Patent ID: 6611484
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An optical recording medium, including a reflective layer and a recording layer, and constructed in a manner that a recording mark is formed on the recording layer by irradiating a laser beam so as to record information,the recording layer being continuously formed in a relative moving direction to the laser beam with plural virtual recording cells, each of which has an arbitrary unit length and a unit width perpendicular to the unit length in the relative moving direction, plural-stage irradiation times being set with respect to the virtual recording cell so that the irradiation time becomes long successively from the first to final stages, a laser beam power being set in at least one irradiation time of the plural-stage irradiation times so as to intermittently become larger than a predetermined threshold value when the laser beam is irradiated to the virtual recording cell, and recording marks being formed in the virtual recording cell, the recording marks giving plural-stages different optical reflectance to the virtual recording cell.