Patent ID: 8094543

Claim:
An information recording medium comprising at least three information recording layers, wherein if the readout power of a laser beam in reading information from an n th one L(n) (where n is an integer that is equal to or greater than zero) of the information recording layers, which are counted sequentially from one of the information recording layers that is located most distant from the data side of the information recording medium, is identified by Pw(n), and if the readout power of the laser beam in reading information from an (n+a) th one L(n+a) of the information recording layers is identified by Pw(n+a) (where a is an integer that satisfies n+a≧0 and a≠0), then a base thickness between each pair of adjacent ones of the information recording layers is determined so that the intensity of the light when the information recording layer L(n+a) is irradiated with a laser beam having the readout power Pw(n) becomes equal to or lower than that of the light when the information recording layer L(n+a) is irradiated with a laser beam having the readout power Pw(n+a).