Optical information recording/reproducing method

Abstract

An optical information recording/reproducing method includes that information is recorded on a rotary disk in an optically discriminative form, a light emitted from a light source is focused on the surface of the disk to form a light spot, the information is scanned with the light spot relative thereto in a rotating direction of the disk, and a reflection light or transmitting light from the disk is collected by an optical system to record or reproduce the information. An optically discriminative first information mark having a frequency higher than a spatial frequency resolvable by the optical system is recorded on the surface of the disk, an optically discriminative second information mark having a spatial frequency component higher than that resolvable by the optical system is overwrite-recorded on the first information mark, and a frequency component which is prepared from the first and second information marks and which is higher than the spatial frequency resolvable by the optical system is converted into a spatial frequency component detectable by the optical system.

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