摘要 |
An information recording medium is disclosed, comprising a substrate having provided thereon a recording layer capable of recording information by a laser ray, wherein the recording layer contains a dye compound represented by formula (I-1):wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, L1, L2 and L3 each independently represents a methine group which may have a substituent, m represents 0, 1, 2 or 3, Xk+ represents a cation and k represents an integer of from 1 to 10, provided that when m is 2 or 3, the plurality of L2 and L3 groups may be the same or different. Also disclosed is an information recording method using the above-described information recording medium.
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