Abstract: A magnetic recording and reading device having a magnetic head assembly in which a magnetic head is mounted on a suspension, an R/W-IC having a line width of not more than 0.35 &mgr;m and a magnetic disk medium having a magnetic recording layer formed on a substrate. The magnetic head assembly has an inductance of not more than 65 nH and has a magnetic path with a length of not more than 35 &mgr;m, wherein a part of the magnetic path is provided with a magnetic film or a multi-layer film consisting of a magnetic film and a non magnetic layer. The magnetic film and the multi-layer film have a resistivity of more than 50 &mgr;&OHgr;cm.

Abstract: A polarized light irradiation method for achieving both wide view-field angles and display uniformity with less display irregularity as well as an apparatus for use in attaining this polarized light irradiation method. After reshaping output light from a light source 100 into a beam pattern BP, a polarized light separation plate 108 is used to separate therefrom only P-polarized wave components while simultaneously causing the polarizing axis of the separated P-polarized wave components to be identical to the short side direction of the rectangular beam pattern BP thereby letting it pass through an organic high-molecular or polymeric film acting as an optical radiation surface 110 for addition of a liquid crystal orientation controllability thereto.