An optical recording medium has a substrate, and a right absorbing layer serving as a recording layer formed of the substrate. The light absorbing layer contains a metallo-phthalocyanine compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein M is Mn, Fe, Co, Zn or Cd; and either A.sup.1 or A.sup.2, either A.sup.3...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US5580696?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5580696 - Optical recording medium and method of producing the same
