A method of obtaining a single-layer optical WORM disc, comprising creation of a recording layer from two sub-layers, a lower sub-layer comprising fluorescent dye present in an amount of about 0.1 weight percent to 10 weight percent of the recording layer, and an upper sub-layer comprising a non-fluorescent dye capable of absorbing recording laser radiation and transforming the absorbed radiation to heat and a substance generating free radicals to decolorize the fluorescent dye, non-fluorescent dye, or both at high temperature.