Optical disc-shaped recording medium recording device and method for setting illumination power thereof

摘要

A driving device and a calibration method for an ablation write-once type optical disc in which the recording light volume can be calibrated accurately without using an over-power for positively recording data on the ablation write-once type optical disc. A playback output by an optical head 3 for recording/reproducing data by scanning an ablation write-once type optical disc 1 with a laser light beam is supplied to an optimum recording light volume decision unit 4. A light recording data controller 6 controls a laser driving controller 5 for controlling the laser light volume of an optical head 3 for recording two different recording patterns with different repetition periods with various recording light volumes. The optimum recording light volume decision unit 4 detects the asymmetry amount from the playback outputs of the two different recording patterns and determines an optimum recording light volume of the ablation write-once type optical disc 1 based on the asymmetry amounts at the various recording light volumes.