Affecting
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RW+ discs, the ones that can be written on over and over, use the writing laser to modify a metal layer inside the disc, changing its "phase" from crystalline (which reflects light) to amorphous (which absorbs it), affecting the shininess enough to create "pits."
Source: Useful Notes / Optical Disc
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