Claims
- 1. In an ablative recording medium, for use with a recording laser providing light of a predetermined frequency, comprising a thermally stable substrate and a polymer layer coated thereon, the improvement which comprises said polymer layer being comprised of a dimer acid polyamide.
- 2. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,000 to about 100,000.
- 3. The recording medium of claim 2, wherein the recording medium is in the form of a disk.
- 4. The recording medium of claim 2, wherein said dimer acid polyamide polymer layer coated on the substrate further comprises a dye material which is absorptive at the frequency of the recording laser.
- 5. The recording medium of claim 2, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight of less than 60,000.
- 6. The recording medium of claim 2, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,000 to about 20,000.
- 7. The recording medium of claim 6, wherein said dimer acid polyamide polymer layer coated on the substrate further comprises a dye material which is absorptive at the frequency of the recording laser.
- 8. The recording medium of claim 7, wherein the recording medium is in the form of a disk.
- 9. The recording medium of claim 7, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,500 to about 18,000.
- 10. The recording medium of claim 7, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 3,000 to about 16,000.
- 11. The recording medium of claim 7, wherein the substrate comprises glass, polycarbonate or polymethylmethacrylate.
- 12. The recording medium of claim 7, wherein the substrate has a top layer adjacent the polymer layer which is a metallized reflective layer to thereby render the substrate reflective.
- 13. The recording medium of claim 7, wherein the substrate is transparent.
- 14. In an ablative recording medium, for use with a recording laser providing a thermally stable substrate and a polymer layer coated thereon, the improvement which comprises said polymer layer being comprised of a dimer acid polyamide having a surface tension, measured in dynes/cm, and a melt viscosity, measured in poise, in the temperature range of from about 110.degree. to 200.degree. C. such that the ratio of said surface tension to melt viscosity at some point within said temperature range is at least 0.01.
- 15. The recording medium of claim 14, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,000 to about 100,000.
- 16. The recording medium of claim 15, wherein the polymer layer further comprises a dye material and the dimer acid polyamide/dye combination exhibits said ratio of surface tension to melt viscosity of at least 0.01.
- 17. The recording medium of claim 14, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a Vicat softening point of from about 30.degree. to 120.degree. C. and a temperature for the onset of thermal degradation of at least 250.degree. C.
- 18. The recording medium of claim 14, wherein the surface tension and viscosity exhibited by the polymer is such that the ratio of surface tension to viscosity at some point in the temperature range of from about 140.degree. to about 200.degree. C. is at least 2:1.
- 19. The recording medium of claim 18, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,000 to about 20,000.
- 20. An optically readable and erasable information disk comprising a thick and thermally stable substrate having coated thereon a polymer layer information track comprised of a succession of spaced pits, said polymer layer being comprised of a dimer acid polyamide.
- 21. The information disk of claim 20, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,000 to about 100,000.
- 22. The information disk of claim 21, wherein said dimer acid polyamide polymer layer coated on the substrate further comprises a dye material which is absorptive at the frequency of a recording laser.
- 23. The information disk of claim 22, wherein the dimer acid polyamide/dye exhibit a surface tension, measured in dynes/cm, and a melt viscosity, measured in poise, in the temperature range of from about 110.degree. to about 200.degree. C. such that the ratio of surface tension to melt viscosity at some point within said temperature range is at least 0.01.
- 24. The information disk of claim 21, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,000 to about 20,000.
- 25. The information disk of claim 24, wherein the polymer layer further comprises a dye material which is absorptive at the frequency of a recording laser.
- 26. The information disk of claim 25, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,500 to about 18,000.
- 27. The information disk of claim 25, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 3,000 to about 16,000.
- 28. The information disk of claim 25, wherein the dimer acid polyamide exhibits a surface tension, measured in dynes/cm, and a melt viscosity, measured in poise, in the temperature range of from about 140.degree. to 200.degree. C. such that the ratio of said surface tension to melt viscosity at some point within said temperature range is at least 2:1.
- 29. The information disk of claim 20, wherein the dimer acid polyamide exhibits a surface tension, measured in dynes/cm, and a melt viscosity, measured in poise, in the temperature range of from about 110.degree. to 200.degree. C. such that the ratio of surface tension to melt viscosity at some point within said temperature range is at least 0.01.
- 30. An optically readable and erasable information disk comprising a relatively thick and thermally stable substrate having coated thereon a polymer layer comprising an information track comprised of a succession of spaced pits, said polymer layer being comprised of a dimer acid polyamide having a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,000 to about 100,000; a Vicat softening point of from about 30.degree. to 120.degree. C.; a surface tension, measured in dynes/cm, and a melt viscosity, measured in poise, in the temperature range of from about 110.degree. to 200.degree. C. such that the ratio of said surface tension to melt viscosity at some point within said temperature range is at least 0.01; and a temperature for the onset of thermal degradation of at least 250.degree. C.
- 31. The information disk of claim 30, wherein the dimer acid polyamide layer further comprises a dye material.
- 32. The information disk of claim 30, wherein the weight average molecular weight of the dimer acid polyamide is in the range of from about 2,000 to about 20,000, and the ratio of surface tension to melt viscosity is at least 2:1.
- 33. The information disk of claim 32, wherein the surface tension and viscosity exhibited by the dimer acid polyamide is such that the ratio of surface tension to viscosity at some point in the temperature range of from about 140.degree. to 200.degree. C. is at least 5:1.
- 34. The information disk of claim 32, wherein the dimer acid polyamide layer further comprises a dye material.
- 35. The information disk of claim 32, wherein the substrate comprises glass, polycarbonate or polymethylmethacrylate.
- 36. The information disk of claim 35, wherein the substrate comprises a light reflective surface.
- 37. An erasable information medium, useful with playback apparatus employing a playback beam of light of a predetermined frequency, said medium comprising a substrate having a light reflective surface and a polymer layer comprised of a dimer acid polyamide having a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,000 to about 100,000, with an information track comprising a succession of pits formed in said dimer acid polyamide layer, wherein the thickness of said dimer acid polyamide layer in all regions of the information medium other than those occupied by said pits is a given thickness chosen so as to establish a destructive reflection condition for light directed toward said information medium at the predetermined frequency.
- 38. The information medium of claim 37, wherein the information medium is in the form of a disk.
- 39. The information medium of claim 37, wherein said dimer acid polyamide layer coated on the substrate further comprises a dye material.
- 40. The information medium of claim 37, wherein said dimer acid polyamide has
- (i) a Vicat softening point of from about 30.degree. to 120.degree. C.;
- (ii) a surface tension, measured in dynes/cm, and a melt viscosity, measured in poise, in the temperature range of from about 110.degree. to 200.degree. C. such that the ratio of said surface tension to melt viscosity at some point within said temperature range is at least 0.01; and,
- (iii) a temperature for the onset of thermal degradation of at least 250.degree. C.
- 41. The information medium of claim 40, wherein the substrate has a top layer adjacent the dimer acid polyamide polymer layer which is a metallized reflective layer to thereby render the substrate reflective.
- 42. The information medium of claim 40, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,000 to about 20,000.
- 43. The information medium of claim 42, wherein said dimer acid polyamide layer coated on the substrate further comprises a dye material.
- 44. The information medium of claim 43, wherein the information medium is in the form of a disk.
- 45. The information medium of claim 43, wherein said dimer acid polyamide has a surface tension, measured in dynes/cm, and a melt viscosity, measured in poise, in the temperature range of from about 110.degree. to 200.degree. C. such that the ratio of said surface tension to melt viscosity at some point within said temperature range is at least 2:1.
- 46. The information medium of claim 43, wherein the substrate has a top layer adjacent the dimer acid polyamide polymer layer which is a metallized reflective layer to thereby render the substrate reflective.
- 47. A method of recording information in a thin film deposited on a relatively thick substrate by irradiating the film with a laser beam in accordance with said information to form pits in the film, the improvement which comprises said film being comprised of a dimer acid polyamide.
- 48. The method of recording of claim 47, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,000 to about 100,000.
- 49. The method of recording of claim 48, wherein the dimer acid polyamide layer coated on the substrate further comprises a dye material absorptive at the frequency of the recording laser.
- 50. The method of recording of claim 48, wherein said dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,000 to about 20,000.
- 51. The method of recording of claim 50, wherein said dimer acid polyamide layer coated on the substrate further comprises a dye material which is absorptive at the frequency of the recording laser.
- 52. A method of erasing a deformation information pattern of an information medium, which deformation pattern is formed in a film deposited on a substrate and with said erasing being achieved by heating said film, the improvement which comprises said film being comprised of a dimer acid polyamide.
- 53. The method of erasing of claim 52, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,000 to about 100,000.
- 54. The method of erasing of claim 53, wherein said dimer acid polyamide has a weight average molecular weight in the range of from about 2,000 to about 20,000.
- 55. The method of erasing of claim 54, wherein the dimer acid polyamide exhibits a surface tension, measured in dynes/cm, and a melt viscosity, measured in poise, in the temperature range of from about 140.degree. to 200.degree. C. such that the ratio of said surface tension to melt viscosity at some point within said temperature range is at least 2:1.
- 56. The method of erasing of claim 55, wherein the dimer acid polyamide has a Vicat softening point of from 30.degree. to 120.degree. C., and a temperature for the onset of thermal degradation of at least 250.degree. C.
- 57. The method of erasing of claim 55, wherein the surface tension and viscosity exhibited by a polymer is such that the ratio of surface tension to viscosity at some point in the temperature range of from about 140.degree. to about 200.degree. C. is at least 5:1.
- 58. The method of erasing of claim 55, wherein the polymer film is heated during erasure to a temperature at least 50.degree. C. below the temperature used in recording the information.
- 59. The method of erasing of claim 55, wherein the dimer acid polyamide film is heated to a temperature in the range of from about 110.degree. to 200.degree. C. sufficient to effect levelling of the polymer film.
- 60. The method of erasing of claim 54, wherein the dimer acid polyamide film further comprises a dye material.
- 61. The method of erasing of claim 53, wherein said dimer acid polyamide exhibits a surface tension, measured in dynes/cm, and a melt viscosity, measured in poise, in the temperature range of from about 110.degree. to 200.degree. C. such that the ratio of said surface tension to melt viscosity at some point within said temperature range is at least 0.01.
- 62. The method of erasing of claim 61, wherein said dimer acid polyamide has a Vicat softening point of from about 30.degree. to 120.degree. C., and a temperature for the onset of thermal degradation of at least 250.degree. C.
- 63. The method of erasing of claim 61, wherein the dimer acid polyamide film is heated to a temperature in the range of from about 110.degree. to 200.degree. C. sufficient to effect levelling of the polymer film.
- 64. The method of erasing of claim 61, wherein the polymer film is heated during erasure to a temperature at least 50.degree. C. below the temperature used in recording the information.
- 65. The method of erasing of claim 53, wherein the recording medium is in the form of a disk.
- 66. The method of erasing of claim 53, wherein the dimer acid polyamide film further comprises a dye material.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 390,162, filed July 21, 1982 abandoned.
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