Magneto-optical recording medium, method of manufacturing magneto-optical recording medium, method of recording on magneto-optical recording medium, and method of reproduction from magneto-optical recording medium

摘要

Vertical magnetic anisotropy of a recording layer becomes lower, depending on the composition of the recording layer and a film forming method. In such a case, it is difficult to form microscopic recording magnetic domains with stability and there is a possibility of failure to obtain a sufficiently high recording density and transfer rate in magneto-optical recording. ;A magneto-optical medium according to the present invention has a recording layer having a plurality of columns extending in a lamination direction, and a reproduction layer which is placed below the recording layer and which functions as a nucleus for the columns.