Optical information recording medium

Abstract

An optical information recording medium that is a phase-change type optical disk includes, on a transparent substrate having a land and a groove, a phase-change type recording layer in which an optically detectable reversible change occurs between an amorphous phase and a crystalline phase by irradiation with an energy beam, wherein dielectric layers are provided so as to be in contact with at least one side of the phase-change type recording layer, the phase-change type recording layer contains at least one selected from the group consisting of Te, Se, Sb, In, Ge, and Ag as a main component, aid the dielectric layers contain, as main components thereof, at least one selected from the group consisting of Ge and Si, and N. The dielectric layers contain an element &bgr; (where &bgr; is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Tc, Re, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, and Cd) or an element &ggr; (where &ggr; is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sb, Te, Se, Sn, Ga, and In), and the phase-change type recording layer contains an element &agr; (where &agr; is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Tc, Re, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, and Cd). Thus, the optical information recording medium of the present invention exhibits satisfactory cycle characteristics, in which movement of a material in a phase-change type recording layer is suppressed even with a large number of repetitions of so-called land & groove recording.