Abstract: A write-only-read-many type optical recording medium includes a substrate, an organic material layer having a light absorption function that is sufficient for recording in the recording/reproduction wavelength range, the organic material layer being situated on the substrate, and a reflection layer being situated on the organic material layer. The recording medium is configured to have a Low-to-High recording property and record with a laser having a wavelength that is no greater than 500 nm.
Abstract: The optical storage medium comprises a substrate layer and a data layer with a mark/space structure arranged in tracks, wherein a sequence of marks of a first track have a first width, and a sequence of marks of a neighboring track have a second width being different from the first width. The optical storage medium is in particular an optical disc, on which the tracks are arranged as spirals, circular rings or segmented circular rings.