摘要:
In an integrated optical unit of the present invention, a photo detector (12) and a holding member (17) that sustains a semiconductor laser (11) are provided on a polarizing beam splitter (14). This makes it possible to reduce a deviation from a designed value due to tolerance, and adjust a relative positional relationship between the semiconductor laser (11) and the photo detector (12). Therefore, returned light from an optical disk (4) is accurately adjusted with respect to a division line of a photo-detecting device (13). As a result, stable servo-control is realized, and an information signal with fine quality is obtained.
摘要:
An optical pickup (20) projects a read beam onto an optical disc (40) as an optical storage medium which is driven to rotate by a spindle motor (30) and receives its reflection. A laser beam from a laser producing element (21) passes through a liquid crystal panel (25) and guided to an objective lens (26). The panel (25) is provided to correct spherical aberration caused by an irregular thickness of a transparent substrate of the optical disc (40). A control circuit (50) changes a spherical aberration correction signal SA to carry out sampling more than once, covering a range of the output of an optical sensor (31) where the output shows large changes. The circuit (50) determines the position of a peak of an approximation curve through calculation and designates that position as the magnitude of correction. Thus, the optical pickup (20) can quickly and accurately detect the magnitude of the correction of the spherical aberration caused by an irregular thickness of the optical disc (40).
摘要:
Beam shaping means may have a shaping ratio set to allow a light beam emitted from a semiconductor laser and having an elliptic intensity distribution to have an ellipticity of no more than two to obtain a spot achieving high light availability and reduced in size. Furthermore, the shaping ratio can be set to no more than 2.5 to allow a polalized-beam splitter (light separation means) and other components to be arranged in a converged flux passing between the semiconductor laser and a collimator lens.