Abstract: An optical recording medium having excellent light resistance that includes a substrate; and a recording layer which is provided on the substrate directly or on another layer provided on the substrate, wherein the recording layer is capable of recording and/or reading information by irradiating light thereon, the recording layer including a metal complex compound comprising an azo compound having a coupler component with a Meldrum's acid structure and a diazo component with a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic aromatic ring structure, and a metal ion coordinated to the azo compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer optical disc having, as an intermediate layer, a cured product layer of an ultraviolet-curable resin composition containing an urethane (meth)acrylate (A) having one or two (meth)acrylate groups in one molecule obtained by reacting a monofunctional or bifunctional organic isocyanate (a) having a molecular weight of 350 or less with a mono(meth)acrylate (b) having a hydroxy group, a (meth)acrylate monomer (B) and a photopolymerization initiator (C), where the content of the (A) component is 5 to less than 40% by weight based on the total amount of the (A) component and the (B) component and the rest is (B), and to a resin composition for said cured product layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical data carrier, wherein an essentially uncured resin layer is provided on a side of said optical data carrier. The essentially uncured resin layer is embossed with a relief pattern, wherein the relief pattern defines a graphic.

Abstract: Described is an optical information medium measurement method of measuring a degree of modulation in an optical information medium of a multilayered structure having a plurality of information layers. The method includes measuring the modulation degree of each layer of the optical information medium, by use of a measurement optical system, obtaining a thickness between layers of the optical information medium, obtaining a reflectance of each layer of the optical information medium, and converting the measured modulation degree of each layer into a modulation degree at a reference optical system differing from the measurement optical system, based on a value indicative of the obtained thickness between layers and a value indicative of the obtained reflectance of each layer.

Abstract: An optical recording medium includes: a substrate; an information signal layer provided on the substrate; and a protective layer provided on the information signal layer. The information signal layer is provided with a reflecting layer, a recording layer provided on the reflecting layer and first, second and third dielectric layers laminated successively on the recording layer. Refractive indexes of the first, second and third dielectric layers are different from each other between the adjacent dielectric layers to each other. Among the first, second and third dielectric layers, the dielectric layer having the highest refractive index contains, as a main component, at least one member selected from the group consisting of titanium oxide, niobium oxide and a mixture of zinc sulfide and silicon oxide. The dielectric layer having the highest refractive index has a refractive index of 2.3 or more at a wavelength of 405 nm.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an optical recording medium, including: a substrate; and an information recording layer formed on the substrate, an information signal being recorded and reproduced in and from the information recording layer by radiation of a light; wherein the information recording layer includes a reflecting layer, a dielectric layer formed on the reflecting layer, and a recording layer formed on the dielectric layer, the dielectric layer includes a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, and a thermal conductivity of the second dielectric layer located on the reflecting layer side is higher than that of the first dielectric layer located on the recording layer side.

Abstract: An article comprising the compound of Formula (I): wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic functionality having 1 to 12 carbons, an aromatic functionality having 3 to 20 carbons, and a cycloaliphatic functionality having 3 to 20 carbons; R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, an aliphatic functionality having 1 to 12 carbons, an aromatic functionality having 3 to 20 carbons, and a cycloaliphatic functionality having 3 to 20 carbons; Y is either an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; “n” has a value of 0 to 4; and “m” has a value of 0 to 3.

Abstract: A recordable optical recording medium having inorganic films prepared by sputter coating is disclosed. The recordable optical recording medium includes a substrate; one or more film stacked structures sequentially formed on a surface of the substrate to respectively function as an independent recording layer structure and include from top to bottom a reflective film, an upper dielectric film, one or more recording films, a lower dielectric film and a barrier film; an interlayer separating layer located between two adjacent film stacked structures to isolate them from each other; and a ZrO2-based interface film additionally formed in each of the film stacked structures between the reflective film and the upper dielectric film. With these arrangements, the recordable optical recording medium can have improved environmental resistance and optimized electrical characteristics.

Abstract: An optical recording material comprising at least one kind of chalcone type compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a metal complex using the chalcone type compound as a ligand: wherein ring A represents a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring or an aromatic ring; ring B represents a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring, an aromatic ring, or a metallocene structure; the above-mentioned heterocyclic and aromatic ring may be condensed with other rings or may be substituted; n is 0 or 1.

Abstract: An optical disc includes a substrate layer, a cover layer, and an aluminum alloy layer that is between the substrate layer and cover layer, and is adjacent to the substrate layer. The aluminum alloy layer includes a majority amount of aluminum and an additional metal selected from the group consisting of: chromium, titanium, tantalum, and any combination thereof. A method of making an optical disc includes the steps of: forming a substrate layer; sputtering an aluminum alloy target onto the substrate layer to form an aluminum alloy layer; and forming a cover layer; wherein the aluminum alloy layer comprises a majority amount of aluminum and an additional metal selected from the group consisting of: chromium, titanium, tantalum, and any combination thereof.

Abstract: In an information recording medium that has an information layer which includes a recording layer capable of undergoing phase transition, the recording layer is formed from a material that contains Sb and S, and has composition represented by the formula (1): SbxS100-x (atomic %) where suffix x represents the proportion in atomic % that satisfies a relationship of 50?x?98.

Abstract: A sheet material for a multilayer optical recording medium (10-a) which comprises an optical recording layer comprising a multiple-photon absorbing material (1), an adhesive layer (4) and a transfer layer of the energy beam curable type (3). The transfer layer of the energy beam curable type (3) is a layer for transferring the shape of a stamper having a shape having protrusions and depressions on the surface as recording pits and/or grooves. The transfer layer of the energy beam curable type (3) and the adhesive layer (4) are each disposed as outermost layers. A multilayer optical recording medium which has a repetitive structure comprising a plurality of laminated optical recording layers and exhibits excellent accuracy of thickness of each layer and the whole laminate can be produced with excellent productivity. Positional information can be contained at the inside of the optical recording medium.

Abstract: An information recording medium (1) of the present invention is an information recording medium allowing information to be recorded thereon by irradiation with a laser beam or by application of electrical energy. The information recording medium (1) includes a recording layer (15) capable of undergoing a phase change by the irradiation with the laser beam or by the application of the electrical energy. The recording layer (15) contains Sb, Te, Ge, and C, and a content of Te in the recording layer (15) is at least 8 atom % but not more than 25 atom %.

Abstract: An optical recording medium includes a cover layer, a plurality of recording surfaces, and a plurality of intermediate layers. The thicknesses of the layers are specifically determined and set at values which suppress a back focus problem. Because the optical recording medium suppresses back focus, the recording and reproducing of information using the optical recording medium is not obstructed.

Abstract: An information recording medium comprising a substrate (1), a recording layer (2) formed on the substrate in order to record information, a color filter (4) formed on the substrate, and a thermal reflectance variation layer (3) formed on the substrate in order to vary light reflectance by heat incident to irradiation of light and to reflect visible light entering from one side of the substrate through a color filter. High precision color writing or color label writing can be carried out on an information recording medium such as DVD and BD where a label can be written on the surface by irradiating light.

Abstract: This invention provides sputtering target materials having high reflectance and excellent heat resistance, which are formed of Ag base alloys formed by adding a specific, minor amount of P to Ag and alloying them.

Abstract: An optical recording material comprising at least one kind of a cyanine compound represented by the following general formula (I): wherein ring A and ring B each independently represent a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring which may have a substituent; R1 represents a group represented by the general formula (II), (II?) or (II?); R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or a group represented by the general formula (II), (II?) or (II?); R3 and R4 may be linked together to form a ring structure; Y1 and Y2 each independently represent an organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or a group represented by the general formula (III); X represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenyl group which may have a substituent, a benzyl group which may have a substituent, or a cyano group; Anm? represents an m-valent anion; m is 1 or 2; and p represents a coefficient keeping the charge neutral.

Abstract: An information recording medium (9) comprises an information layer (9a) in which concavo-convex marks are formed, and a recording layer (13), contained within the information layer (9a), in which added marks are formed by optical properties changing through laser irradiation, and that contains Te, O, and M (where M is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Pd, Au, Pt, Ag, Cu, and Ni). In this information recording medium (9), a pre-laser irradiation reflectance Ra and a post laser irradiation reflectance Rb fulfill 1.0<Rb/Ra<1.1.

Abstract: An optical information recording medium including a substrate; two or more recording layers provided on the substrate; and a protective layer provided on the recording layers, wherein the surface of one of the side of the substrate and the protective layer is a light irradiation plane, at least one of the recording layers other than the recording layer at the deepest position from the light irradiation plane includes W, Pd, and Cu oxides as the principal components, and the ratio of W, Pd, and Cu that are respectively included in the W, Pd, and Cu oxides satisfies the relationship 0.17?x1 (where x1=a/(b+0.8c), where a: atomic ratio of W with respect to the total of W, Pd, and Cu, b: atomic ratio of Pd with respect to the total of W, Pd, and Cu, and c: atomic ratio of Cu with respect to the total of W, Pd, and Cu).

Abstract: An optical information recording medium including: a substrate; two or more information signal layers provided on the substrate; and a cover layer provided on the information signal layers, wherein the surface of one of the side of the substrate and the cover layer is a light irradiation plane, wherein at least one of the information signal layers other than the information signal layer at the deepest portion from the light irradiation plane includes an inorganic recording layer that includes a W oxide and a Pd oxide, a first protective layer that is provided on a first principal plane of the inorganic recording layer, and a second protective layer that is provided on a second principal plane of the inorganic recording layer, wherein at least one of the first protective layer and the second protective layer is a layer with an extinction coefficient of 0.05 to 0.6.

Abstract: An optical information recording medium includes: a substrate; two or more information signal layers provided on the substrate; and a cover layer provided on the information signal layers. At least one of the two or more information signal layers is provided with an inorganic recording layer including Pd oxide, a first protective layer provided on a first main surface of the inorganic recording layer, and a second protective layer provided on a second main surface of the inorganic recording layer. And at least one of the first protective layer and the second protective layer includes a compound oxide of Si oxide, In oxide and Zr oxide as a main component.

Abstract: A thin film comprising titanium oxide as its main component includes titanium, oxygen and copper, content of Ti is 29.0 to 34.0 at % and content of Cu is 0.003 to 7.7 at % or less with remainder being oxygen and unavoidable impurities. A ratio of oxygen component to metal components, O/(2 Ti+0.5 Cu), is 0.96 or higher. The thin film has a high refractive index and low extinction coefficient. A sintered compact sputtering target suitable for producing the foregoing thin film is also provided and can be used to obtain a thin film with superior transmittance and low reflectance and which is effective as an interference film or protective film of an optical information recording medium, and to obtain a thin film that can be applied to a glass substrate; that is, a thin film that can be used as a heat ray reflective film, antireflection film, and interference filter.

Abstract: [Object] To enable stable void recording to be performed with lower power than in a case where a conventional void (hole) recording method is adopted. [Solving Means] Provided is an optical recording medium including a recording layer in which a plurality of boundary surfaces of resin layers are formed, and intervals of the boundary surfaces are set to be equal to or smaller than a focal depth of recording light. A recording sensitivity of hole marks is enhanced at the boundary surfaces of the resin layers. Therefore, by providing the recording layer in which the boundary surfaces are provided at intervals equal to or smaller than the focal depth of recording light as described above, that is, the recording layer is practically filled with the boundary surfaces, the hole mark recording sensitivity of the recording layer can be enhanced as a whole.

Abstract: A recording medium includes a substrate having a label-side surface on one side and a recording layer for recording and reproducing information on the other side. The label-side surface of the substrate has a mirror surface portion and a rough surface portion, a step having a step height of 10 ?m or less is formed between the mirror surface portion and the rough surface portion, and an average roughness of the rough surface portion is between 10 ?m and 2 ?m, inclusive. Visible information is formed on the label-side surface by using the mirror surface portion and the rough surface portion.

Abstract: An optical information medium measurement method measures a degree of modulation in an optical information medium of a multilayered structure having a plurality of information layers. The method includes measuring the modulation degree of each layer of the optical information medium, obtaining a thickness between layers of the optical information medium, obtaining a reflectance of each layer of the optical information medium, and converting the modulation degree of each layer. The modulation degree is measured based on a value indicative of the thickness between layers, and a value indicative of the reflectance of each layer.

Abstract: An optical recording medium containing a substrate and a recording layer over the substrate, wherein the recording layer primarily contains Bi and O, and further contains B and at least one element X selected from Ge, Li, Sn, Cu, Fe, Pd, Zn, Mg, Nd, Mn and Ni, and a sputtering target containing Bi, B and at least one element X selected from Ge, Li, Sn, Cu, Fe, Pd, Zn, Mg, Nd, Mn and Ni.

Abstract: The invention relates to three-dimensional optical memory devices and can be used in all areas of computing in which it is necessary to record large data files on compact carriers. The claimed device can also be used for recording, storing and playing back video and audio recordings. A multi-layer optical disc consists of a series of alternating layers of optically transparent materials arranged in groups that comprise a layer of a material with a refraction index n1 enclosed between a layer of a material with a refraction index n2, which satisfies the relationship n2<n1, and a layer of a material with a refraction index n3, which satisfies the relationship |n3-n1|<0.001, wherein the layer with the refraction index n3 contains a photosensitive compound that can exist in two forms characterized by different optical properties.

Abstract: To provide an optical recording medium excellent in the balance of characteristics, which has a sufficient surface hardness and of which the deformation when the environmental temperature and the environmental humidity change is small. An optical recording medium comprising a resin substrate, a recording and reading layer, a cover coat layer which is a cured product of a radiation-curable composition containing a urethane (meth)acrylate (A) and a (meth)acrylate compound (B) other than the urethane (meth)acrylate (A), and a hard coat layer having a surface hardness of at least B in this order, wherein of the cover coat layer, the ratio of the elastic modulus in tension upon absorbing water to saturation to the elastic modulus in tension at 25° C. under a humidity of 45% is at least 0.20.

Abstract: A recording layer for optical information recording medium excellent in recording property, an optical information recording medium including the recording layer and a sputtering target useful for formation of the recording layer are provided. A recording layer for an optical information recording medium on which recording is performed through irradiation with laser light, the recording layer including an oxide of a metal of which an absolute value of the standard free energy of oxide formation per 1 mol of oxygen is larger than that of Pd (hereinafter referred to metal X) and a Pd oxide, wherein the Pd oxide includes a Pd monoxide and a Pd dioxide, and wherein a ratio of the Pd atom to a total of the metal X atom and the Pd atom which are contained in the recording layer is 4 to 85 atomic %.

Abstract: A recording layer excellent in recording property, an optical information recording medium including the recording layer, and a sputtering target for producing the recording layer. The recording layer on which recording is performed through irradiation with a laser light, contains: a Pd oxide; a Ag oxide; and an oxide of a metal X of having an absolute value of the standard free energy of oxide formation per 1 mol of oxygen that is larger than an oxide of Pd and Ag, wherein a ratio of Pd atom to a total (metal X atom+Pd atom+Ag atom) is from 10 to 60 atomic %, a ratio of Ag atom to the total is from 5 to 45 atomic %, and a ratio of Pd atom and the Ag atom to the total is 75 atomic % or less.

Abstract: An optical information recording medium is provided and includes a supporting substrate, a light-transmissive protective layer, information recording layers, and at least one interlayer transparent to a laser beam having a wavelength of 400 to 410 nm. Among the information recording layers, one or a plurality of information recording layers other than the information recording layer closest to the supporting substrate each function as a semi-transmissive information recording layer that transmits the laser beam. Some or all of the one or the plurality of semi-transmissive information recording layer include, from the laser beam incident side, a first dielectric portion having a refractive index of 2.4 or more for the wavelength of the laser beam, a recording material portion having a thickness of at least 5.2 nm, a second dielectric portion, a metal portion having a thickness of at least 7 nm, and a third dielectric portion in that order.

Abstract: In a process of manufacturing a disc master, a stamper, a disc substrate, and an optical disc, separation performance between the stamper and the disc substrate and maintenance of satisfactory signal characteristics after the optical disc is manufactured are taken into consideration in the step of manufacturing the disc master. In the disc master, a boundary portion between a recessed portion and a non-recessed portion includes a small protrusion which protrudes from a flat surface of the non-recessed portion. The shape of the disc master is inversely transferred to the stamper, and the shape of the stamper is inversely transferred to the disc substrate. The separation performance is improved and the signal characteristics are maintained due to the shape of the boundary portion.

Abstract: An optical information medium measurement method, for measuring a degree of modulation in an optical information medium of a multilayered structure having a plurality of information layers, includes a first step of measuring a modulation degree of each layer of the optical information medium, and a second step of obtaining a thickness between layers of the optical information medium. Further, the method includes a third step of obtaining a reflectance of each layer of the optical information medium, and a fourth step of converting the modulation degree of each layer, as measured in the first step, into a modulation degree at a reference optical system differing from the measurement optical system, based on a value indicative of the thickness between layers, the thickness being obtained in the second step, and a value indicative of the reflectance of each layer, as obtained in the third step.

Abstract: Optical recording medium manufacturing includes: providing a first resin on a first recording layer; forming a first intermediate layer by performing first UV irradiation at a first dose to cure the first resin; providing a second recording layer on the first intermediate layer; providing a second resin on the second recording layer; forming a second intermediate layer by performing second UV irradiation at a second dose to cure the second resin; providing a third recording layer on the second intermediate layer; providing a third resin on the third recording layer; and forming a light transmitting layer by performing third UV irradiation at a third dose to cure the third resin. The first and second resins have substantially the same relationships between UV dose received and linear expansion coefficient. The first through third doses are such that UV doses received by the intermediate layers are substantially the same.

Abstract: An optical disc has a data layer including a data-layer substrate made of a transparent material and a data-layer reflection film formed on an upper side of the data-layer substrate, a display layer including a display-layer substrate having a display pattern and a display-layer reflection film formed on a lower side of the display-layer substrate, and an intermediate layer made of a transparent material provided between an upper side of the data layer and a lower side of the display layer. The data- and display-layer reflection films exhibit specific reflectivity to allow the display pattern to be visible from a lower side of the data-layer substrate through the data-layer reflection film.

Abstract: A cyanine compound is represented by formula (I): A1: benzene or naphthalene ring. A3: 5- or 6-membered ring. R1, R2: hydrogen atom and the like. R7: an alkyl group and the like. R12: a substituent by formula (II) or (II?). R20: a hydrogen atom and the like. Anq-: a q-valent anion. q: 1 or 2; p: a coefficient for neutral charge. In formula (II): bond between L and T is a double, conjugated double, or triple bond. L: carbon atom. T: carbon, oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen atom. x, y, z: 0 or 1. s: 0-4. R13: hydrogen atom and the like. R14, R15, and R16: hydrogen atom and the like. In formula (II?), the bond between L? and T? is a double or conjugated double bond. L?: carbon atom. T?: carbon, oxygen, nitrogen atom. s?: 0-4. Ring containing L? and T?: 5-membered ring, may contain a heteroatom.

Abstract: Provided is an information storage medium using nanocrystal particles, a method of manufacturing the information storage medium, and an information storage apparatus including the information storage medium. The information storage medium includes a conductive layer, a first insulating layer formed on the conductive layer, a nanocrystal layer that is formed on the first insulating layer and includes conductive nanocrystal particles that can trap charges, and a second insulating layer formed on the nanocrystal layer.

Abstract: Phase change memory materials and more particularly GeAs telluride materials useful for phase change memory applications, for example, optical and electronic data storage are described.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an optical recording medium and a method for producing an optical recording medium that enable to improve the quality of a servo signal and a reproduction signal. The optical recording medium satisfies: t3?t4?1 ?m, t4?t2?1 ?m, t2?10 ?m, and t1?(t2+t3+t4)?1 ?m, where t1 is a thickness between a surface of the optical recording medium, and the first information recording surface, t2 is a thickness between the first optical recording surface and the second information recording surface, t3 is a thickness between the second optical recording surface and the third information recording surface, and t4 is a thickness between the third optical recording surface and the fourth information recording surface.

Abstract: A multilayer optical recording medium includes: a substrate; a plurality of optical recording layers provided on the substrate; and a plurality of intermediate layers each provided between adjoining optical recording layers disposed in a thickness direction. In this multilayer optical recording medium, each of the intermediate layers has a birefringence property and a principal axis direction of birefringence of each intermediate layer is oriented at 90 degrees with respect to that of an adjoining intermediate layer.

Abstract: A method of changing a functionality of an optical article is provided. The method includes exposing the optical article to an external stimulus. The optical article includes an electrically responsive layer being configured to transform from a first optical state to a second optical state upon exposure to the external stimulus. The electrically responsive layer is configured to transform from a first optical state to a second optical state upon exposure to an external stimulus, and is capable of irreversibly transforming the optical article from the pre-activated state of functionality to the activated state of functionality.

Abstract: A multilayer-type optical recording medium having a translucent recording/reproducing functional layer containing a first protective layer, a second protective layer, a recording layer, a third protective layer, a reflective layer and a fourth protective layer in this order relative to incident laser light. The second protective layer and the fourth protective layer are made of the same kind of material. The refractive index of the second protective layer is higher by at least 0.3 than the refractive index of the first protective layer. When the film thickness of the second protective layer is set as D2, the film thickness of the fourth protective layer is set as D4, and the reflectivity before recording when the laser light is focused on the recording layer is set as R, the derivatives d(R)/d(D2) and d(R)/d(D4) have opposite signs from each other.

Abstract: An optical recording medium having a substrate and an optical recording layer on the substrate. The optical recording layer is formed of an optical recording material containing at least one heterocyclic compound represented by general formula (I): wherein Z1 represents oxygen, sulfur, —CR5R6—, etc. (R5 and R6 are each a substituent, e.g., an alkyl group or an aralkyl group, or are taken together to form a ring); R1 and R2 each represent hydrogen, etc.; R3 and R4 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or are taken together to form a heterocyclic ring having no multiple bond; Y1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a metallocene substituent, etc.; Anq? represents a q-valent anion; q represents 1 or 2; p represents a number necessary to neutralize an electric charge; and n represents a number of 1 to 4.

Abstract: In an optical disk including at least a rewritable phase change material and comprising a recording layer having a reflectivity of more than 15%, an address output value as an address pit signal component occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be 0.18 though 0.27 or a numerical aperture of an address pit signal occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be more than 0.3.

Abstract: A data disc, method and apparatus for forming the disc are disclosed. The data disc includes a first substrate structure bonded to a second substrate structure, with two curable material layers disposed on different sides of at least one of the two substrate structures, and at least one groove formed on a surface of one of the two curable material layers.

Abstract: In an optical disk including at least a rewritable phase change material and comprising a recording layer having a reflectivity of more than 15%, an address output value as an address pit signal component occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be 0.18 though 0.27 or a numerical aperture of an address pit signal occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be more than 0.3.

Abstract: Optical information media containing a metal material layer and a carbon material layer are disclosed. The layering of the metal material layer and the carbon material layer are designed to reduce or eliminate problems associated with oxidation and berm formation during writing of data to the media.

Abstract: Disc-shaped information recording medium comprising optical penetrating substrate having colored underlayer and ink receipt layer in this order on the principal surface of one side of the substrate, wherein the ink receipt layer contains inorganic fine particles, a binder, and a crosslinking agent, and wherein a pore diameter distribution of a gap of the ink receipt layer has a maximum peak in the range of 30 nm or more when the ink receipt layer is measured with a mercury porosimetry method. Since the shrinkage force functioning in the pores of the gaps of the ink receipt layer weakens, a disc-shaped information recording medium having a reduced occurrence of warp is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ultraviolet-curable resin composition for multilayer optical discs, which contains (A) dioxane glycol di(meth)acrylate and/or tricyclodecane dimethylol di(meth)acrylate, and (B) a photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: A pirated optical recording medium may be determined which is produced by physically transferring a shape of pits and lands formed on a substrate of an optical recording medium. The optical recording medium is provided with excellent weatherability and long-term storage reliability. A reflective film formed of an Ag alloy film of Ag100-x-yXxCuy, where X is at least one element among Ti, W, Ta, V, Mo, Nb and Zr, is formed on a substrate on which main data is recorded with a combination of pits and lands. A mark may be formed so that a reproduction signal level in the recorded mark of auxiliary data write once recorded on the reflective film is increased, and a reproduction signal level is decreased in an optical recording medium prepared by physically transferring the surface shape of the pits and lands of the substrate. A pirated optical recording medium may be determined in this manner.