OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF RECORDING INFORMATION, AZO METAL COMPLEX DYE, AND AZO METAL COMPLEX SALT DYE

摘要

An aspect of the present invention relates to an optical information recording medium comprising a recording layer on a surface of a support, wherein the recording layer comprises at least one azo metal complex dye that is a complex of at least one azo dye and at least one metal ion, and the azo metal complex dye comprises equal to or more than four bonds, each of the bonds being formed between one azo dye molecule and one metal ion.