COMPATIBLE OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

The present invention relates to a format of a recordable optical recording medium (8), which is designed in such a way that it can be read by any standard player and recorder, and to a method for manufacturing such an optical recording medium (8). According to the invention, the optical recording medium (8) has a recording layer with an active layer (82), which is composed of at least Pd, O, Te, and Cu. The active layer (82) is fabricated by reactive sputtering of a PdTe target and a Cu target within an O2/Ar atmosphere.