摘要:
A selective diffractive optical element includes a first diffractive region having a first design on a first surface of a substrate, and a second diffractive regio having a second design on the first surface of the substrate, the first and second designs being different, wherein, by altering a position of a cross - section of an illumination beam, the selective diffractive optical element outputs a desired combination of the two diffraction patterns.
摘要:
A diffractive optical element comprises a first diffraction surface (17a) that does not diffract a light beam (21a) having a first wavelength λ1 nor a light beam (21a) having a third wavelength λ3 and diffracts a light beam (21b) having a second wavelength λ2 and a second diffraction surface (17b) that does not diffract the light beam (21a) having the first wavelength λ1 nor the light beam (21b) having the second wavelength λ2 and diffracts the light beam (21c) having the third wavelength. The first to third wavelengths are different from one another. The first and second diffraction surfaces satisfy the condition Λ / λ ≥ 8 where Λ is the smallest pitch among the pitches each of which represents the width causing the phase difference of one wavelength when wave fronts nearest to each other are connected at the adjacent steps of the diffraction surface, and λ is the wavelength of the diffracted light.
摘要:
An objective lens used for an optical pickup device wherein the optical pickup device includes: light source; and a converging optical system including the objective lens for converging a light beam emitted from the light source to an information recording surface of an optical information recording medium, and the optical pickup device is capable of recording and/or reproducing information by converging the light beam emitted from the light source to the information recording surface of the optical information recording medium with the converging optical system, the objective lens being a plastic single lens and satisfying following formulas when NA is an image-side numerical aperture required for recording and/or reproducing information to the optical information recording medium and f (mm) is a focal length of the objective lens. Even in a plastic single lens having a high NA, thermal aberration does not increase excessively, and in a plastic single lens of a refraction type, thermal aberration within the temperature range of practical use in an optical pickup device is suppressed within an allowable range. NA ≥ 0.8 1.0 > f > 0.2
摘要:
Provided are an optical pickup apparatus, an objective optical element, and an optical information recording and reproducing apparatus, capable of recording and/or reproducing information in a compatible way to different types of optical discs. The optical pickup apparatus comprises a first light source that emits a first light flux, a second light source that emits a second light flux, a third light source that emits a third light flux, and an objective optical element. The optical surface of the objective optical element has at least two areas of a central area and a peripheral area surrounding the central area, wherein the central area has a first optical path difference giving structure and the peripheral area has a second optical path difference giving structure. The objective optical element focuses the light fluxes passing through its central and peripheral areas on the information recording surfaces of respective prescribed optical discs so that the information can be recorded and/or reproduced. The first optical path difference giving structure is formed by superimposing a first basic structure and a second basic structure having respective predetermined structures on each other.
摘要:
An aberration compensating optical element includes: a diffractive structure having a plurality of ring-shaped zone steps formed into substantially concentric circles on at least one surface of the aberration compensating optical element; wherein the aberration compensating optical element is adapted for being disposed on an optical path between a light source for emitting a light having a wavelength of not more than 550nm, and an objective lens made of a material having an Abbe constant of not more than 95.0 at a d-line; and wherein the following inequality is satisfied: P λ1 λ0 λ2 , where P λ0 is a paraxial power (mm -1 ) of the aberration compensating optical element at the wavelength λ 0 of the light emitted from the light source; P λ1 is a paraxial power (mm -1 ) of the aberration compensating optical element at a wavelength λ 1 which is 10nm shorter than the wavelength λ 0 ; and P λ2 is a paraxial power (mm -1 ) of the aberration compensating optical element at a wavelength λ 2 which is 10nm longer than the wavelength λ 0 .
摘要:
A light converging optical system for use in an optical pickup apparatus which conducts reproducing and/or recording information for a first optical information recording medium (31) and a second optical information recording medium (32) using light fluxes emitted by a first light source and a second light source respectively, includes an objective optical element (40) being a single lens; a first optical element (50) being a single lens; and a phase difference giving structure formed on at least one optical surface of optical surfaces of the objective optical element and the first optical element and for giving a phase difference, the phase difference giving structure having a chromatic aberration correcting function for correcting a chromatic aberration in such a way that when the wavelength of a light flux emitted from the first light source varies, the phase difference giving structure corrects a varied aberration quantity before and after the wavelength variation.
摘要:
A light converging optical system for use in an optical pickup apparatus which conducts reproducing and/or recording information for a first optical information recording medium and a second optical information recording medium using light fluxes emitted by a first light source and a second light source respectively, includes an objective optical element being a single lens; a first optical element being a single lens; and a phase difference giving structure formed on at least one optical surface of optical surfaces of the objective optical element and the first optical element and for giving a phase difference, the phase difference giving structure having a chromatic aberration correcting function for correcting a chromatic aberration in such a way that when the wavelength of a light flux emitted from the first light source varies, the phase difference giving structure corrects a varied aberration quantity before and after the wavelength variation.