Optical recording medium, and, method and apparatus for optical recording and reproducing using optical recording medium

摘要

The object of the present invention is to provide an optical recording medium in which a recording material of the optical recording medium has a high solubility in an organic solvent, so that the recording material can be shaped to film by a coating process and the recording material is excellent in light-resistance and stability during the preservation, so that the optical recording medium is applicable to the recordable DVD. For the object, the present invention provides the optical recording medium comprising a substrate and at least a recording medium disposed on the substrate, wherein the recording medium comprises at least one type of formazan-metal chelate dyes.