摘要:
The objective lens has a numerical aperture NA=0.6 when reproducing a DVD having a thickness of 0.6 mm and NA=0.42 when reproducing a CD having a thickness of 1.2 mm. At a boundary of NA 0.42, a slight stepped portion is formed so as to establish a phase difference. In this case, a designed wavelength is 0.635 .mu.m, and an optimum designed substrate thickness of a central portion is approximately 0.8 mm. While the DVD is reproduced, wave front aberration is on the order of 0.025.lambda., and jitter contained in the reproduction signal of the CD is equivalent to the present jitter. As a consequence, such an objective lens and an optical head with employment of this objective lens are provided, which precisely reproduce signals from the CD having the substrate thickness of 1.2 mm, and the DVD having the substrate thickness of 0.6 mm.
摘要:
In an optical head, light from a semiconductor laser is directed through a condensing optical system with a condensing lens onto an optical information recording medium through a transparent substrate in the form of a light spot. A unit for producing a light spot position control signal and a unit able to move the light spot, which supports the objective lens for movement, position the light spot on an information track. Light reflected from the optical information recording medium is directed through a polarized light branching element to a photo detector. Also mounted for movement with the objective lens are a polarization conversion element, arranged between the optical information recording medium and the polarized light branching element in order to change the polarization state of light incident to the optical information recording medium and reflected therefrom and a polarization diffraction grating, the diffraction efficiency of which changes depending on the change in the polarization state of the incident light and the reflected light caused by the polarization conversion element. The light spot control signal is detected from both reflected light diffracted through the polarization diffraction grating and non-diffracted reflected light contained in the light which passes through the polarized light branching element.
摘要:
An information recording apparatus includes a multilayer information recording medium having a first layer containing an electro-chromic material, an electrode layer applying a voltage to the first layer to color the first layer, a second layer containing an electro-chromic material, a unit for applying the voltage to the first layer, a first optical irradiating unit for irradiating a first optical spot onto the first layer, and a second optical irradiating unit for irradiating a second optical spot onto the second layer after irradiating the first optical spot onto the first layer.
摘要:
An information recording apparatus includes a multilayer information recording medium having a first layer containing an electro-chromic material, an electrode layer applying a voltage to the first layer to color the first layer, a second layer containing an electro-chromic material, a unit for applying the voltage to the first layer, a first optical irradiating unit for irradiating a first optical spot onto the first layer, and a second optical irradiating unit for irradiating a second optical spot onto the second layer after irradiating the first optical spot onto the first layer.
摘要:
An integrated optical head records and reproduces information to and from optical discs of different types, including CD and DVD, with use of a single information recording/reproducing apparatus. The optical head has a plurality of semiconductor lasers of different wavelengths integrated by index alignment onto a substrate formed with an optoelectric integrated circuit, photodetection patterns, and a reflecting mirror.
摘要:
An optical disc drive using either one of a first disc (e.g., DVD) and a second disc (e.g., CD), is provided with a first laser diode that emits a shorter wavelength beam, a second laser diode that emits a longer wavelength beam, an objective lens, and a driving unit that holds and rotates the optical disc. The optical axis of the objective lens is inclined relative to a normal to the optical disc. The first laser diode is located at a first position so that the coma, which is caused when the first laser beam is converged on a data recording surface of the first disc, is minimized, and the second laser diode is located at a second position so that the coma, which is caused when the second laser beam is converged on a data recording surface of the second disc, is minimized.
摘要:
An objective lens converges a shorter wavelength laser beam on a DVD having a protective layer, which is 0.6 mm thick, and a longer wavelength laser beam on a CD having a protective layer, which is 1.2 mm thick. A common region is defined on the objective lens. The common region provides a numerical aperture appropriate for converging the longer wavelength laser beam on the CD. Coma of the objective lens in the first region is compensated better in a case where the longer wavelength laser beam is converged on the CD than a case where the shorter wavelength laser beam is converged on the DVD.
摘要:
An objective lens and an optical head including the objective lens for reading information contained on substrates having different thicknesses using laser beams having different wavelengths. The objective lens includes an annular phase shifter for decreasing an aberration of a focused spot of each of the laser beams. The annular phase shifter can be optimally combined with the objective lens having inner and outer regions each having a different substrate thicknesses.
摘要:
An integrated optical head records and reproduces information to and from optical discs of different types, including CD and DVD, with use of a single information recording/reproducing apparatus. The optical head has a plurality of semiconductor lasers of different wavelengths integrated by index alignment onto a substrate formed with an optoelectric integrated circuit, photodetection patterns, and a reflecting mirror.
摘要:
An objective lens and an optical head including the objective lens for reading information contained on substrates having different thicknesses using laser beams having different wavelengths. The objective lens includes an annular phase shifter for decreasing an aberration of a focused spot of each of the laser beams. The annular phase shifter can be optimally combined with the objective lens having inner and outer regions each having a different substrate thicknesses.