Abstract:
There is provided an optical disc drive for recordation/reproduction for three types of optical discs by selectively using one of three types of light beams. The optical disc drive comprises an objective lens. The objective lens has a step structure which gives an optical path length difference to an incident beam at each step. When the third laser beam passes through the objective lens, the objective lens produces normal diffraction order light converging to a recording surface of the third optical disc and undesired diffraction order light converging to a point deviating from the recording surface of the third optical disc. A distance from a point to which the normal diffraction order light converges to a point to which the undesired diffraction order light converges is larger than or equal to twice a pull-in range of a focus error signal obtained when the third optical disc is used.
Abstract:
There is provided an objective lens used for three types of optical discs including by selectively using one of three types of light beams. At least one of surfaces of the objective lens is provided with a first region converging the third light beam on a recoding surface of the third optical disc. The first region has a step structure configured to have concentric refractive surface zones and to give an optical path length difference to an incident beam at each step formed between adjacent refractive surface zones. The step structure is configured such that the optical path length difference given by each step is substantially equal to an odd multiple of a wavelength of a first light beam, and a value of differentiation of an optical path difference function defining the step structure crosses zero in a height ranging from 30% to 70% of an effective diameter of the first region.
Abstract:
There is provided a scanning optical system including a collimator lens being placed on an optical path between a light source and a deflecting system. At least one of a front surface and a rear surface of the collimator lens includes a central area through which part of the laser beam in the vicinity of a central axis of the laser beam passes, at least one first outer area having an effect on the laser beam so that the laser beam after passing through said at least one first outer area is given a first phase difference not including a phase difference of zero, and at least one second outer area having an effect on the laser beam so that the laser beam after passing through said at least one second outer area is given a second phase difference being different from the first phase difference and including a phase difference of zero.
Abstract:
An objective lens used for recording data to and/or reproducing data from a plurality of types of optical discs having different thicknesses of cover layers. The objective lens satisfies a condition 0.02
Abstract:
There is provided an objective lens including a first optical member and a second optical member which are made of materials different from each other and are cemented together at a cementing surface. The cementing surface includes a first phase shift structure having a plurality of refractive surface zones concentrically formed about an optical axis of the objective lens. The first phase shift structure satisfies conditions (1) and (2): 0.85
Abstract:
A phase shift element having a central area (for transmitting part of an incident laser beam in the vicinity of the beam central axis) and a first area (giving the laser beam incident thereon a phase difference π relative to a beam passing through the central area) is placed on an optical path between a laser light source and a polygon mirror of a scanning optical system. The scanning optical system including such a phase shift element is installed in a printer. By the effect of the phase shift element, the intensity of side lobes (several rings of light accompanying the main beam) is prevented from exceeding a threshold value even when optical surfaces of an imaging optical system of the scanning optical system have certain microscopic undulations, by which black stripes occurring in halftone printing can be eliminated.
Abstract:
There is provided an objective lens used for a plurality of types of optical discs having a front surface and a rear surface, each of which includes an inner region and an outer region. The outer region has a surface shape which suppresses a coma caused when a beam used for a first optical disc is incident thereon obliquely with respect to an optical axis of the objective lens. The inner region is configured such that, at a boundary position between the inner region and the outer region, the coma caused when a beam used for a second optical disc is incident on the inner region obliquely at a first angle with respect to the optical axis is less than the coma caused when the beam used for the second optical disc is incident on the outer region obliquely at the first angle with respect to the optical axis. Further, an inclination θ2A of the inner region and an inclination θ2B of the outer region of the rear surface satisfy a condition: −2.5
Abstract:
There is provided an objective optical system used for information recording/reproducing for three types of optical discs. The objective optical system includes an objective lens, and a diffraction structure formed on an optical surface. The diffraction structure includes a first area for contributing to converging the third light beam. The first area includes first and second steps defined by first and second optical path difference functions, respectively. The first step is configured such that diffraction orders at which diffraction efficiencies for the first, second and third light beams are maximized are 1st order, 0-th order and 0-th order, respectively. The first step satisfies a condition: −0.36×102
Abstract:
There is provided an objective lens used for an optical information recording/reproducing device for recording information to and/or reproducing information from two types of optical discs, by selectively using one of two types of substantially collimated light beams including first and second light beams. When wavelengths of the first and second light beams are respectively represented by λ1 (nm) and λ2 (nm), λ1
Abstract translation:提供了一种用于光信息记录/再现装置的物镜,用于通过选择性地使用包括第一和第二光束的两种类型的基本上准直的光束中的一种来从两种类型的光盘记录信息和/或再现信息。 当第一和第二光束的波长分别由λ1(nm)和λ2(nm)表示时,满足λ1<λ2。 物镜包括第一光学元件和由与第一光学元件不同的材料制成的第二光学元件。 第一和第二光学元件通过固井表面胶合。 此外,物镜被配置为满足以下条件:0.006 <{(nR·丁·2·n························({ 2 3)+ 8×A fort 42}×f ud 1 3 + 2.29] <0.038。 (1)
Abstract:
An objective lens, for an optical information read/write device that performs read/write operations on each of a plurality of optical discs using a corresponding one of three laser beams having first, second, and third wavelengths λ1, λ2, and λ3 (nm) satisfying a relationship λ1