Write power adjustment method and information recording method
View Patent ↗In write power adjustment for an optical disc having a plurality of information storage layers, data of trial writing is varied by the influence of layers other than a target layer. It is difficult, therefore, to determine optimal write power. A modulation M[m] is obtained from a reproduction signal amplitude of a signal subjected to the trial writing performed with use of write powers Pw[m] (m being an integer) of a plurality of kinds. At least an optimum write power intercept Pint_opt is determined by fitting a relation between the Pw[m] and the M[m] by a modulation characteristic formula M=Masy×(1−(Pint−Pasy)/(Pw−Pasy)) having an asymptotic modulation Masy, a write power intercept Pint, and an asymptotic write power Pasy as parameters. Approximation accuracy by the fitting and/or quality of the trial writing signal are evaluated with use of at least the M[m], the modulation characteristic formula, and the Pint_opt. An optimum write power Pw_opt is calculated by performing a specified operation at least with use of the Pint_opt.
1. An evaluation method, comprising the steps of:
fitting a relation between write powers Pw[m] (m being an integer) of a plurality of kinds, and a modulation M[m] obtained from a reproduction signal amplitude of a signal subjected to trial writing, by a modulation characteristic formula M=Masy×(1−Pint−Pasy)/(Pw−Pasy)) having an asymptotic modulation (Masy), a write power intercept (Pint), and an asymptotic write power (Pasy) as parameters to obtain an optimal value of the asymptotic modulation (Masy_opt), an optimal value of the write power intercept (Pint_opt), and an optimal value of the asymptotic write power (Pasy_opt);
calculating a square of a correlation coefficient r between M (Pw[m]) obtained by substituting the Pw[m] into the modulation characteristic formula using the Masy_opt, the Pint_opt, and the Pasy_opt and the modulation M[m] obtained from the trial writing; and
evaluating whether or not the relationship between the write powers Pw[m] and the modulation M[m] is appropriate for write power adjustment with use of the square of a correlation coefficient r and a predetermined value.
2. The evaluation method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the predetermined value is 0.5, and write power adjustment is redone from the trial writing if the square of the correlation coefficient r is less than 0.5.
3. The evaluation method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the predetermined value is 0.5, and the step of calculating optimum write power is executed if the square of the correlation coefficient r is 0.5 or more.
4. The evaluation method according to claim 1 , wherein the correlation coefficient r is calculated by the following expression:
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5. The evaluation method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
recording information with write waveforms having the write powers after the evaluation.