摘要:
An objective lens for use in an optical pickup apparatus, comprises a first lens molded with a plastic and having an optically functional section, flange section provided around the periphery of the optically functional section, and a first contacting section provided on the flange section; and a second lens molded with a plastic, located opposite to the first lens and having an optically functional section, a flange section provided around the periphery of the optically functional section, and a second contacting section provided on the flange section. The first lens and the second lens are joined in such a way that the first contacting section and the second contacting section are brought in contact with each other.
摘要:
An objective lens for use in an optical pickup apparatus for conducting recording and/or reproducing information for an optical information recording medium, has a lens section shaped in an approximate circle and including a flange section; and a connecting section integrally provided to the lens section. The objective lens satisfies the following conditional formulas: 0.5≦A≦2.0, 0.3A≦B≦1.7A where A is a diameter of the lens section when the lens section is viewed from an direction of an optical axis, and B is a width of the connecting section when the connecting section is viewed from the direction of the optical axis.
摘要:
An objective lens for use in an optical pickup apparatus in which first and second light sources are provided on a same flat surface, converges each of the light fluxes from the first and second light sources onto an information recording plane through each of transparent substrates of a first and second optical information recording mediums and has a coma aberration of 0.015 &lgr;1 rms or less when recording or reproducing information is conducted for the first optical information recording medium, and a coma aberration of 0.015 &lgr;2 rms or less when recording or reproducing information is conducted for the second optical information recording medium.
摘要:
An objective lens system for an optical pickup apparatus, includes in order from an object side: a first lens group having negative paraxial power P1 (mm−1); and a second lens group having positive paraxial power P2 (mm−1) for converging a light flux emitted from the first lens group on an information recording surface of an optical information recording medium.
摘要:
An optical system for use in an optical pickup apparatus comprises a first optical surface having a superposition type diffractive structure including a plurality of ring-shaped zones which are formed concentrically around an optical axis, wherein each ring-shaped zone is composed of a plurality of stepped sections stepwise, and a second optical surface having a diffractive structure including a plurality of ring-shaped zones which are formed concentrically around an optical axis, wherein each of the plurality of ring-shaped zones are divided by a stepped section to generate a diffractive light ray of diffractive order whose absolute value is not small than 1 for the light flux.
摘要:
A hybrid objective lens has a refractive lens and a diffractive optical element constructed by plural coaxial ring-shaped zones on at least one optical surface thereof. When n1, n2 and n3 each is a diffraction order of a diffracted ray having a maximum light amount among diffracted rays of each of first, second and third light flux having wavelength λ1, λ2 and λ3 when respective light flux comes to be incident into the diffractive structure respectively, the following formulas are satisfied: |n1|>|n2|, and |n1|>|n3|, and the hybrid objective lens converges a n1-th, n2-th and n3-th order diffracted ray of the first, second and third light flux onto an information recording plane of each of the first, second ant third optical information recording medium respectively so as to form an appropriate wavefront within respective prescribed necessary image side numerical apertures.
摘要:
A light source unit relating to the present invention includes a light source element; an optical-waveguide-formed element in which an optical waveguide is formed; a prism for turning back a light flux emitted from the light source and guiding the light flux toward an incident end of the optical waveguide; and a coupling optical system formed on the prism or provided as a separated body from the prism, for coupling the light flux emitted from the light source onto the optical waveguide.
摘要:
An objective optical system according to the present invention is provided for use in an optical pickup apparatus for recording or reproducing information on an information recording surface of a first optical information recording medium using a first light flux emitted from a first light source. The objective optical system is provided with: a first lens with a positive refractive power including plastic; a second lens with a positive refractive power including plastic; and a first phase structure. A wavefront aberration change amount of the objective optical system when a wavelength of the first light flux changes, and a wavefront aberration change amount of the objective optical system when an ambient temperature of the objective optical system satisfy the predefined condition.
摘要:
A light flux from the first light source forms a converged spot on first optical information recording medium by only a refraction action of the aspheric surface, or by a combination of the refraction action and an optical action given by at least one of the first phase structure and the second phase structure, a light flux from the second light source forms a converged spot on second optical recording medium by a combination of a refraction action of the aspheric surface and an optical action given by at least one of the first phase structure and the second phase structure, and a light flux from the third light source forms a converged spot on third optical recording medium by a combination of a refraction action of the aspheric surface and an optical action given by at least one of the first phase structure and the second phase structure.
摘要:
An objective lens unit for use in an optical pickup device, includes: a first lens section; a first flange section positioned peripheral of the first lens section; and a support section which supports a second objective lens having a second lens section provided in parallel to the first lens section with an optical axis different from that of the first lens section, wherein the first lens section, the first flange section and the support section are integrally formed.