Patent ID: 7903518

Claim:
An optical recording method comprising the steps of: reading recommended multi-pulse write strategy parameters from a dye-type optical recording medium on which the recommended multi-pulse write strategy parameters have been recorded; determining leading pulse widths of a write strategy used for recording each mark based on a recommended leading pulse width for recording an i-th shortest mark included in the multi-pulse write strategy parameters that were read, characteristics of an optical system of an optical pickup of an optical recording device used in recording, and a predetermined calculation formula for determining the leading pulse width; determining a multi-pulse width of the write strategy used for recording based on some of the recommended leading pulse widths for recording each mark and a recommended multi-pulse width included in the multi-pulse write strategy parameters that were read, the characteristics of the optical system of the optical pickup, and a predetermined calculation formula for determining the multi-pulse width; and writing to the optical recording medium by use of the optical recording device, using the write strategy thus determined, wherein, the steps of determining are carried out by computations using the formulas predetermined for the optical recording device used in recording, in regard to the write strategy for recording each mark, a leading pulse width and a multi-pulse width that minimize reproducing jitter are determined experimentally, the formulas are generated such that the experimentally determined leading pulse width and multi-pulse width are the results of calculations or values approximating the results of the calculations, the generated formulas are used in said steps of determining, and the formula for determining the leading pulse width in the write strategy is expressed as iTF=Ki×iTP+Ci (where iTF is the pulse width of the leading pulse in the write strategy used for recording an i-th shortest mark, iTP is the pulse width of the leading pulse in the recommended write strategy parameters for recording the i-th shortest mark, and Ki and Ci are constants for determining the write strategy to be used to record the i-th shortest mark).