Optical recording medium, master for manufacturing same, and optical recording/reproducing apparatus

A master for use to produce an optical recording medium having pit trains formed along recording tracks thereof and to and/or from which data is written and/or read by focusing thereon a light having a predetermined wavelength, the master having formed thereon:

• concavity-convexity patterns for the pit trains of pits, formed for first and second ones of them to be adjacent to each other;
• and
• the first and second pit train patterns being formed to meet following relations (5) and (6) or (7) and (8) on the assumption that:
• the refractive index of a material extending from the light incident surface of the optical recording medium to a surface of the optical recording medium on which the pit trains are formed is n;
• the wavelength of a light used to write and/or read data to and/from the optical recording medium is λ;
• the depth of the pits in the first train is x′;
• the depth of the pits in the second train is y′;
• the phase depth of the first pit train expressed by x′×n/λ is X′;
• the phase depth of the second pit train expressed by y′×n/λ is Y′;
• and
• K, L, M and N are arbitrary integers, respectively:
• 21 Y ′ ≥ ⁢ 0.5 ⁢ M + 73.0411 - 1098.4983 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) + ⁢ 6584.7191 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 2 - 19632.4312 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 3 + ⁢ 29119.8871 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 4 - 17190.8276 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 5 ( 5 ) Y ′ ≤ ⁢ 0.5 ⁢ M - 27.1270 + 307.9548 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) - ⁢ 1283.3732 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 2 + 2358.2052 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 3 - ⁢ 1620.1442 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 4 ( 6 ) Y ′ ≥ ⁢ 0.5 ⁢ N - 301.2370 + 2943.8278 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) - ⁢ 10617.5544 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 2 + 16767.2625 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 3 - ⁢ 9779.5969 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 4 ( 7 ) Y ′ ≤ ⁢ 0.5 ⁢ N + 10822.3214 - 136377.6645 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) + ⁢ 686724.6250 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 2 - 1727199.1853 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 3 + ⁢ 2169848.4081 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 4 - 1089274.1768 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 5 ( 8 )

An optical recording medium having a train of pits formed along a recording track thereof and to and/or from which data is written and/or read by focusing thereon a light having a predetermined wavelength;

• the train of pits being formed from first and second pit trains adjacent to each other, and the pits in one of the pit trains being different in depth from those in the other pit train;
• and
• the first and second pit trains being formed to meet following relations (13) and (14) or (15) and (16) on the assumption that:
• the refractive index of a material extending from the light incident surface of the optical recording medium to a surface of the optical recording medium on which the pit trains are formed is n;
• the wavelength of a light used to write and/or read data to and/from the optical recording medium is λ;
• the depth of the pits in the first train is x;
• the depth of the pits in the second train is y;
• the phase depth of the first pit train expressed by x×n/λ is X;
• the phase depth of the second pit train expressed by y×n/λ is Y;
• and
• K, L, M and N are arbitrary integers, respectively:
• 23 Y ≥ ⁢ 0.5 ⁢ M + 35.8289 - 569.0171 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ K ) + ⁢ 3607.3326 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 2 - 11369.4693 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 3 + ⁢ 17816.5986 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 4 - 11104.0253 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 5 ( 13 ) Y ≤ ⁢ 0.5 ⁢ M - 12.2807 + 148.0165 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ K ) - ⁢ 669.8877 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 2 + 1466.8185 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 3 - ⁢ 1589.1663 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 4 + 703.5593 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 5 ( 14 ) Y ≥ ⁢ 0.5 ⁢ N - 226.5608 + 1670.0195 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ L ) - ⁢ 4087.700 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 2 + 3326.6228 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 3 ( 15 ) Y ≤ ⁢ 0.5 ⁢ N - 9579.2677 + 92165.2641 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ L ) - ⁢ 332399.1612 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 2 + 532600.3255 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 3 - ⁢ 319883.9178 ⁢ ( X - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 4 ( 16 )

A master for use to produce an optical recording medium having a train of pits formed along a recording track thereof and to and/or from which data is written and/or read by focusing thereon a light having a predetermined wavelength, the master having formed thereon:

• concavity-convexity patterns for the pit trains of pits, formed for first and second ones of them to be adjacent to each other;
• and
• the first and second pit train patterns being formed to meet following relations (17) and (18) or (19) and (20) on the assumption that:
• the refractive index of a material extending from the light incident surface of the optical recording medium to a surface of the optical recording medium on which the pit trains are formed is n;
• the wavelength of a light used to write and/or read data to and/from the optical recording medium is λ;
• the depth of the pits in the first train is x′;
• the depth of the pits in the second train is y′;
• the phase depth of the first pit train expressed by x′×n/λ is X′;
• the phase depth of the second pit train expressed by y′×n/λ is Y′;
• and
• K, L, M and N are arbitrary integers, respectively:
• 24 Y ′ ≥ ⁢ 0.5 ⁢ M + 35.8289 - 569.0171 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) + ⁢ 3607.3326 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 2 - 11369.4693 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 3 + ⁢ 17816.5986 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 4 - 11104.0253 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 5 ( 17 ) Y ′ ≤ ⁢ 0.5 ⁢ M - 12.2807 + 148.0165 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) - ⁢ 669.8877 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 2 + 1466.8185 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 3 - ⁢ 1589.1663 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 4 + 703.5593 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ K ) 5 ( 18 ) Y ′ ≥ ⁢ 0.5 ⁢ N - 226.5608 + 1670.0195 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) - ⁢ 4087.700 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 2 + 3326.6228 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 3 ( 19 ) Y ′ < ⁢ 0.5 ⁢ N - 9579.2677 + 92165.2641 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) - ⁢ 332399.1612 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 2 + 532600.3255 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 3 - ⁢ 319883.9178 ⁢ ( X ′ - 0.5 ⁢ L ) 4 ( 20 )