摘要:
An objective lens for converging light onto a recording surface of an optical information recording medium in order to perform at least one of recording, reproduction and deletion of information on the optical information recording medium. The objective lens is a bi-convex single lens having at least one aspheric surface, and satisfies the following conditions: 0.8
摘要:
The present invention provides a first light source (21) that emits light of a first wavelength, that at least either records onto or reproduces information from an information recording medium (30), a light source (22) that emits light of a second wavelength that records onto or reproduces information from an information recording medium (33), a light source (23) that emits light of a third wavelength that records onto or reproduces information from an information recording medium (23), focusing means, an optical element (28) that passes light of the first wavelength and diffracts light of the second and third wavelengths, wherein the optical element (28) is an optical element in which grooves are formed in a substrate, wherein the expression: 380 nm≦(n−1)×d≦420 nm is satisfied, where n is a refractive index of the substrate at a wavelength of 400 nm, and d (nm) is a depth per step of the grooves, and wherein the grooves are formed in two steps of depth d and depth 2d.
摘要:
Providing an objective lens with a large numerical aperture (NA), the present invention records or plays conventional optical disks such as CDs and DVDs using an optical head capable of recording or reproducing high-density optical disks. An optical element (8) is provided between a first and second laser light source and an objective lens (18) for the purpose of converting a wave front of a second optical beam 32. Furthermore, the optical element (8) and the objective lens (18) are fixed to move as a single piece.
摘要:
An optical disk driving apparatus includes an optical head device having a laser light source, a converging optical system converging a light beam emitted by the laser light source onto an optical disk, a photo detector receiving reflected light reflected by the optical disk, and an aberration correcting optical system controlling aberration of the converging optical system; a motor rotating the optical disk; and a control section receiving a signal from the photo detector, wherein the converging optical system has an objective lens formed using resin as a main material, the aberration correcting optical system has a spherical aberration correcting element correcting spherical aberration, and the control section evaluates quality of a reproduction signal for information in the optical disk by using the reflected light received by the photo detector, and utilizes a result of the evaluation to perform closed loop control on the spherical aberration correcting element.
摘要:
An objective lens actuator is provided which includes two objective lenses mounted on a movable body, and which is capable of preventing the movable body from coming into contact or collision with a disk and whose thickness becomes thinner. When a light beam is concentrated and focused on a high-density optical disk, D1 represents the distance between the disk surface and the part of the movable body in the closest position to the disk; when a light beam is concentrated and focused on a CD, D2 represents the distance between the disk surface and the part of the movable body in the closest position to the disk; when a light beam is concentrated and focused on a DVD, D3 represents the distance between the disk surface and the part of the movable body in the closest position to the disk; and the following relational expression (1) is satisfied, D1
摘要:
An optical head according to the present invention includes: a first light source that emits light with a first wavelength; a beam splitter that splits the light emitted from the first light source into a first light beam traveling in a first direction and a second light beam traveling in a second direction different from the first direction; a first collimator lens for changing degrees of divergence of the first light beam; a first mirror that changes the traveling directions of the first light beam, of which the degrees of divergence have been changed; a first objective lens for converging the first light beam, which has had its traveling directions changed, toward a storage layer of a first optical disk; a mover that holds the first objective lens; a first photodetector that receives the first light beam reflected from the storage layer of the first optical disk and converts it into an electrical signal; a condenser lens for condensing the second light beam; and a second photodetector that receives the second light beam condensed by the condenser lens and converts it into an electrical signal.
摘要:
An optical head is provided with a light source for emitting a first laser beam having a first wavelength shorter than 430 nm, a two-wavelength light source for emitting a second laser beam having a second wavelength equal to or longer than 430 nm, a flat beam splitter in the form of a single plate for reflecting the first laser beam emitted from the light source, a wedge prism in the form of a single plate for reflecting the first laser beam reflected by the flat beam splitter and transmitting the second laser beam emitted from the two-wavelength light source, and an objective lens for focusing the first laser beam reflected by the wedge prism on an information recording surface of a BD. The light source is arranged such that the optical axis of the first laser beam emitted from the light source is inclined with respect to that of the second laser beam emitted from the two-wavelength light source. By this construction, the miniaturization of the optical head can be realized.
摘要:
An optical pickup includes: a laser light source which outputs an divergent beam having an elliptical far-field pattern; a beam shaping element having at least one cylindrical plane and which shapes the divergent beam outputted from the laser light source into an divergent beam having a prescribed shape in which at least the length in the major axis direction of the elliptical shape is shortened; a light collecting portion having a beam splitter which perpendicularly collects the divergent beam that is outputted from the beam shaping element and which has a prescribed shape on the recording surface of an optical disk, and a mirror or the like; and a light detecting portion The optical axis of the divergent beam is rotated so that the direction in which the major axis of the divergent beam having a prescribed shape is shortened conforms to the radial direction of an optical information recording medium.
摘要:
A small optical pickup of wide spherical aberration correction range is provided. The optical pickup includes a rising mirror for deflecting a light beam at substantially right angle and guiding to an entrance surface of the objective lens; a spherical aberration correction lens having one surface formed to a larger curvature than the other surface; a lens holder for holding the spherical aberration correction lens so that the surface of large curvature partially projects out towards the rising mirror side; a guide member extending in an optical axis direction of the spherical aberration correction lens sand having an end arranged to the side of a reflecting surface of the rising mirror; and a slidable part slidable along the guide member; wherein the projecting portion of the slidable part is configured to be fitted within the side surface of the reflecting surface of the rising mirror, and the projecting portion from the lens holder of the spherical aberration correction lens overlaps the reflecting surface of the rising mirror when the spherical aberration correction lens approaches the rising mirror the most.
摘要:
An optical head device is provided with a light source 1 for emitting a plurality of lights having different wavelengths, an objective lens 31 for focusing a light spot on an optical disc 21, an objective lens 32 for focusing light spots on optical discs 22 to 24, and a prism 53 for splitting a laser light having a wavelength of 405 nm from the light source 1 into a transmitting light and a reflected light, introducing the reflected light to the objective lens 31 and the transmitting light to the objective lens 32, and introducing laser lights having wavelengths of 660 nm, 780 nm from the light source 1 to the objective lens 32.