RECORDING LAYER FOR OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SPUTTERING TARGET

摘要

A recording layer for optical information recording medium excellent in recording property, an optical information recording medium including the recording layer and a sputtering target useful for formation of the recording layer are provided. A recording layer for an optical information recording medium on which recording is performed through irradiation with laser light, the recording layer including an oxide of a metal of which an absolute value of the standard free energy of oxide formation per 1 mol of oxygen is larger than that of Pd (hereinafter referred to metal X) and a Pd oxide, wherein the Pd oxide includes a Pd monoxide and a Pd dioxide, and wherein a ratio of the Pd atom to a total of the metal X atom and the Pd atom which are contained in the recording layer is 4 to 85 atomic %.