REWRITABLE OPTICAL INFORMATION MEDIUM

摘要

A rewritable optical information medium has a phase-change recording layer (3) on the basis of an alloy of Ge-Sb-Te-O, having the composition (GeaSbbTec)1-dOd, wherein: a+b+c=1 0.0001 a d a 0.035 The addition of oxygen considerably speeds up the crystallization rate of Ge-Sb-Te materials. Such a medium is suitable for high speed recording (i.e. at least eight times the CD-speed), such as for DVD-RAM and optical tape. The amount of oxygen in the recording layer (3) can be used to tune the crystallization rate to the desired value.