摘要:
An optical head device for use in recording and/or reproduction of information comprises a light beam generating portion, a lens element for causing a light beam obtained from the light beam generating portion to impinge upon a record medium and receiving the light beam from the recording medium, and a photodetecting portion to which the light beam from the record medium received by the lens element is guided and which has three photosensitive elements separated from each other by a couple of parallel dividing portions and disposed to form a common light receiving plane on which a beam spot is formed by the light beam guided to the photodetecting portion for detecting the light beam guided to the photodetecting portion to produce respective detection output signals from which a tracking error signal is produced, wherein each of the parallel dividing portions extends along a direction selected to be at an angle within an angle rqnge of 0 to 90 degrees to a direction of movement of a diffraction pattern appearing in the beam spot formed on the common light receiving plane in accordance with a record track in the record medium.
摘要:
An optical head device for use in a disc player comprises a movable optical assembly in which an objective lens, first and second mirrors, and a light beam generating and detecting unit are supported in common by a supporting member, and a driving mechanism for moving the movable optical assembly in both a first direction along an optical axis of the objective lens and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein, in the movable optical assembly, a light beam generated in the light beam generating and detecting unit is reflected twice by the first and second mirrors to be changed in its traveling direction, and focused by the objective lens at a position on the optical axis of the objective lens, and a light beam coming from the outside of the movable optical assembly is received by the objective lens to pass therethrough to the second mirror, reflected twice by the second and first mirrors to be changed in its traveling direction, and guided to a photodetector contained in the light beam generating and detecting unit.
摘要:
An optical pickup device having a semiconductor laser element mounted on a substrate, a photo detector formed on the substrate to receive a laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser element and an optical element mounted on the substrate to cover the photo detector to branch the direction of optical path of the laser beam, the optical element having its face opposing the semiconductor laser element formed as an inclined face on which a semitransparent reflection film is deposited. The optical path branching optical element is provided with preventing means by which, of laser beams incident on the optical element, a laser beam reflected and/or scattered within the optical element is prevented from irradiating the photo detector.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a focusing detection apparatus (1) for detecting a focusing state of an optical recording medium. So as to achieve compactness and low cost of the focusing detection apparatus (1), focusing detection using two photosensors (33) (34) located in front of and behind a convergent point of a beam (45) reflected by the optical recording medium can be achieved by a single prism (37), and a plurality of optical components (31) (33) (34) (37) are formed integrally and can be arranged on a single surface of a semiconductor substrate (32). The present invention is applicable to an optical head requiring compactness, light weight, and low cost as well as high performance.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a versatile side-on type photomultiplier comprising a structure for improving the uniformity in light receiving sensitivity. Disposed on the outer peripheral surface of a sealed envelope of this photomultiplier is a restricting member which guides light to be detected into, of the light receiving surface of a photocathode, an effective region where the light receiving sensitivity is high, thereby restraining the light to be detected from reaching the outside of the effective region.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a versatile side-on type photomultiplier comprising a structure for improving the uniformity in light receiving sensitivity. This photomultiplier comprises a positioning structure for precisely positioning, with respect to the light receiving surface of a photocathode, a lens element which guides light to be detected to a photocathode and constitutes a part of an envelope accommodating the photocathode. The precisely positioned lens element guides the light to be detected into, of the light receiving surface of the photocathode, an effective region where the light receiving sensitivity is high, thereby restraining the light to be detected from reaching the outside of the effective region.
摘要:
A displacement detection device having excellent stability with the lapse of time and suitable for reduction in size and weight includes: a light source for emitting light; polarizing light splitting unit for splitting the light emitted from the light source into two light beams having difference polarized components, radiating the two light beams to an external optical system, and combining the two light beams reflected by the external optical system to generate combined light; a phase plate provided between the light source and the polarizing light splitting unit and adapted for changing the polarization state of the light emitted from the light source and leading the light to the polarizing light splitting unit; light splitting films for splitting the combined light generated by the polarizing light splitting unit into plural light beams; polarizing units for transmitting only a predetermined polarized components of the split combined light beams; and light-receiving elements for photoelectrically converting coherent light beams transmitted through the polarizing units and thus generating an interference signal.
摘要:
The present invention provides a light emitting/receiving composite unit (1) for emitting and receiving lights, which includes a light source (3), an optical splitting unit (4) for splitting returning lights to the composite unit (1) into a plurality of lights, a polarizing unit (5) for increasing and decreasing quantity of lights transmitted therefrom corresponding to polarization state of the returning lights, and an optical receiving unit (6) which has a plurality of photo-detecting elements (6—1 to 6—4) for detecting the lights transmitted through the polarizing unit (5), which are unitedly integrated into one unit. Also, the present invention provides a displacement detection apparatus of grating interference type, which includes thus unitedly integrated composite unit (1), and an external optical system of an objective unit having a reflection type diffraction grating RG, a reflecting unit (R1a, R1b) for reflecting lights from the composite unit (1) to the reflection type diffraction grating RG, a polarizing unit (WP1a, WP1b) for changing polarization state of diffracted lights from the reflection type diffraction grating RG, and a reflecting unit (R2a, R2b) for reflecting lights transmitted through the polarizing unit (WP1a, WP1b) to cause the reflected lights go backward.
摘要:
An optical pickup device for a recording and/or reproducing apparatus in which a light beam from a semiconductor laser element is converged by an object lens and irradiated on recording tracks of an optical disk and the light reflected by the disk is sensed to read and/or record data signals. The device includes photosensors each having an insensitive central zone and adapted to receive the reflected light to generate tracking error signals. The semiconductor laser element is so arranged that the light beam is projected on the optical disk so that the meridional plane of the light beam orthogonal to the junction plane of semiconductor layers of the semiconductor laser element is at such an angle with respect to a tangential line drawn to one of the recording tracks of the optical disk that non-symmetricities on both sides of said tangential line as a function of the de-focusing direction of the beam spot may be compensated.
摘要:
An optical pickup device is disclosed in which a light beam from a laser light source is converged by an object lens on a signal recording surface of an optical disk to follow recording tracks formed on the signal recording surface to read out or write data on or from the signal recording surface. A semiconductor laser unit is used as a laser light source and is so arranged that the meridional plane of the light beam emanating from the semiconductor laser unit is inclined 30.degree. to 60.degree. with respect to the tangential direction of the recording track.