present invention relates to an information recording device, comprising: a) a recording medium; b) a probe electrode capable of recording on the recording medium by applying a voltage between the electrode and the recording medium; and c) a displacement detecting means for detecting the force acting between the recording medium and the probe electrode as the displacement amount of the probe electrode when they are approximated to each other, and an information recording process comprising: the step of approximating a probe electrode to a recording medium comprising an electroconductive substrate and an organic thin film having electric memory effect formed thereon; the step of detecting the interatomic force acting between the atom of the organic thin film surface and the atom at the tip end of the probe electrode and maintaining the distance between the organic thin film surface and the probe electrode on the basis of such detection; and the step of applying a voltage not lower than the threshold value voltage which causes an electric memory effect between the electroconductive substrate and the probe electrode.