摘要:
In order to provide an optical pickup apparatus that has a relatively simple configuration and that can carry out recording and/or reproduction of information in a s compatible manner for different optical information storage medium, the optical surface of the first objective lens OBJ1 is formed only by a refracting surface, and hence it is possible to form it at a low cost even if it is made of glass. In addition, said first objective lens OBJ1 can be designed by optimizing it for the first light flux with the wavelength λ1 and the protective substrate t1 of said first optical disk OD1. On the other hand, while the second objective lens OBJ2 is used commonly for both the first light flux with a wavelength λ1 and the second light flux with a wavelength λ2, when the protective substrate t2 of the second optical disk OD2 and the protective substrate t3 of the third optical disk OD3 are the same, there is no need to consider the difference in the thickness of the protective substrate, and hence the design is easy and it is possible to produce at a low cost.
摘要:
This invention provides an optical element which has an optical surface in which a first light beam having a wavelength λx and a second light beam having a wavelength λy, which are emitted from light sources, become incident, including a diffraction structure in which a plurality of zone portions are formed, the zone portions being arranged in a radial direction about an optical axis and forming one period by a plurality of zones formed into a staircase shape divided by steps in a section including the optical axis, wherein the plurality of zone portions of said diffraction structure include a first zone portion and a second zone portion whose numbers of zones in one period are different, and of the plurality of zones which form one period, the zones except the zone which gives a largest optical path length to the passing second light beam have at least two different widths in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and of the plurality of zones which form the zone portion, two zones which are adjacent to each other via a step are designed to give no actual phase difference to the first light beam to pass the first light beam and give a phase difference to the second light beam to generate a diffraction effect, and an optical pickup device having the optical element.
摘要:
An optical pickup apparatus for information recording and/or reproduction on different optical information recording media with compatibility among these media, the optical surface of a first objective lens and the optical surface of a second objective lens are formed only of a refractive surface. The second objective lens is used in common for the first light flux with a wavelength of λ1 and the second light flux with a wavelength of λ2, but in the case where the protective substrate t2 of the second optical information recording medium and the protective substrate t3 of the third optical information recording medium are the same, it is not necessary to take the difference in thickness of the protective substrate into consideration. Chromatic aberration based on the difference in wavelength between the first light flux and the second light flux can be corrected by displacing the second coupling lens.
摘要:
An optical pickup apparatus includes: a first light source for emitting a first light flux; a second light source for emitting a second light flux; a third light source for emitting a third light flux; and an objective optical unit having a first optical path difference providing structure and a second optical path difference providing structure. Magnifications of the objective optical unit for the first-third light fluxes have almost same value. The first optical path difference providing structure provides a predefined optical path difference and changes a spherical aberration to be one of under-correction and over-correction for all of the first light flux, the second light flux, and the third light flux. The second optical path difference providing structure provides a predefined optical path difference and changes a spherical aberration to be the other of under-correction and over-correction of the spherical aberration only for the second light flux.
摘要:
An optical pickup apparatus comprising: a first, second and third light sources emitting first, second and third light flux having first wavelength of λ1, second wavelength of λ2 and third wavelength of λ3, respectively; and an objective optical system converging the first, second and third light fluxes onto an information recording surface of a first, second and third optical disk, respectively, wherein the objective optical system has a phase structure, and wherein when a first, second and third magnifications of the objective optical system for conducting reproducing information from and/or recording information on the first, second and third optical disks are represented by M1, M2, and M3, respectively, |dM1−M2|, which represents an absolute value of a difference between M1 and M2, satisfies the following relation. |dM1−M2|
摘要:
An optical pickup apparatus for information recording and/or reproduction on different optical information recording media with compatibility among these media, the optical surface of a first objective lens and the optical surface of a second objective lens are formed only of a refractive surface. The second objective lens is used in common for the first light flux with a wavelength of λ1 and the second light flux with a wavelength of λ2, but in the case where the protective substrate t2 of the second optical information recording medium and the protective substrate t3 of the third optical information recording medium are the same, it is not necessary to take the difference in thickness of the protective substrate into consideration. Chromatic aberration based on the difference in wavelength between the first light flux and the second light flux can be corrected by displacing the second coupling lens.
摘要:
An objective optical element for use in an optical pickup apparatus first-third light sources emitting first-third light fluxes and a light converging optical system, includes a first optical path difference providing structure for providing an optical path difference which provides a substantial phase change to the third light flux and does not provide a substantial phase change to the first and second light fluxes; and a second optical path difference providing structure for providing an optical path difference to the first light flux, the second light flux and the third light flux, wherein the objective optical element converges the first-third light fluxes through the protective layers with the thicknesses t1-t3 onto an information recording surface of the first-third optical information media respectively.
摘要:
An objective optical element for use in an optical pickup apparatus first-third light sources emitting first-third light fluxes and a light converging optical system, includes a first optical path difference providing structure for providing an optical path difference which provides a substantial phase change to the third light flux and does not provide a substantial phase change to the first and second light fluxes; and a second optical path difference providing structure for providing an optical path difference to the first light flux, the second light flux and the third light flux, wherein the objective optical element converges the first-third light fluxes through the protective layers with the thicknesses t1-t3 onto an information recording surface of the first-third optical information media respectively.
摘要:
This invention provides an optical pickup apparatus which includes a plurality of light sources, a beam shaping element which is arranged in an optical path through which a light beam emitted from at least one of the light sources passes, and an optical system which includes a divergence angle conversion element and an objective lens and is arranged in an optical path through which the light beams emitted from the plurality of light sources pass, and records and/or reproduces information by condensing, through the objective lens, the light beam emitted from each light source on the information recording surface of a corresponding optical information recording medium. An almost elliptical cross-sectional shape of the light beam which enters the beam shaping element is shaped into a cross-sectional shape closer to an almost circular shape or a circular shape, and the light beam emerges from the beam shaping element. The light beam which enters the divergence angle conversion element emerges from it with a reduced angle or degree of divergence.
摘要:
An objective optical system for use in an optical pickup apparatus, comprises an aberration correcting element having at least two phase structures of a first and second phase structures; and a light converging element to converge the first light flux emitted from the aberration correcting element onto an information recording plane of the first optical disk and to converge the second light flux emitted from the aberration correcting element onto an information recording plane of the second optical disk; wherein the second phase structure refrains at least one of a change in the light converging characteristic of the objective optical system due to a change in the wavelength of the first light flux and a change in the light converging characteristic of the objective optical system due to a change in environmental temperature.