OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

The object of the present invention is to provide an optical recording medium which is excellent in the recording sensitivity and suitable for the high speed recording.Thus, the present invention is an optical recording medium comprising a substrate and a laser-writable and readable recording layer provided thereon, wherein said recording layer contains a chelate dye comprising two or more azo compounds having different structures and a divalent or more metal ion, and said azo compounds are a selected from azo compounds represented by the following general formula (I) and the general formula (II).