The compact disc erasable (CD-E) disc has been developed with Ag-In-Sb
-Te phase-change recording material. The disc has been designed for re
cording at a speed twice that of conventional CD's. The CD-E disc has
high modulation, high sensitivity, wide power margin after 1000 overwr
ite cycles and high reliability. It is readable using CD-ROM players a
nd recordable using CD-R recorders with minimum modification.