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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2004
Applicants:

Shinya Narumi, Yokohama, JP;

Katsuyuki Yamada, Zama, JP;

Masaki Kato, Sagamihara, JP;

Hajime Yuzurihara, Odawara, JP;

Hiroshi Deguchi, Yokohama, JP;

Inventors:

Shinya Narumi, Yokohama, JP;

Katsuyuki Yamada, Zama, JP;

Masaki Kato, Sagamihara, JP;

Hajime Yuzurihara, Odawara, JP;

Hiroshi Deguchi, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An information recording method including irradiating an optical information recording medium containing a phase change recording layer on a substrate having a guide groove with continuous light of a laser beam having an erase power level Pe to determine a transition linear velocity Vo defined as a minimum linear velocity above which the following relationship is satisfied: Rr=Ra/Rb<1, wherein Rr represents a reflection light intensity ratio, and Ra and Rb represent a reflection light intensity measured after and before the irradiation of the optical information recording medium with the continuous light, respectively, prior to recording information in the optical information recording medium.


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