Owner KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.

Inventors VAN SANTEN, Helmar; NEIJZEN, Jacobus, H., M.

Pub. Number AU-A-2003295177

PCT Number PCT/IB2003/0053

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/057589

Priority 02080392.0 19.12.02 EP

Filing date 20 November 2003

Wipo publication date 14 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 007/12 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Heads

G11B 007/26 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of record carriers

G03F 007/20 Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfaces - Exposure