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Optical recording medium and recording and/or reproduction method using the same

US6057020A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 27, 1998
Grant dateMay 2, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 27, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/21
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical recording medium has a substrate and a recording layer which is formed on the substrate and contains an azo metal chelate compound including an azo moiety of formula (I) and a bivalent or trivalent metal; ##STR1## wherein X is OH group, CooH group or CONH.sub.2 group; Y is a residual group forming a heterocyclic ring in combination with nitrogen atoms bonded thereto; and Z is a residual group forming an aromatic ring in combination with carbon atoms bonded thereto. In addition, there is provided a method of recording information and reproducing the information using the above-mentioned optical recording medium.

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