Abstract: A phase-change optical recording medium has a recording film that brings about reversible phase-change between a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase upon irradiation with light and an interface film formed in contact with at least one surface of the recording film and comprising hafnium (Hf), silicon (Si), oxygen (O) and carbon (C).

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention, an information recording medium has a first recording layer, a second recording layer which is provided with respect to the first recording layer through a first space layer with a first thickness, a third recording layer which is provided with respect to the second recording layer through a second space layer whose thickness is different from the first space layer and is set to a predetermined magnitude with respect to the thickness of the first space layer, a first substrate which supports the first recording layer, and a second substrate which supports the third recording layer, and it is possible to manufacture with high productivity an information recording medium having three or more recording layers hard to cause interlayer crosstalk.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical disc is the following the distance between a light incidence plane and the first recording layer is a minimum of 550 ?m. The distance between the first and the third recording layer is a maximum of 72 ?m. The distance between the second and the third recording layer is a minimum of 15 ?m. The distance between the first and the second recording layer is about 31 to 40 ?m. The reflectivities of the first and the second recording layer with respect to the first laser beam range from 18 to 27%, and the ratio therebetween is about 1.1 or less. The reflectivity of the third recording layer is below about 6%. The areal recording density of the third recording layer is three times or more as high as that of the first recording layer and the second recording layer.

Abstract: In a single-sided, recordable/rewritable phase change optical recording medium having one or more layers, an interface layer adjacent to a phase change optical recording film contains at least Zr (zirconium), O (oxygen), and N (nitrogen), and further contains one or both of Y (yttrium) and Nb (niobium).

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information storage medium includes a light incident surface from which a recording/playback light beam enters, a reflecting layer which reflects the light beam entering from the light incident surface, a recording layer which is arranged between the light incident surface and the reflecting layer, and a playback signal emphasizing layer which is arranged between the recording layer and the reflecting layer, and used to emphasize a playback signal containing a reflectance change component generated by a recording mark formed on the recording layer.

Abstract: A phase-change optical recording medium has a recording film that brings about reversible phase-change between a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase upon irradiation with light and an interface film formed in contact with at least one surface of the recording film and comprising hafnium (Hf), silicon (Si), oxygen (O) and carbon (C).

Abstract: A phase-change optical recording medium has a phase-change recording film to which recording and erasure can be reversibly performed by irradiation with light, and at least one dielectric film formed of a SiOC film containing Si, O and C, and having a carbon concentration within a range of between 0.1 and 30 atomic %.

Abstract: An optical disc comprising three or more of a predetermined number of information recording layers between a first molding disc and a second molding disc, each of which has an incident face, is featured in that a distance between the incident face and each of the information recording layers is within the range of 600±55 ?m.

Abstract: A phase-change optical recording medium has a phase-change recording film to which recording and erasure can be reversibly performed by irradiation with light, and at least one dielectric film formed of a SiOC film containing Si, O and C, and having a carbon concentration within a range of between 0.1 and 30 atomic %.

Abstract: A phase-change optical recording medium has a phase-change recording film to which recording and erasure can be reversibly performed by irradiation with light, and at least one dielectric film formed of a SiOC film containing Si, O and C, and having a carbon concentration within a range of between 0.1 and 30 atomic %.

Abstract: A phase-change optical recording medium has a phase-change recording film to which recording and erasure can be reversibly performed by irradiation with light, and at least one dielectric film formed of a SiOC film containing Si, O and C, and having a carbon concentration within a range of between 0.1 and 30 atomic %.

Abstract: An optical information recording medium of this invention includes a substrate, a light incident surface, a first reflecting layer formed between the substrate and the light incident surface, a second reflecting layer formed between the first reflecting layer and the light incident surface and stacked on the first reflecting layer, the second reflecting layer being made of the same material as that of the first reflecting layer, and a phase change optical recording layer formed between the second reflecting layer and the light incident surface, the phase change optical recording layer transiting between a crystal state and an amorphous state when irradiated with a light beam.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a storage medium includes a transparent resin substrate having a concentric or spiral groove and a recording film formed on the groove on the transparent resin substrate, a recording mark being formed by irradiation of a laser beam, wherein a reproduction durability count in a case where reproduction is continuously carried out by a laser beam is 1,000,000 or more.

Abstract: A phase change recording medium comprising an as-deposited first recording layer configured to undergo a reversible phase change between an amorphous state and a crystalline state due to light irradiation and thereby change an optical characteristic. The as-deposited first recording layer includes a plurality of fine nuclei having an average size of 0.5 nm to 4 nm in the amorphous state.

Abstract: A Phase-change optical recording media includes a recording film that causes reversible phase-change between a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase on irradiation with light, and an interface film formed in contact with at least one surface of the recording film and containing Hf (hafnium), O (oxygen) and N (nitrogen).

Abstract: An optical disc of this invention is configured to be capable of dealing with both information in HD DVD and information in DVD.

Abstract: According to this invention, a disc-like information storage medium has a concentric management information area and a concentric data area. The management information area includes a plurality of grooves aligned in a radial direction, a dye material applied to the plurality of grooves, and a plurality of bar-like patterns formed in a radial direction crossing the plurality of grooves and aligned in a circumferential direction. The data area includes a plurality of grooves aligned in the radial direction, and a dye material applied to the plurality of grooves. The plurality of bar-like patterns aligned in the circumferential direction include management information.

Abstract: An information storage medium as an example of this invention includes a recording layer formed by a dye material having a predetermined sensitivity level or more to both a light beam having a first waveband and a light beam having a second waveband shorter than the first waveband. The recording layer includes a concentric management information area, and a concentric data area. The management information area includes a plurality of bar-like patterns formed by the light beam having the first waveband, and arranged in a circumferential direction. The plurality of bar-like patterns arranged in the circumferential direction form management information. The data area can record data by the light beam having the second waveband.

Abstract: An information storage medium according to an embodiment of the invention includes a concentric management information area. The management information area has a plurality of bar-like patterns in a circumferential direction which include an aggregate of a plurality of grooves or marks aligned in a radial direction. The plurality of bar-like patterns aligned in the circumferential direction form management information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical recording media including two or more information layers, at least one of the information layers including a writable recording film. In the optical recording media, at least one information layer has protrusions and recesses that permit tracking and at least another one information layer is substantially flat.