Patent ID: 7072281

Claim:
An optical recording method for an optical medium having an aligned prepit portion straddled on a plurality of tracks in a radial direction, the prepit portion including first and second prepit portions divided in a track direction, a synchronous information prepit of the respective first and second prepit portions being arranged on a boundary of the respective tracks, the first prepit portion including the synchronous information prepit arranged at every two-track pitch in the radial direction, the second prepit portion including the synchronous information prepit arranged at every two-track pitch in the radial direction, the first prepit portion and the second prepit portion being arranged at opposite boundaries of the same track, and the prepit portion including a gap between the first and second prepit portions, the method comprising the steps of: providing the optical medium; and recording information on the optical medium by irradiating an optical spot thereon.