INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

摘要

An information recording medium wherein high reliability and excellent repeated rewriting performance are ensured even without an interface layer, and a method for manufacturing such information recording medium are provided. The information recording medium, which performs recording and/or reproduction by light irradiation or electrical energy application, is provided with a material layer to which at least one element selected from a group (GM) composed of Sn and Ga and at least one element selected from a group (GL) composed of Ta and Y, and oxygen are added.