| US 7,514,037 B2 | ||
| AG base alloy thin film and sputtering target for forming AG base alloy thin film | ||
| Yuuki Tauchi, Kobe (Japan); Katsutoshi Takagi, Kobe (Japan); Junichi Nakai, Kobe (Japan); and Toshiki Sato, Kobe (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 05, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/633,550. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-231596 (JP), filed on Aug. 08, 2002; application No. 2002-233283 (JP), filed on Aug. 09, 2002; application No. 2002-239972 (JP), filed on Aug. 20, 2002; application No. 2002-361117 (JP), filed on Dec. 12, 2002; application No. 2003-003643 (JP), filed on Jan. 09, 2003; application No. 2003-004586 (JP), filed on Jan. 10, 2003; and application No. 2003-122314 (JP), filed on Apr. 25, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0028912 A1, Feb. 12, 2004 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. C22C 5/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 420—501 [148/430; 428/673; 428/64.4] | 14 Claims |

| 1. An optical information recording medium, comprising:
a substrate and
a first reflective layer on the substrate, wherein the first reflective layer comprises a silver base alloy; and wherein the
silver base alloy of the first reflective layer consists of silver and 0.005 to 0.4 atom % of bismuth.
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