NEAR-FIELD LIGHT GENERATING DEVICE, INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a near-field light generating device, an information recording device and an information recording method capable of appropriately controlling the temperature of a recording layer of an information recording medium.SOLUTION: An optical information recording apparatus 1 includes a light source 41 that outputs a beam of recording light B1; and a near-field light generating element 32 that generates near-field light A1 by being exposed with the beam of recording light B1. The near-field light generating element 32 includes first to m-th (m is an integer greater than 2) near-field light generation areas 321, 322 and 323 aligned in a scanning direction of the information recording medium 2.