Optical recording medium and recording and/or reproduction method using the same
US6057020A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2018 |
Classification
- 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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