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Kenichi Nishiuchi

Noboru Yamada

Mutsuo Takenaga

Naoyasu Miyagawa

Eiji Ohno

Both guide grooves and lands of an optical information recording medium constitute information tracks, the depth of the guide groove being between approximately .lambda./8 and approximately .lambda./4.7 in optical length and the width of the guide groove being between 0.34R and R, where R represents the beam diameter of a write laser beam on the record film and the power for writing information on each guide groove being differentiated from that for writing information on each land.

Optical information recording media and optical information read/write

The invention is directed to an optical recording member including a thin film photosensitive layer provided on a base. The thin film photosensitive layer may vary between a low optical density state and a high optical density state when optical energy is applied thereto. This thin film photosensitive layer contains a first element which may be a metal or semimetal, a second element which is at least one selected from Te, Ge, Sn, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Mo, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Ta, W, Pt, Au, Tl, Pb, Si, Sb, Bi, and an oxygen element. Part of the oxygen element is bonded with the first element to form its oxide. The ratio x of the total number of atoms of the oxygen element to that of the first element, when the maximum valence of the first element in a stable oxide state is n, is according to the relation of 0&lt;x&lt;n/2. At least part of the second element exists in a non-oxide state. This thin film photosensitive layer is formed by a vacuum deposition or sputtering method. By irradiating the optical recording medium with light, information may be recorded or recorded information may be erased.

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Kenichi Nishiuchi