Abstract:
An optical device diffracts incident light with a hologram element 19 and receives the diffracted light with light receiving regions 20A to 29 on a light receiving element 12. The light receiving element 12 separately receives reflected main beams used to read information from an optical disc and reflected sub-beams used for a tracking operation with different ones of the light receiving regions. The light receiving regions to receive the reflected main beams are common irrespective of the wavelengths of the reflected main beams. The light receiving regions to receive the reflected sub-beams are different depending on the wavelengths of the reflected sub-beams. The optical device can record and/or reproduce information signals to and/or from optical discs, which need light sources of different wavelengths, without the influence of unnecessary reflected light from the optical discs or without complicating operation of output signals.
Abstract:
An optical device diffracts incident light with a hologram element 19 and receives the diffracted light with light receiving regions 20A to 29 on a light receiving element 12. The light receiving element 12 separately receives reflected main beams used to read information from an optical disc and reflected sub-beams used for a tracking operation with different ones of the light receiving regions. The light receiving regions to receive the reflected main beams are common irrespective of the wavelengths of the reflected main beams. The light receiving regions to receive the reflected sub-beams are different depending on the wavelengths of the reflected sub-beams. The optical device can record and/or reproduce information signals to and/or from optical discs, which need light sources of different wavelengths, without the influence of unnecessary reflected light from the optical discs or without complicating operation of output signals.
Abstract:
In a photo pickup device, an incident area 30 for a reflection light of a light spot is divided into four areas 30a˜30d by parting lines 31, 32 making axial-symmetrical angles with a direction Y of a projected track on an optical disc. In these areas, the so-divided areas 30a, 30c are formed so as to diffract the light in one or more directions in a range of 90 degrees ±20 degrees to the direction Y and impress misalignment on each diffraction light. In each diffraction light, two focal lines produced due to the astigmatism make approx. 45 degrees with the direction Y of the projected track. Further, the divided areas 30b, 30d are characterized by diffracting the light in one or more directions in a range of 90 degrees ±20 degrees to the direction Y.
Abstract:
An optical pickup includes a first laser beam light source 1 for emitting a light flux of a first wavelength, a diffraction grating 5 and an optical device 6 having a second laser beam light source 7 for emitting a light flux of a second wavelength and a hologram element 8. In operation, the diffraction grating 5 diffracts the backward light of the first wavelength at a predetermined angle. The hologram element 8 diffracts the backward light of the second wavelength by a first area 8a and also diffracts the backward light of the first wavelength at a reversed-polarity angle to the first area 8a by a second area 8b.
Abstract:
An optical device includes a sub-mount 2 mounting first and second semiconductor lasers 1a, 1b and having an onboard part for the semiconductor lasers and an optical-path conversion mirror 7 integrated with each other, and a light receiving element 11 arranged on a light receiving element substrate to have first and second light receiving regions separated from each other by at least one parting line. In the optical device, one light gravity center of an optical spot, which is formed on the light receiving element 11 by homeward flux of light emitted from the first semiconductor laser 1a and reflected by an optical disc 55, and another light gravity center of an optical spot, which is formed on the light receiving element 11 by homeward flux of light emitted from the second semiconductor laser 1b and reflected by the optical disc 55 are together positioned on the parting line.
Abstract:
An optical device diffracts incident light with a hologram element and receives the diffracted light with light receiving faces 20A to 29 on a light receiving element. Reflected sub-beams used for a tracking operation are received with different ones of the light receiving faces depending on the wavelengths of the reflected sub-beams. When first light receiving faces 22, 23, 26, and 27 are receiving an incident beam of a first wavelength, output signals from the first light receiving faces and output signals from the other light receiving faces 24, 25, 28, and 29 are processed to detect an unnecessary light component. The optical device can record and/or reproduce information signals to and/or from optical discs such as DVDs and CDs which need light sources of different wavelengths, without the influence of unnecessary reflected light from the optical discs or without complicating operation of output signals.
Abstract:
An optical pickup having a simple structure and that is capable of recording using a plurality of wavelengths is provided, comprising a primary laser light source for emitting a primary laser light having a first wavelength and that is of sufficient power for recording, an integrated device further comprising a secondary laser light source for emitting a secondary laser light having a second wavelength that is longer than the first wavelength and that is of sufficient power for recording as well as light receiving elements for receiving the light of the primary and secondary laser lights, and a polarized light beam splitter having polarization selectivity in respect of the secondary laser light.
Abstract:
A reflected beam 6 is diffracted by regions 7a and 7b of a hologram 71, these diffracted beams are converged or diverged, and ±1-order diffracted beams from each region are received by light-receiving regions 9a+to 9b−arranged apart from the center of the hologram by a distance almost optically equal to the distance between the center point of the hologram and a convergence (focal) point of the 0-order reflected beam. Three signals obtained from three regions of each light-receiving region are calculated to obtain a focus signal, and, at the same time, signals obtained from four regions of each light-receiving region are calculated to obtain a tracking signal, so that, by using both the ±1-order diffracted beams, a focus error signal detected by the SSD method and a tracking error signal detected by the DPD method are simultaneously obtained with high efficiency and high precision.
Abstract:
Tilt error detecting apparatus detects a surface tilt of a disc (26) and produces a tilt-error signal (TE) for servo control of optical pickup which is to follow the surface tilt. The apparatus has a movable portion (B) carrying an objective lens (16) for writing/reading optical information on/from a recording surface (26A) of the disc and a mirror (52) or a semi-transparent mirror (24) movable together with the objective lens, and a stationary portion (A) carrying a light beam source (10, 12, 14, 22, 50) for projecting a detection beam (LC.sub.1) to the recording surface through the mirror. The detection beam is reflected at the mirror like recording surface and forms a reflected beam (LC.sub.2). Aperture is provided on the stationary portion for passing a part of the reflected beam, the partly passed reflected beam is projected on a detector which produces the tilt-error signal depending on a position of a beam spot (LC3) produced thereon by the partly passed reflected beam. In one of the two embodiments, the semi-transparent mirror (24) directs the reflected beam toward the aperture.
Abstract:
In a photo pickup device, a hologram element 13 is divided into eight areas. In operation, the hologram elements adds different lens powers to four diffraction lights forming two pairs of diffraction-light groups. In the photo pickup device, a light receiving element 19 is divided into four areas to receive these diffraction lights. The photo pickup device outputs signals corresponding to four quadrants A, B, C and D forming a reflection light from an optical disc 5, allowing a focus-error signal to be calculated in the same logic as an “astigmatism method”.