摘要:
An optical pickup includes a wave plate on an optical path to be followed by every light beam emitted from three light sources (with wavelengths λ1, λ2 and λ3, respectively) both on their way toward an optical disc and back from the disc toward a photodetector. The wave plate has two layers with different retardations and different optic axis directions. The sum of the retardations of the first and second layers is defined to be approximately 5/4λ1, 3/4λ2 and 1/2λ3 to the light beams with the wavelengths λ1, λ2 and λ3.
摘要:
There is provided an information processing device which is capable of suppressing generation of stray light at the time of recording and reproduction of information, thus enabling quality information recording and reproduction. The information processing device includes: a radiation light source 2; and a converging section for converging rays emitted from the light source toward an information recording medium having a photosensitive layer 11b, wherein the converging section splits the rays into first and second rays 3′ and 3 respectively traveling through first and second spaces as divided by a plane at least containing a point optical axis L, and converges the first and second rays 3′ and 3 onto first and second points 12′ and 12 in the information recording medium 11, the photosensitive layer 11b being interposed between the first and second points 12′ and 12. Between the first and second points 12′ and 12, the first and second rays 3′ and 3 interfere with each other to form interference fringes, the interference fringes representing information to be recorded in the photosensitive layer 11b of the information recording medium 11.
摘要:
An optical disk device has an aperture of an objective lens in an incoming path of a beam from a semiconductor laser to an optical disk formed larger than an aperture in a return path from the optical disk or an aperture is varied in recording and in reproduction. This configuration improves recording/reproducing ability since light is focused on an optical disk with high numerical aperture. In addition, since reflected light from the optical disk is detected with low numerical aperture, margins for tilt and defocus are not reduced. Furthermore, since unnecessary signal components contained in the reflected light can be eliminated, a S/N (signal-to-noise ratio) of an information signal also increases. Thus, a high-performance optical disk device can be obtained. Alternatively, by varying the aperture of an objective lens in recording and in reproduction, an optical disk device in which recording density and recording quality are increased without deteriorating reproduction quality can be obtained.
摘要:
This optical disk device includes an objective lens (7) for condensing radiated light from a light source on an optical disk (8), an optical detecting unit for detecting reflected light from the optical disk (8), and a control unit for performing the tracking control and/or the tilt control of the objective lens (7) by utilizing the output from the optical detecting unit, in which the control unit uses the off-track quantity and/or the tilt quantity of the objective lens (7) when performing the above described control.
摘要:
An optical disk device has an aperture of an objective lens in an incoming path of a beam from a semiconductor laser to an optical disk formed larger than an aperture in a return path from the optical disk or an aperture is varied in recording and in reproduction. This configuration improves recording/reproducing ability since light is focused on an optical disk with high numerical aperture. In addition, since reflected light from the optical disk is detected with low numerical aperture, margins for tilt and defocus are not reduced. Furthermore, since unnecessary signal components contained in the reflected light can be eliminated, a S/N (signal-to-noise ratio) of an information signal also increases. Thus, a high-performance optical disk device can be obtained. Alternatively, by varying the aperture of an objective lens in recording and in reproduction, an optical disk device in which recording density and recording quality are increased without deteriorating reproduction quality can be obtained.
摘要:
An optical pickup according to the present invention includes a plurality of light sources for emitting a plurality of light beams including first and second light beams of respectively different wavelengths, an objective lens for converging the plurality of light beams, and a grating structure shaped axisymmetrically with respect to the optical axis of the objective lens. Pth-order diffracted light (where p is a non-zero integer) which is formed from the first light beam (e.g. blue) by the grating structure is converged on an information layer of an optical disk (e.g. a BD) corresponding to the first light beam, owing to the converging actions of the objective lens and grating structure. Moreover, qth-order diffracted light (where q is a non-zero integer such that q≠p) which is formed from the second light beam (e.g. red or infrared) by the grating structure is converged on an information layer of an optical disk (e.g. a DVD or CD) corresponding to the second light beam, owing to the converging actions of the objective lens and the grating structure. Thus, by appropriately using diffracted light of different orders, it becomes possible to perform convergence on optical disks of different wavelengths and base thicknesses, with reduced spherical aberration.
摘要:
In order to change the number of light points and light intensities and to move positions of the light points in a real-time manner, an extremely large capacity of a memory is required. In a method according to the present invention, a memory (6) has previously stored therein data indicating a complex amplitude distribution of rays of incident light (L) on a hologram plate (4) and complex amplitude distributions on the hologram plate (4) in a case where the rays are beamed at respective points at which the rays can be beamed. The controller (5) calculates the complex amplitude distribution to be generated on the hologram plate (4) in order to generate a hologram pattern by respectively multiplying, by values indicating degrees of amplitudes of respective rays, complex amplitude distributions of rays of incident light (L) and m light points P1 through Pm to be displayed, and by calculating a sum of the values obtained by the multiplication through performing addition. The controller (5) controls the hologram plate (4) so as to configure a diffraction grating pattern corresponding to the calculated complex amplitude distribution.
摘要:
An information recording/reproducing device includes a radiation light source 1 such as a semiconductor laser, a spatial modulation element 6 that splits laser light 2 emitted from the radiation light source 1 into a large number of diffracted light rays, and an objective lens 7 that converges the large number of diffracted light rays onto different points. The laser light 2 emitted from the radiation light source 1 is split into a large number of diffracted light rays by the spatial modulation element 6, the large number of diffracted light rays are converged onto different points in the photosensitive layer 8b of the information recording medium 8 by the objective lens 7, and information is recorded in the photosensitive layer 8b of the information recording medium 8, using an assembly of these converging points. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an information recording device capable of realizing high-contrast recording in which stray light or diffraction has no influence during signal recording.
摘要:
An optical disk device is provided that can realize favorable recording/reproduction of signals on/from an optical disk having a plurality of signal planes arranged in proximity to each other. In this optical disk device, a hologram (4) is divided into n(n≧2) regions Ak(k=1, 2, . . . , n) by a straight line that intersects with an optical axis, and a photodetector (7) is divided into at least two regions A and A′. Light emitted from a light source (1) is focused on a signal plane (6a) or (6b) included in a plurality of signal planes of the optical disk by an objective lens (5). Light reflected from a first signal plane (6a) and light reflected from a second signal plane (6b) pass through the objective lens (5) to turn into light beams a and a′, respectively, that enter the hologram (4). 1st-order diffracted light beams ak and ak′ having a common diffraction optical axis are derived from the light beams a and a′ that have entered the regions Ak of the hologram (4), respectively, and are projected on the photodetector (7). Distributions of the 1st-order diffracted light beams ak and ak′ on the photodetector (7) are approximately inverted with respect to an intersection point of the diffraction optical axis and a detection plane. The 1st-order diffracted light beam ak is approximately within the region A and the 1st-order diffracted light beam ak′ is approximately within the region A′.
摘要:
To implement light quantity monitoring with high frequency responsivity and correction of astigmatic differences of a semiconductor laser with a simple configuration with a fewer parts.Of the light beam output from a semiconductor laser light source 101, a peripheral beam component is entered by a light reflection element 107 into an anterior light monitoring photodetector 103 formed in the vicinity of a semiconductor laser light source 101. Furthermore, the surface of the reflection sphere of the light reflection element is formed anamorphic, and thus condensed to an appropriate size on the photodetector without being focused, providing high frequency responsivity. Furthermore, the light reflection element 107 is placed inclined at a predetermined angle so as to cancel out astigmatic difference of the optical semiconductor laser light source 101. In addition, the photodetector 103 is placed in the direction so that a reflected light 108 is bent by an inclination of the light reflection element 107, reducing the amount of parallel displacement during adjustment of the light reflection element 107.