Owner KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.

Inventors VAN DER AA, Michael, A., H.; JANSEN, Gerardus, L., M.; NIJSSE, Gerard, J., P.; SCHLEIPEN, Johannes, J., H., B.

Pub. Number AU-A-2003288620

PCT Number PCT/IB2003/0061

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/059630

Priority 02080578.4 30.12.02 EP

Filing date 18 December 2003

Wipo publication date 22 July 2004

G11B 007/135 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Means for guiding the beam from source to record carrier or from record carrier to detector

G11B 007/085 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - with provision for moving the light beam into, or out of, its operative position

G11B 007/00 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power