摘要:
Electro-magnetic actuators used to provide a displacement of an optical element such as a lens carrier comprise at least one ferromagnetic frame associated with a large air gap and at least one ferromagnetic member parallel to and separated from an elongated section of a frame by a small air gap. Actuation causes a magnetic circuit that appears in the at least one frame, the at least one member and small air gaps and by-passes or bridges the large air gap. In some embodiments, the resultant magnetic force moves the at least one member and leads to the displacement of an optical element attached thereto. In some embodiments, at least one frame and at least one member are arranged to provide a center hole and are dimensioned to enable insertion of a lens carrier in the hole. In some embodiments, the displacement is for auto-focus. In other embodiments, the displacement is for optical image stabilization.
摘要:
An optical disc device that reads information recorded in an optical disc medium includes an objective lens that focuses light on the optical disc medium, a spherical aberration correction mechanism that changes an amount of spherical aberration of the objective lens according to a setting value of a predetermined parameter, and an evaluation value measurement section that measures an evaluation value indicating the accuracy of reading of information from the optical disc medium. The optical disc device further includes a control section that executes adjustment processing in which the control section carries out plural times of measurement of the evaluation value by the evaluation value measurement section concurrently with changing the amount of spherical aberration of the objective lens by the spherical aberration correction mechanism and calculates an optimum setting value of the parameter based on plural evaluation values obtained by the plural times of measurement.
摘要:
An optical disk device including: an optical pickup which includes a collimator and an object lens for focusing parallel light beams from the collimator at a position on an optical disc; a collimator driver unit which moves the collimator in an optical axis direction; a movement mechanism driver unit which moves the optical pickup in the radial direction; and a drive control unit which performs an adjustment process for adjusting the positions of the object lens and the collimator. In the adjustment process, the drive control unit causes the collimator driver unit to operate after stopping the movement mechanism driver unit or a spindle motor, and causes the movement mechanism driver unit or the spindle motor to re-start operating after the collimator driver unit finishes moving the collimator.
摘要:
An inspecting method for an object lens driving device including a base, an objective lens, a holder for holding the objective lens on the base, and a drive mechanism for driving the holder so as to move the objective lens in the focus direction, the method comprising the steps of: emitting a laser beam through the objective lens; allowing the laser beam emitted through the objective lens to pass through an aperture having a predetermined diameter; applying to the drive mechanism a drive voltage for moving the holder between a first position closest to a surface of the base and a second position farther than the first position from the surface of the base; performing photoelectric conversion of the laser beam having passed through the aperture; and inspecting the objective lens driving device based on a signal obtained by the photoelectric conversion.
摘要:
An optical system for reading and recording data on a media includes a laser source for generating a laser beam; an optical subsystem for splitting the laser beam into a reference beam and an object beam; and first and second lens for receiving the reference beam and object beam, respectively, and focusing the reference and object beams at a focal point on the media at which the reference beam and object beam interfere with each other. The reference beam and the object beam have first and second optical path lengths defined from the laser source to the focal point of the media. The optical subsystem is positioned so that an optical path length difference between the first and second optical path lengths is substantially equal to an integer multiple of an interference revival period associated with the reference beam and the object beam, the interference revival period associated with peak values of visibility of the interference versus the optical path difference.
摘要:
An optical element for an optical pickup device which can record and/or reproduce information interchangeably with an optical disc while correcting coma satisfactorily, and a compact optical pickup device employing that optical element and exhibiting excellent energy saving. In the optical element for an optical pickup device where a first objective lens portion and a second objective lens portion are formed integrally, one of the first objective lens portion and the second objective lens portion satisfies a relation |HCM|/|TCM| 0.3. The HCM represents the third-order angle of view coma sensitivity in the first objective lens portion or the second objective lens portion, and the TMC represents the third-order inclination angle coma sensitivity in the first objective lens portion or the second objective lens portion.
摘要:
An optical disk unit of this invention includes a defocus detecting system for detecting a defocus of an objective lens, a thickness unevenness detecting system for detecting a thickness unevenness of a transparent resin layer provided nearest the objective lens of a recording medium, and a thickness unevenness correcting mechanism for changing the focusing characteristic of light impinging upon the objective lens based on a change in the thickness of the transparent resin layer detected by the thickness detecting system.
摘要:
An inspecting method for an object lens driving device including a base, an objective lens, a holder for holding the objective lens on the base, and a drive mechanism for driving the holder so as to move the objective lens in the focus direction, the method comprising the steps of: emitting a laser beam through the objective lens; allowing the laser beam emitted through the objective lens to pass through an aperture having a predetermined diameter; applying to the drive mechanism a drive voltage for moving the holder between a first position closest to a surface of the base and a second position farther than the first position from the surface of the base; performing photoelectric conversion of the laser beam having passed through the aperture; and inspecting the objective lens driving device based on a signal obtained by the photoelectric conversion.
摘要:
A sufficient S/N ratio in reproduction of an optical disk is achieved without complexing a circuit structure even if a data recording speed relative to the optical disk is increased. When data is recorded into an optical disk, in an information recording and reproduction device, both a first light beam and a second light beam are emitted at the same time. A sub-actuator section is provided in addition to a main actuator for correcting the displacement of light collecting spots caused by the displacement between the optical axis of the first beam and the optical axis of the second beam. Only the optical axis of the second light beam is adjusted by the sub-actuator section.
摘要:
An optical scanning device includes an actuator for displacing an objective lens in a first direction parallel to the optical axis of the objective lens, and in a second direction parallel to a radial direction. The actuator includes at least two electrical coils having wire portions directed parallel to the first direction for generating Lorentz forces in the second direction. Points of application of the Lorentz forces on first and second coils of the two coils are in different positions with respect to each other, viewed in a direction parallel to the first direction.