Patent 7172798 was granted and assigned to Samsung on February, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A high density read only optical disc is provided. The high density read only optical disc includes a substrate having pits formed thereon; a crystalline reading assist layer; a first dielectric layer; and a mask layer composed of a metal oxide. The high density read only optical disc does not require a laser with a short wavelength or a large numerical aperture of an objective lens.