PROCESS FOR INTENTIONAL DETERIORATION OF THE CONTENTS OF AN OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

The invention relates to the field of optical information recording. In order to prevent abusive or fraudulent use of storage media, the invention provides a process for intentional degradation of information by application of a laser power below the normal power for reading information recorded in super-resolution on the media. This process relies on the surprising observation that a laser power below the super-resolution read power produces an irreversible degradation of the information recorded. This observation has been made with regard to media composed of a three-layer structure comprising an InSb or GaSb layer between two ZnS/SiO₂ layers. Application for protecting sensitive data.