摘要:
A polarization detector includes a polarization diffraction element having a substrate with two facing surfaces which are placed in parallel with each other, a first diffraction grating formed on one surface of the substrate, and a second diffraction grating formed on the other surface of the substrate, with light being incident upon the first diffraction grating. Further, each grating pitch of the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating are nearly equal to a wavelength of the incident light. A limiting member is also included for limiting an incident region of the incident light with respect to the polarization diffraction element. The limiting member is formed on a light incident side of the first diffraction grating. Further, a converging lens is included for respectively converging light transmitted through the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating and light diffracted by the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating into different beam spots. Finally, a pair of photodetectors are included for detecting each optical intensity of the two beam spots converged by the converging lens.
摘要:
An optical element comprises a polarization diffraction element that is provided with diffraction gratings that are respectively mounted on different faces of a transparent substrate of a flat plate shape, which grating pitches are equal to each other and approximately equal to the wavelength of an incident light, and which grating lines are parallel. The thickness of the substrate is set such that the difference that occurs between the phases of the P and S polarizations of a light due to the grating, and the difference that occurs between the phases of the two polarizations when the light propagates through the substrate cancel out. The optical pickup device comprising the optical element includes a polarized light detecting unit provided with a diffraction grating which grating pitch is approximately equal to the wavelength of an incident light; a first photodetector that is mounted integrally and virtually in parallel with the substrate, and that receives a zero-order diffracted light produced by the diffraction grating; and a second photodetector that is located in the same plane as the first photodetector and mounted integrally with the first photodetector and the substrate, and that receives a first-order diffracted light produced by the diffraction grating.
摘要:
An optical pickup apparatus comprising a diffraction device in which a laser beam from a light source is diffracted by the diffraction device to produce a main beam and two sub-beams which are focused on a recording medium, the beams reflected from the recording medium aare diffracted by the diffraction device to be directed to at least one photodetector, whereby a tracking error signal can be detected from output signals of the photodetector by the three-spot method that is so highly reliable that an offset never arises in the tracking error signal even when the optical axis of the optical system is displaced from a given position.
摘要:
A polarization diffraction element comprising two diffraction gratings formed on both faces of a substrate respectively. Both the diffraction gratings have grating lines which are arranged at the same grating pitch, and whose directions mutually form a predetermined minute angle. The grating lines may also be arranged parallel to each other. In this case, the relationship between grating pitches D.sub.1, D.sub.2 of the respective diffraction gratings and the wavelength .lambda. of an incident light is expressed as:0
摘要:
The invention discloses an optical head device having a diffraction grating element divided into a plurality of diffraction gratings have a substantially equal diffraction angle, a substantially equal optical utilization efficiency, and different focal distances of first order diffracted lights, each of the first order diffracted lights being produced from a reflected light from the recording medium, at the respective diffraction gratings and a photodetector positioned at a mid-position between two focal points produced when there occurs no focusing error, the photo-detecting means having a plurality of photo-detecting parts juxtaposed in a direction substantially orthogonal to an average diffracting direction of the diffraction grating element. The above arrangement enables to produce a small size optical head device and improve the detecting of focusing errors and tracking errors.
摘要:
A display apparatus of the invention includes: a plurality of display devices arranged in one direction, each of the plurality of display devices having a display area; and a plurality of image transmission means corresponding to the respective display devices, one end face of each of the image transmission means being coupled to a display area of the corresponding one of the display devices, other end faces of the image transmission means corresponding to the adjacent ones of the display devices being in contact with each other, the plurality of image transmission means being bent toward the one direction in which the display devices are arranged. Alternatively, a display apparatus of the invention includes: a plurality of display devices disposed in two directions, each of the plurality of display devices having a display area; a plurality of image transmission means corresponding to the respective display devices, one end face of each of the image transmission means being coupled to a display area of the corresponding one of the display devices, other end faces of the image transmission means corresponding to the adjacent ones of the display devices being in contact with each other, some of the plurality of image transmission means each having inward facing slopes and outward facing slopes on two pairs of opposing faces, the outward facing slopes of the image transmission means being directed to a direction in which the corresponding display device has no adjacent display devices.
摘要:
A focusing error detector comprises a light source, a collimator lens for making parallel the pencil of rays emitted by the light source, an objective lens which focuses the parallel pencil of rays to form a beam spot on a data-recording disc with data tracks and guide tracks formed thereon and which receives the pencil of rays reflected from the data-recording disc, an optical system for forming a beam spot from the reflected pencil of rays incident to the objective lens, and an optical detector having a plurality of divided optical sensor blocks for receiving the formed beam spot so as to detect the focusing error of the beam spot formed on the data-recording disc on the basis of the configuration of the received beam spot.
摘要:
An optical pickup device in which a main beam and a pair of sub-beams are used and a diffraction device is disposed between a recording medium and a light receiving device such as a photodetector is disclosed. The diffraction device comprises first to third diffraction regions. The second and third regions receive light beams from the recording medium which are substantially identical in amount to each other. The light receiving device comprises a first to a fourth light receiving regions. The first and second light receiving regions are juxtaposed, and separated by a line. The main beam which has been diffracted by the first diffraction region is focused onto said line. The main beam which has been diffracted by the second diffraction region is focused onto the first light receiving region. The main beam which has been diffracted by the third diffracting region is focused onto the second light receiving region. The sub-beams which have been diffracted by the diffraction device are focused onto the third and fourth light receiving regions, respectively. Alternatively, the diffraction device comprises an area where one or more diffraction regions are formed. The farthest point of the area at the side of the light receiving device is separated from the optical axis by a predetermined distance, to prevent the first order diffracted beam from entering the optical system disposed between the diffraction device and a recording medium.
摘要:
An optical pickup device in which a main beam and a pair of sub-beams are used and a diffraction device is disposed between a recording medium and a light receiving device such as a photodetector is disclosed. The diffraction device comprises first to third diffraction regions. The second and third regions receive light beams from the recording medium which are substantially identical in amount to each other. The light receiving device comprises a first to a fourth light receiving regions. The first and second light receiving regions are juxtaposed, and separated by a line. The main beam which has been diffracted by the first diffraction region is focused onto said line. The main beam which has been diffracted by the second diffraction region is focused onto the first light receiving region. The main beam which has been diffracted by the third diffracting region is focused onto the second light receiving region. The sub-beams which have been diffracted by the diffraction device are focused onto the third and fourth light receiving regions, respectively. Alternatively, the diffraction device comprises an area where one or more diffraction regions are formed. The farthest point of the area at the side of the light receiving device is separated from the optical axis by a predetermined distance, to prevent the first order diffracted beam from entering the optical system disposed between the diffraction device and a recording medium.
摘要:
An improved optical information recording and reproducing apparatus which is capable of detecting recording errors simultaneously with recording function for reduction of recording time, without requiring particular high accuracy for an optical system, and avoiding complication in the construction and consequent large size of the optical system.