Patent ID: 7123562

Claim:
A method of determining values of a set of recording pulse series parameters for optical carrier recording, where the recording pulse series are applied to a recording surface of an optical record carrier for writing a pattern of optically readable marks on the record carrier, a mark being formed by one recording pulse series, said method comprising the steps of: writing a write test on the optical record carrier, each write test comprising a number N of test patterns, said test patterns having pre-determined values of the set of the recording pulse series parameters, said pre-determined values being different for each test pattern reading the test pattern and forming a read signal; and measuring jitter values of the read signal corresponding to each test pattern, wherein the values of the set of the recording pulse series parameters are optimized using a linear dependence between the values of a set of recording pulse series parameters and relative jitter values, and wherein the minimum number N min of the test patterns is dependent upon a number P of the recording pulse series parameters according to the equation: N min =2 *P+ 1.