Optical recording and reproducing method and apparatus having multiple recording layers

摘要

An optical recording medium having two or more information recording layers in which information is recorded at a high recording density. The optical recording medium is comprised of information recording layers between a first surface at which light is incident and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first information recording layer nearest to the second surface is a phase-modulation information recording layer, and the second information recording layer is a reflectance-modulation information recording layer.