JP2662474B2 - Magneto-optical storage element - Google Patents

Magneto-optical storage element

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JP2662474B2
JP2662474B2 JP3187382A JP18738291A JP2662474B2 JP 2662474 B2 JP2662474 B2 JP 2662474B2 JP 3187382 A JP3187382 A JP 3187382A JP 18738291 A JP18738291 A JP 18738291A JP 2662474 B2 JP2662474 B2 JP 2662474B2
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賢司 太田
順司 広兼
博之 片山
明 高橋
秀嘉 山岡
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【発明の詳細な説明】 【0001】 【産業上の利用分野】本発明は熱エネルギーで情報を記
録あるいは消去し、光と磁気の相互作用を利用して情報
を再生する光磁気記憶素子に関する。 【0002】 【従来の技術】近年、高密度、大容量、高速アクセスが
可能な光メモリ装置の研究開発が各方面で精力的に行わ
れている。中でも情報の記録、再生、消去が可能な光磁
気メモリ装置は文字、画像等のファイルメモリやビデオ
ディスク等の用途が考えられるためとりわけ有望視され
ているものである。 【0003】この光磁気メモリ装置の記憶材料としては
GdCo、TbFe、GdTbFe、TbDyFe等の
希土類と遷移金属の非晶質合金薄膜が適している。これ
は希土類と遷移金属の非晶質合金薄膜が膜面に垂直な方
向に磁化容易軸を有し、非晶質であるため粒界ノイズが
なく、記録に必要とされるレーザパワーを少なくできる
という優れた性質を有するためである。 【0004】しかし、上記希土類と遷移金属の非晶質合
金薄膜を記憶材料として用いた場合は磁気光学効果であ
るカー回転角が0.2〜0.3度と小さく再生信号の品
質が良くないという欠点がある。この再生信号の品質を
向上させるために従来より反射膜構造と呼ばれる素子構
造が記憶素子において採用されている(例えば特願昭5
5−85695号参照)。 【0005】図2は従来の反射膜構造の光磁気記憶素子
の一部側面断面図である。同図で1は透明基板、2は透
明基板1よりも屈折率の高い透明誘電体膜、3は希土類
−遷移金属の非晶質合金薄膜、4は透明誘電体膜、5は
金属反射膜である。この構造の光磁気記憶素子では非晶
質合金薄膜3は十分に薄く、したがってこの非晶質合金
薄膜3に入射した光は一部が通り抜ける。 【0006】そのため再生光は非晶質合金薄膜3表面で
の反射によるカー効果と、非晶質合金薄膜3を通り抜け
金属反射膜5で反射され再び非晶質合金薄膜3を通り抜
けることで起こるファラディ効果とが合わせられること
によって、単なるカー効果のみの場合に比べて数倍カー
回転角が増大するものである。なお、非晶質合金薄膜3
上の透明誘電体膜2もカー回転角を増大する働きを有す
る(IEEE Trans.on Mag.Vol−1
6 No5 1980 P1194にて報告されてい
る)。 【0007】一例として透明基板1をガラス板とし、透
明誘電体膜2を100nmのSiOとし、非晶質合金薄
膜3を12.5nmのGdTbDyFeとし、透明誘電
体膜4を30nmのSiO2とし、金属反射膜5を40
nmのCuとした構成ではカー回転角が1.75度まで
増大した。 【0008】 【発明が解決しようとする課題】上述の図2の構造では
カー回転角が1.75度まで増大する一方で、反射光が
5%程度に減少してしまう。ところが、ガラスによって
形成した透明基板1の表面での光の反射は4%程度ある
ため、非晶質合金薄膜3にて反射され情報を含む反射光
と、透明基板1の表面にて反射され情報を含まない反射
光とが同程度の光量となり、情報再生に困難をきたすよ
うになった。すなわち、上述の反射膜構造の光磁気記憶
素子はカー回転角の増大を得るという利点を有する一方
で反射光量が十分に得られないという問題点を有してい
た。 【0009】また、透明基板1をPMMA樹脂あるいは
ポリカーボネート樹脂等からなる樹脂基板で構成する
と、一般に樹脂は吸湿性が高いために図2の素子構造で
は真空中で各被覆膜2〜5を形成し次に大気中に取り出
すと、樹脂の基板1が水分を吸収して各被覆膜2〜5を
内側にして凸状に反ってしまうという問題があった。そ
こで、本発明は基板に樹脂材料を採用した場合でも、吸
湿等による基板の反りを防止することができるととも
に、カー回転角を増大することができ、かつ基板表面で
の反射光を十分に減少せしめることによって高い信号品
質を得ることができる光磁気記憶素子の素子構造を提供
することを目的とする。 【0010】 【課題を解決するための手段】本発明は上記従来の問題
点に鑑みてなされたものであり、樹脂基板の裏面側に透
明誘電体膜と希土類・遷移金属非晶質合金薄膜と反射膜
を積層するとともに、前記基板の表面側に反射防止及び
基板反り防止用の透明誘電体膜を形成したことを特徴と
するものである。 【0011】 【作用】樹脂基板の一方の面に透明誘電体膜と希土類・
遷移金属非晶質合金薄膜と反射膜とを積層した光磁気記
憶素子の他方の面に形成した、反射防止及び基板反り防
止用の透明誘電体膜によって、樹脂基板の吸湿による反
りを防止することができるとともに、反射光量を減少さ
せてカー回転角を増大せしめ、かつ、前記反り防止によ
基板表面からの情報の採取に寄与しない入射光の基板
表面からの反射光量を減少させることができる。 【0012】 【実施例】以下、本発明に係る光磁気記憶素子の一実施
例について詳細に説明する。 【0013】図1は本発明に係る光磁気記憶素子の一実
施例の一部側面断面図を示す。同図において図2の構成
と同一構成の部分は同一符号をもって示している。な
お、図1の光磁気記憶素子は透明基板1に凹凸のガイド
トラックを設けている。また、透明基板1はガラス板、
透明誘電体膜2はSiO、非晶質合金薄膜3はGdTb
DyFe、透明誘電体膜4はSiO2、金属反射膜5は
Cuとする。同図で6は透明誘電体膜2と同一材料であ
るSiOを100〜110nmの膜厚にて被覆形成した
第1の被覆膜であり、7は透明誘電体膜4と同一材料で
あるSiO2を130〜140nmの膜厚にて被覆形成
した第2の被覆膜である。 【0014】この構造の光磁気記憶素子は上記第1の被
覆膜6及び第2の被覆膜7が反射防止膜として作用する
ため透明基板1表面で反射し情報の採取に寄与しない反
射光を十分に減少させることができるものである。上記
第1の被覆膜6及び第2の被覆膜7は各々の膜厚が使用
レーザ波長をλ、屈折率をnとした時、d=λ/4nに
なるように形成されている。また、上記第1の被覆膜6
及び第2の被覆膜7はいずれか一方のみが存在しても反
射防止の機能を果たすことができる。 【0015】ここで上記第1の被覆膜6及び第2の被覆
膜7の材質は透明誘電体膜2および4の材質に応じて種
々変更することができる。例えばTiO2、Si34
からなる2層膜あるいはMgFe、3NaF;AlF3
(氷晶)等の単層膜であっても構わない。また他の構
造、例えば3層膜あるいはそれ以上の多層膜であっても
構わない。 【0016】また、以上の説明では透明基板1をガラス
板で構成したものについて説明したが、透明基板1がP
MMA樹脂あるいはポリカーボネート樹脂等からなる樹
脂基板であってもよい。ここで透明基板1をPMMA樹
脂にて構成した場合はPMMA樹脂の吸湿性が高いため
に図2の構造の素子では真空中で各被覆膜2〜5を形成
し次に大気中に取り出すと、基板1が水分を吸収して各
被覆膜2〜5を内側にして凸状に反ってしまう。 【0017】しかるに図1の構造のごとく第1の被覆膜
6及び第2の被覆膜7を真空中にて形成しておけば上述
の反りを未然に防止することができるものである。すな
わち、この場合第1の被覆膜6及び第2の被覆膜7は透
明基板1の表面での反射防止と透明基板1の反り防止の
両方の機能を果たすものである。 【0018】 【発明の効果】本発明によれば樹脂基板の裏面側に透明
誘電体膜と希土類・遷移金属非晶質薄膜と反射膜とを積
層して記録材料とし、反射光量を減少させてカー回転角
を増大せしめる一方、基板の表面側に透明誘電体膜を形
成することによって、樹脂基板の吸湿による反りを防止
することができ、しかも、情報の採取に寄与しない入射
光の基板表面からの反射光量を減少せしめることができ
るので、情報品質の高い光磁気記憶素子を得ることがで
きる。
Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magneto-optical storage element for recording or erasing information with thermal energy and reproducing information by utilizing the interaction between light and magnetism. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, research and development of optical memory devices capable of high density, large capacity, and high speed access have been vigorously conducted in various fields. Among them, a magneto-optical memory device capable of recording, reproducing, and erasing information is particularly promising because it can be used as a file memory for characters and images, a video disk, and the like. An amorphous alloy thin film of a rare earth element such as GdCo, TbFe, GdTbFe, TbDyFe and a transition metal is suitable as a storage material of the magneto-optical memory device. This is because the amorphous alloy thin film of rare earth and transition metal has an easy axis of magnetization in the direction perpendicular to the film surface, and since it is amorphous, there is no grain boundary noise and the laser power required for recording can be reduced. This is because it has an excellent property. However, when the amorphous alloy thin film of rare earth and transition metal is used as a storage material, the Kerr rotation angle, which is a magneto-optical effect, is as small as 0.2 to 0.3 degrees, and the quality of a reproduced signal is not good. There is a disadvantage that. In order to improve the quality of the reproduced signal, an element structure called a reflection film structure has been conventionally used in the storage element (for example, Japanese Patent Application No.
5-85695). FIG. 2 is a partial side sectional view of a conventional magneto-optical memory device having a reflective film structure. In the figure, 1 is a transparent substrate, 2 is a transparent dielectric film having a higher refractive index than the transparent substrate 1, 3 is a rare earth-transition metal amorphous alloy thin film, 4 is a transparent dielectric film, and 5 is a metal reflection film. is there. In the magneto-optical memory element having this structure, the amorphous alloy thin film 3 is sufficiently thin, so that light incident on the amorphous alloy thin film 3 partially passes through. Therefore, the reproduction light is reflected by the surface of the amorphous alloy thin film 3, and the Faraday occurs when the reproduced light passes through the amorphous alloy thin film 3, is reflected by the metal reflection film 5, and passes through the amorphous alloy thin film 3 again. By combining the effect with the effect, the Kerr rotation angle is increased several times as compared with the case of only the Kerr effect. The amorphous alloy thin film 3
The upper transparent dielectric film 2 also has a function of increasing the Kerr rotation angle (IEEE Trans. On Mag. Vol-1).
6 No5 1980 P1194). As an example, the transparent substrate 1 is a glass plate, the transparent dielectric film 2 is 100 nm of SiO, the amorphous alloy thin film 3 is 12.5 nm of GdTbDyFe, the transparent dielectric film 4 is 30 nm of SiO 2 , Metal reflective film 5
In the configuration using Cu of nm, the Kerr rotation angle was increased to 1.75 degrees. In the structure of FIG. 2 described above, the Kerr rotation angle increases to 1.75 degrees, while the reflected light decreases to about 5%. However, since the reflection of light on the surface of the transparent substrate 1 made of glass is about 4%, the reflected light containing information reflected on the amorphous alloy thin film 3 and the information reflected on the surface of the transparent substrate 1 reflect information. And the amount of reflected light that does not include the same amount of light, which causes difficulty in information reproduction. In other words, the magneto-optical storage element having the above-described reflective film structure has an advantage that the Kerr rotation angle can be increased, but has a problem that a sufficient amount of reflected light cannot be obtained. When the transparent substrate 1 is made of a resin substrate made of PMMA resin, polycarbonate resin or the like, the resin generally has high hygroscopicity. Therefore, in the element structure shown in FIG. Then, when the resin substrate 1 is taken out into the atmosphere, there is a problem that the resin substrate 1 absorbs moisture and warps convexly with the coating films 2 to 5 inside. Therefore, according to the present invention, even when a resin material is used for the substrate, it is possible to prevent the substrate from being warped due to moisture absorption, to increase the Kerr rotation angle, and to sufficiently reduce the light reflected on the substrate surface. It is an object of the present invention to provide an element structure of a magneto-optical memory element capable of obtaining a high signal quality by performing the operation. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems. A transparent dielectric film and a rare earth / transition metal amorphous alloy thin film are provided on the back side of a resin substrate. A reflective film is laminated and anti-reflection and
Characterized by forming a transparent dielectric film to prevent substrate warpage
Is what you do. The transparent dielectric film and the rare earth element are formed on one surface of the resin substrate.
Anti-reflection and substrate warpage prevention formed on the other surface of a magneto-optical storage element in which a transition metal amorphous alloy thin film and a reflection film are laminated.
The stopping transparent dielectric film can prevent warping due to moisture absorption of the resin substrate, reduce the amount of reflected light, increase the Kerr rotation angle, and reduce the warpage.
Thus, the amount of incident light reflected from the substrate surface that does not contribute to collecting information from the substrate surface can be reduced. An embodiment of the magneto-optical memory device according to the present invention will be described below in detail. FIG. 1 is a partial side sectional view of one embodiment of a magneto-optical memory device according to the present invention. In the figure, the same components as those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals. Note that the magneto-optical storage element shown in FIG. The transparent substrate 1 is a glass plate,
The transparent dielectric film 2 is SiO, and the amorphous alloy thin film 3 is GdTb.
DyFe, the transparent dielectric film 4 is SiO 2 , and the metal reflection film 5 is Cu. 6, reference numeral 6 denotes a first coating film formed by coating SiO, which is the same material as the transparent dielectric film 2, with a thickness of 100 to 110 nm, and 7 denotes SiO, which is the same material as the transparent dielectric film 4. 2 is a second coating film formed by coating with a film thickness of 130 to 140 nm. In the magneto-optical memory device having this structure, since the first coating film 6 and the second coating film 7 function as an anti-reflection film, the reflected light is reflected on the surface of the transparent substrate 1 and does not contribute to information collection. Can be sufficiently reduced. The first coating film 6 and the second coating film 7 are formed such that the film thickness is d = λ / 4n, where λ is the laser wavelength to be used and n is the refractive index. In addition, the first coating film 6
Also, even if only one of the second coating films 7 is present, the function of preventing reflection can be achieved. Here, the material of the first coating film 6 and the second coating film 7 can be variously changed according to the material of the transparent dielectric films 2 and 4. For example, TiO 2 , Si 3 N 4 ,
Two-layer film of MgFe, 3NaF; AlF 3
It may be a single layer film such as (ice crystal). Further, another structure, for example, a three-layer film or a multilayer film having more layers may be used. In the above description, the transparent substrate 1 is made of a glass plate.
A resin substrate made of an MMA resin or a polycarbonate resin may be used. Here, when the transparent substrate 1 is made of PMMA resin, since the PMMA resin has high hygroscopicity, in the device having the structure of FIG. Then, the substrate 1 absorbs moisture and warps convexly with the coating films 2 to 5 inside. However, if the first coating film 6 and the second coating film 7 are formed in a vacuum as in the structure of FIG. 1, the above-described warpage can be prevented. That is, in this case, the first coating film 6 and the second coating film 7 have both functions of preventing reflection on the surface of the transparent substrate 1 and preventing warpage of the transparent substrate 1. According to the present invention, a transparent dielectric film, a rare earth / transition metal amorphous thin film and a reflective film are laminated on the back side of a resin substrate to form a recording material, and the amount of reflected light is reduced. While increasing the Kerr rotation angle, by forming a transparent dielectric film on the surface side of the substrate, it is possible to prevent the resin substrate from warping due to moisture absorption, and from the substrate surface of incident light that does not contribute to information collection. The amount of reflected light can be reduced, so that a magneto-optical storage element with high information quality can be obtained.

【図面の簡単な説明】 【図1】本発明に係る光磁気記憶素子の一実施例の一部
側面断面図である。 【図2】従来の光磁気記憶素子の一部側面断面図であ
る。 【符号の説明】 1 透明基板 2 透明誘電体膜 3 非晶質合金薄膜 4 透明誘電体膜 5 金属反射膜 6 第1の被覆膜 7 第2の被覆膜
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a partial side sectional view of one embodiment of a magneto-optical storage element according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partial side sectional view of a conventional magneto-optical storage element. [Description of Signs] 1 transparent substrate 2 transparent dielectric film 3 amorphous alloy thin film 4 transparent dielectric film 5 metal reflection film 6 first coating film 7 second coating film

───────────────────────────────────────────────────── フロントページの続き (72)発明者 片山 博之 大阪市阿倍野区長池町22番22号 シャー プ株式会社内 (72)発明者 高橋 明 大阪市阿倍野区長池町22番22号 シャー プ株式会社内 (72)発明者 山岡 秀嘉 大阪市阿倍野区長池町22番22号 シャー プ株式会社内 (56)参考文献 実開 昭58−52651(JP,U)   ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page    (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Katayama               22-22 Nagaikecho, Abeno-ku, Osaka               Incorporated (72) Inventor Akira Takahashi               22-22 Nagaikecho, Abeno-ku, Osaka               Incorporated (72) Inventor Hideyoshi Yamaoka               22-22 Nagaikecho, Abeno-ku, Osaka               Incorporated                (56) References Japanese Utility Model Showa 58-52651 (JP, U)

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(57)【特許請求の範囲】 1.樹脂基板の裏面側に透明誘電体膜と希土類・遷移金
属非晶質合金薄膜と反射膜とを積層するとともに、前記
基板の表面側に反射防止及び基板反り防止用の透明誘電
体膜を形成したことを特徴とする光磁気記憶素子。
(57) [Claims] A transparent dielectric film, a rare earth / transition metal amorphous alloy thin film and a reflective film are laminated on the back side of the resin substrate, and a transparent dielectric film for preventing reflection and warping of the substrate is formed on the front side of the substrate.
A magneto-optical storage element comprising a body film .
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