摘要:
A dual-stack optical data storage medium (20) is described for read out using a focused radiation beam (29) with a wavelength of 400-410 nm and a Numerical Aperture (NA) of 0.84-0.86. The medium has a substrate (21) and a first stack of layers named L0 (22) comprising a first information layer and a second stack of layers named L1 (23), comprising a second information layer. A radiation beam (29) transparent spacer layer (24) is present between L0 and L1. A transmission stack named TS0 with a thickness dTS0 and an effective refractive index nTS0 contains all layers between L0 and an entrance face (26) of the medium (20). A transmission stack named TS1 with a thickness dTS1 and an effective refractive index nTS1 containing all layers between L1 and the entrance face (26). The spacer layer (24) has a thickness selected from the range 20-30 μm, the thickness dTS0 in dependence on the refractive index nTS0 and the thickness dTS1 in dependence on the refractive index nTS0 are within a specified area. In this way a reliable read out of both the first and the second information layer of respectively L0 and L1 is achieved.
摘要:
Apparatus and method for measuring the depth of data record layers of an optical storage disc having a cover layer of thickness d, an entrance surface (S), and, for example, a first data layer (L0), a second data layer (L1) and a third data layer (L2). The optical apparatus comprises a spherical aberration compensator (SA), and an objective lens (OL) mounted in an actuator (AC), the actuator (AC) receiving a current I and being arranged and configured to move the objective lens (OL) in the z (axial) axis relative to the optical storage disc. Light incident on the objective lens (OL) is converged into a cone-like beam such that it is focussed on one of the data layers (D1). A control signal is used to keep the scanning spot focussed on the data layer (L1). This control signal is the focus error signal (FES) and is provided by the actuator drive (AC). In order to provide the spherical aberration compensator (SA) with right control signal, the depth of each data layer must be measured and means are provided for measuring the depth of the data layer(s) of a single- or multi-layer disc, and this achieved by using the distance between zero-crossings of the focus error signal (FES).
摘要:
A beam-shaping element comprises a cavity, a first: fluid and a second fluid having different indices of refraction. An optical axis extends through the cavity. The cavity has at least one curved surface extending transverse the optical axis. At least one pump is arranged to pump the fluids between a first configuration in which the first fluid occupies the cavity, and a second configuration in which the second fluid occupies the cavity.
摘要:
This invention relates to an optical scanning device for scanning an optical record carrier and detecting a tilt characteristic of the optical record carrier during scanning. The device includes a redirecting structure (26) arranged on an objective lens (10) to redirect a part of a radiation beam, when travelling towards the record carrier, differently to a main part of the radiation beam. The redirected beam part follows a path which is different to that of a path followed by the main beam part, towards a position sensitive detector in a detection system (16).
摘要:
The present invention enables to determine the property of a fluid, such as for the purposes of in vivo blood analysis. First the position of a volume of interest through which the fluid flows is determined by means of an optical detection step by making use of an objective. Preferably the optical detection step is an imaging step. Next the objective is moved to bring the focal point of the objective to the volume of interest. In this position an optical spectroscopic step is performed. This has the advantage that the measurement beam for performing the optical spectroscopy travels along the optical axis for optimum efficiency.
摘要:
The invention relates to an objective lens and an optical device for scanning different information carriers having different cover layer thicknesses, with different numerical apertures. The objective lens (10, 20) comprises at least an annular part (101, 201) having a first numerical aperture and a central part (102, 203) having a second numerical aperture. The second numerical aperture is higher than the first numerical aperture.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an optical scanning device for reading and/or writing on a plurality of tracks on an optical storage medium (1), said scanning device comprising optical means (17) for focusing a plurality of beams, after being reflected from said medium, onto an observation plane (22), and for introducing astigmatism into at least one of said reflected beams, and a photo-detector (18) comprising a plurality of detector segments, arranged in said observation plane (22) to receive said at least one astigmatic reflected beam. The scanning device further comprises means (19) for generating a focus error signal (FES) by combining signals produced by said detector segments, means (19) for generating a central aperture signal by adding signals from all the detector segments, and means (19, 21) for determining when said central aperture signal exceeds a predefined threshold, indicating a useful range of said focus error signal, and, when this is the case, adjusting the focus of said objective lens (15) based on said focus error signal. According to this design, the CA-signal ensures that tracking is only based on the focus error signal in a range in which tracking can be based on it, thereby ensuring satisfactory closed loop tracking.
摘要:
An optical scanning device (1) is for scanning an information layer (2) by means of a radiation beam (4). The device includes a radiation source (7) for supplying said radiation beam, an objective lens (10) for transforming said radiation beam into a scanning spot (19) at the position of the information layer, and a beam intensity modifier (8) for redistributing the intensity (I2) over the cross-section of said radiation beam in order to change the size of said scanning spot. The beam intensity modifier has an entrance pupil (8a) and an exit pupil (8b). Furthermore, it is arranged so that any ray of said radiation beam entering said beam intensity modifier at a distance r1 from the central ray of that beam reflects at least twice between said entrance and exit pupils that the transverse magnification M of said modifier is defined by a decreasing function of the distance r1.
摘要:
An optical scanning device 1 detects an information signal from an optical record carrier 2 using differential interference contrast. Two radiation beams 13a, 13b are generated and focused to two distinct spots 15a, 15b respectively displaced along a data track on the information layer of an optical record carrier. The relative positions of the spots in lands and pits can generate a path length difference between the reflected beams 17a, 17b. This path length difference causes the beams to interfere either constructively or destructively, depending on the relative land/pit position in the data track of the spots. This interference causes a detectable signal to be generated, the signal being representative of a transition from a pit to a land on the information layer 4 or vice versa.
摘要:
An optical scanning device (1) for scanning an information layer (4) of an optical record carrier (2), the device including a radiation source (11) for generating a radiation beam (12) and an objective system (18) for converging the radiation beam (12) on the information layer, the objective system (18) being characterized in that the ratio of the root mean square of the optical path difference's (OPD's) generated by the objective system at oblique beam entrance to the system satisfies the condition of formula (I) within the field of the objective system, where OPD(A31) is the contribution of the third order Zernike coma to the root mean square wavefront aberration and OPD(A51) is the contribution of the fifth order Zernike coma to the root mean square wavefront aberration.