Patent ID: 7079465

Claim:
An optical record carrier recording method for forming pits and lands by directing a radiation beam ( 12 ) onto a recording surface ( 21 ) of an optical record carrier ( 20 ), the radiation beam for each pit to be recorded being set to at least one write power level (P w ) capable of forming a pit during a write power irradiation period ( 31 ) and for each land between the pits to at least one bottom power level (P 0 ) incapable of forming a pit during a bottom power irradiation period ( 51 ), characterized in that the bottom power level (P 0 ) is temporarily raised to an LML land power level (P l1 ) during an LML land irradiation period ( 55 ) for forming an LML land, the LML land power level (P l1 ) being close to the write power level (P w ), and that the write power level (P w ) is temporarily lowered to an LML pit power level (P p1 ) during an LML pit irradiation period ( 35 ) for forming an LML pit, the LML pit power level (P p1 ) being close to the bottom power level (P 0 ).