摘要:
A device for optically measuring an aspheric surface includes a fringe-scanning shearing interferometer for applying a wavefront of illuminating light to the aspheric surface and optically measuring the aspheric surface based on light reflected by the aspheric surface along a measurement optical path. A plurality of ring filters having respective different light-transmitting areas are successively positionable, one at a time, in the illuminating light and outside of the measurement optical path for applying divided portions of the wavefront of illuminating light successively to the aspheric surface. The radius of curvature of the wavefront of illuminating light applied to the aspheric surface is measured.
摘要:
A method of measuring the origin and amount of a shear between a basic light beam and a reference light beam in a shearing interferometric system. To detect the shear origin, shutters are disposed respectively in the optical paths of the basic and reference light beams. The basic and reference light beams are guided through a condenser lens toward a four-segment light detector. First, the optical path of the reference light beam is closed to allow only the basic light beam to fall on the four-segment light detector. By adjusting the position of the light detector, the position of the basic light beam is identified. Then, the optical path of the basic light beam is closed to allow only the reference light beam to reach the light detector. While output signals from the light detector are being monitored, a shearing member is displaced to shift the reference light beam to detect the shear origin in which the reference and basic light beams are overlapped. To measure the shear amount, light of a plane wave is used as the basic light beam, and the basic and reference light beams caused by an imaging lens to fall on an area sensor are of plane wavefronts. An interference fringe pattern on the area sensor is measured by a fringe scanning process to determine an angle at which the wavefronts of the basic and reference light beams are inclined to each other. The shear amount is computed from the determined angle and the focal length of the imaging lens.
摘要:
An optical pickup apparatus couples light beams, and corrects a chromatic aberration and a spherical aberration. A coupling lens includes groups of lenses common to the light sources so as to converge a light beam from each of the light sources. An aperture changes an aperture diameter for the light beam, which has been converged by the coupling lens, in accordance with one of the light sources from which the light beam is emitted. An objective lens converges the light beam onto a recording surface of one of the optical information recording media corresponding to the one of the light sources that emits the light beam. A lens moving mechanism moves at least one group of lenses from among the groups of lenses of the coupling lens in a direction of an optical axis thereof in accordance with an aperture diameter of the aperture.
摘要:
A light source unit comprises a plurality of light sources emitting a plurality of light beams. A plurality of volume hologram elements are provided for the plurality of light sources respectively, each volume hologram element having a plane of incidence of an incoming light beam and a plane of outgoing radiation of a diffracted light beam which are perpendicular to each other, the plurality of volume hologram elements having mutually different Bragg conditions in which an optical intensity of a diffracted light beam is set to a maximum.
摘要:
An objective lens causes light emitted from the light source to converged onto an optical recording medium. A beam splitter separates light, reflected from the optical recording medium, from the bundle of rays emitted from the light source. A detective lens causes the light separated by means of the beam splitter to be converged. A detective photosensitive element is disposed at a position at which the light converged by means of the detective lens approximately converges. The detective lens has a first and second surfaces. The first surface faces the beam splitter and is formed to be convex so as to cause the bundle of rays to converge. The second surface comprises two surfaces which are combined with one another so that the line of intersection, formed where the two surfaces meet, does not intersect the axis associated with the convexity of the first surface.
摘要:
A focus error signal detection device comprising an optical system for guiding a reflection beam reflected from an optical information recording medium to a photo-detection system side. A beam dividing system is arranged for dividing the reflection beam to two beams. Two photo-detecting units are arranged for detecting the two divided beams, respectively, each unit having light receiving surfaces arranged on a same plane. A beam position adjusting system is arranged for adjusting optical axes of the two divided beams with respect to predetermined positions of the photo-detecting units by simultaneously moving the two detecting units with respect to the beam dividing system.
摘要:
An optical information recording/reproducing apparatus comprises a semi-reflecting means which receives a emitted laser light emitted from a light source, which reflect partially the received laser light toward an optical information recording medium in order to record an information, and which transmits a reflected laser light reflected by the optical information recording medium, a separating means which has the semi-reflecting means on one surface thereof, which diffracts a part of the transmitted laser light, transmits the other part of the transmitted laser light, and then subsequently diffracts said diffracted light again to produce twice diffracted light and transmits said transmitted light again to produce twice transmitted light, and a detecting means which detects the diffracted laser light and the transmitted laser light to thereby generate an information reproduction signal, a track error signal and a focus error signal.
摘要:
A linear solar energy collector system includes reflective lines arranged in parallel in a south-north direction, heliostats mounted on the reflective lines, respectively, each comprised of mirror segments to reflect solar radiation, a light receiving line set above the reflective lines in a east-west direction, a receiver mounted on the light receiving line, to receive light reflected from the heliostats and collect heat from the light, and an angular adjuster to adjust angles of the mirror segments individually to irradiate a same light receiving area on the receiver with the reflected light from east-west neighboring reflective lines and thereby adjust a concentration ratio.
摘要:
A parallel image processing apparatus includes (1) a light diffusing layer, (2) a photoelectric conversion layer which receives diffused light from the diffusion layer, and (3) an edge detection layer which receives signals from conversion elements in the conversion layer, and generates edge information which defines the edge of object(s) imaged on the light diffusing layer. The conversion layer includes pairs of conversion elements, the pairs having a center element and a peripheral element surrounding it. Signals from one or more center elements are summed, the sum being differentially amplified with a sum of signals from one or more peripheral elements to arrive at an edge signal. Edge signals may be used to differentiate among characters, pictures or photographs, and a blank images.
摘要:
A focusing method for interferometer wherein a light flux passing through a converter lens for converting the shape of wave fronts is caused to be incident on a tested surface and a testing light beam reflected by the tested surface is caused to be incident on a light receiving element capable of measuring the distribution of intensity of the light at least one-dimensionally. The tested surface is moved in the direction of its center axis until it reaches a position in which the vertex of the tested surface coincides with the focus of the converter lens and the output of the light receiving element shows a peak value, and the tested surface is further moved, from the position referred to hereinabove which serves as a reference position, in the direction of its center axis.