An information recording method in which an energy beam is irradiated to a
recording medium and a basic recording pattern is generated. The basic
recording pattern has a first power level provides a first state and a
second power level providing a second state. Based upon a period of a
recording timing generating clock in a recording mode, and a relative
velocity of the energy beam and the recording medium, there is formed a
first sequence of the second state and the first state based upon
parameters as a first small recording pattern, a second sequence which
starts with the first state and ends with the first state as a second
small recording pattern, a state in which the second small recording
pattern follows said the small recording pattern as the basic recording
pattern, and a state in which the basic recording patterns are repeated
as a recording pattern.