摘要:
An optical element comprises a polarization diffraction element (1) that is provided with diffraction gratings (3,4) that are respectively mounted on different faces of a transparent substrate (2) of a flat plate shape, which grating pitches are equal to each other and approximately equal to the wavelength of an incident light, and which grating lines are parallel; or comprises a phase shifting element or an antireflection element composed by a grating which grating pitch is approximately equal to the wavelength of an incident light (5), formed on a transparent base; or comprises a polarization diffraction element (1) that is provided with a substrate (2) made of a material having an optical anisotropy property, and a grating (3,4), and wherein the thickness of the substrate is set such that the difference that occurs between the phases of the P and S polarizations of a light due to the grating, and the difference that occurs between the phases of the two polarizations when the light propagates through the substrate, and cancel out; or comprises a polarization diffraction unit wherein a diffraction grating which grating pitch is approximately equal to the wavelength of an incident light, is formed on a face of a transparent substrate, and a phase compensating grating which grating lines are substantially orthogonal to the grating lines of the diffraction grating, is formed on the other face of the substrate. An optical pickup device comprises an optical element wherein a grating which grating pitch is approximately equal to the wavelength of an incident light, is formed on a transparent base. An optical pickup device comprises a polarized light detecting unit provided with a diffraction grating which grating pitch is approximately equal to the wavelength of an incident light, that is formed on a transparent substrate, and that splits the incident light into two polarized lights having mutually orthogonal polarizations; a first photodetector that is mounted integrally and virtually in parallel with the substrate, and that receives a zeroth-order diffracted light produced by the diffraction grating; and a second photodetector that is located in the same plane as the first photodetector and mounted integrally with the first photodetector and the substrate, and that receives a first-order diffracted light produced by the diffraction grating. As a result, a simple and inexpensive optical element may be fabricated, and a compact and light optical pickup device may be designed. Furthermore, the access to a magneto-optical recording medium may be performed accurately, and recording signals of high quality may be obtained.
摘要:
An optical information recording and reproducing device is provided. The device includes a light source for emitting a light beam, a first diffraction element for splitting the light beam into at least three diffracted beams, an optical system guiding the diffracted beams to a recording medium, and a second diffraction element including at least one division line and a diffraction surface from which the diffracted beams are diffracted. The diffraction surface is divided into at least two regions by the division line or lines. One of the division lines is at a predetermined angle against the direction of a track on the recording medium, and the regions split each of the diffracted beams into at least two parts to diffract the parts in different directions. The device also includes an optical detecting element for detecting the light beams diffracted with the second diffraction element.
摘要:
A display apparatus of the invention includes: a plurality of display devices (111, 112, 113) arranged in one direction (A), each of the plurality of display devices (111, 112, 113) having a display area (111a, 112a, 113a); and a plurality of image transmission means (131, 132, 133) corresponding to the respective display devices (111, 112, 113), one end face (D) of each of the image transmission means (131, 132, 133) being coupled to a display area (111a, 112a, 113a) of the corresponding one of the display devices (111, 112, 113), other end faces (C) of the image transmission means (131, 132, 133) corresponding to the adjacent ones of the display devices (111, 112, 113) being in contact with each other, the plurality of image transmission means (131, 132, 133) being bent toward the one direction in which the display devices (111, 112, 113) are arranged.
摘要:
A polarization diffraction element (11) comprising two diffraction gratings (13, 14) formed on both faces of a substrate (12) respectively. Both the diffraction gratings (13, 14) have grating lines which are arranged at the same grating pitch, and whose directions mutually form a predetermined minute angle. The grating lines may also be arranged parallel to each other. In this case, the relationship between grating pitches D₁, D₂ of the respective diffraction gratings and the wavelength λ of an incident light is expressed as: In a polarization detector employing this polarization diffraction element (11), a single converging lens (16) of a small effective diameter separates one polarization from another polarization and converges them separately on different photodetectors (18, 19). Consequently, a still more compact and lightweight optical pickup can be manufactured.
摘要:
An optical element comprises a polarization diffraction element (1) that is provided with diffraction gratings (3,4) that are respectively mounted on different faces of a transparent substrate (2) of a flat plate shape, which grating pitches are equal to each other and approximately equal to the wavelength of an incident light, and which grating lines are parallel; or comprises a phase shifting element or an antireflection element composed by a grating which grating pitch is approximately equal to the wavelength of an incident light (5), formed on a transparent base; or comprises a polarization diffraction element (1) that is provided with a substrate (2) made of a material having an optical anisotropy property, and a grating (3,4), and wherein the thickness of the substrate is set such that the difference that occurs between the phases of the P and S polarizations of a light due to the grating, and the difference that occurs between the phases of the two polarizations when the light propagates through the substrate, and cancel out; or comprises a polarization diffraction unit wherein a diffraction grating which grating pitch is approximately equal to the wavelength of an incident light, is formed on a face of a transparent substrate, and a phase compensating grating which grating lines are substantially orthogonal to the grating lines of the diffraction grating, is formed on the other face of the substrate. An optical pickup device comprises an optical element wherein a grating which grating pitch is approximately equal to the wavelength of an incident light, is formed on a transparent base. An optical pickup device comprises a polarized light detecting unit provided with a diffraction grating which grating pitch is approximately equal to the wavelength of an incident light, that is formed on a transparent substrate, and that splits the incident light into two polarized lights having mutually orthogonal polarizations; a first photodetector that is mounted integrally and virtually in parallel with the substrate, and that receives a zeroth-order diffracted light produced by the diffraction grating; and a second photodetector that is located in the same plane as the first photodetector and mounted integrally with the first photodetector and the substrate, and that receives a first-order diffracted light produced by the diffraction grating. As a result, a simple and inexpensive optical element may be fabricated, and a compact and light optical pickup device may be designed. Furthermore, the access to a magneto-optical recording medium may be performed accurately, and recording signals of high quality may be obtained.
摘要:
An optical head comprising a diffracting element having two tracking diffracting regions separated by a division line extending in a direction corresponding to a track direction of a recording medium, and one focusing diffracting region separated from the tracking diffracting regions by a division line extending in a direction corresponding to a radial direction of the recording medium. The optical head further comprises a light receiving element having two tracking light receiving regions for receiving diffracted lights produced in the tracking diffracting regions, and two adjoining focusing light receiving regions for receiving a diffracted light produced in the focusing diffracting region. The diffracted light produced in the focusing diffracting region always has a substantially constant light intensity, even when a tracking error occurs. As a result, an offset can be prevented from occurring in a focus error signal by finely adjusting the diffracting element.
摘要:
An external magnetic field device for a magnetooptical information recording and reproducing apparatus in which an external magnetic field to be applied to a magnetooptical information recording medium is modulated by supplying to a magnetic head (3) an alternate current the polarity of which is changed according to information to be recorded. The device comprises an offset circuit (2) for producing an offset in the alternate current. The direction of the offset is selected so as to increase the current level of the polarity by which the initial magnetization of the information recording medium (4) is reversed. The direction of the offset may be selected so as to cancel the leakage magnetic field.