摘要:
The present invention is directed to the provision of a liquid crystal optical element that can accurately change the numerical aperture of an objective lens regardless of variations in temperature or wavelength. The liquid crystal optical element comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal provided between the first and second substrates, an electrode pattern formed on one of the first and second substrates and having an aperture control region, and an opposite electrode formed on the other one of the first and second substrates, the opposite electrode being opposed to the electrode pattern for applying a voltage therebetween, wherein a plurality of electrodes, for changing refractive index and thereby causing the incident light passing through the aperture control region to diverge, are formed in the aperture control region.
摘要:
A combination of an object lens designed to appropriately converge a light beam L3 on a recording surface of a Blu-ray Disc, and an optical element which gives a phase difference distribution to a light beam L2 but does not give a phase difference distribution to the light beam L3, is provided. Another combination of an object lens designed to appropriately converge the light beam L3 on a recording surface of another optical disc, and an optical element which gives a phase difference distribution to a light beam L1 but does not give a phase difference distribution to the light beam L3, is provided. By the two combinations, information is recorded or reproduced, with respect to four types of recording media, which is a CD, a DVD, the Blu-ray Disc, and said another optical disc.
摘要:
There is disclosed an optical head apparatus and an optical information recording or reproducing apparatus capable of obtaining a high light output at a recording time, and a high S/N at a reproducing time with respect to any of disks of next-generation, DVD, and CD standards. Light having a wavelength of 400 nm emitted from a semiconductor laser is almost all reflected by a beam splitter, and condensed on a disk of the next-generation standard. Light having a wavelength of 660 nm emitted from a semiconductor laser is almost all reflected by a beam splitter, almost all transmitted through the beam splitter, and condensed on the disk of the DVD standard. Light having a wavelength of 780 nm emitted from a semiconductor laser is almost all reflected by a beam splitter, almost all transmitted through the beam splitters and condensed on the disk of the CD standard. Reflected light from the disk is almost all transmitted through the beam splitters and received by a photodetector.
摘要:
A writing method according to the present invention is a method for writing a data sequence as a combination of marks and spaces on an information recording medium by condensing a laser beam through a lens. The writing method is characterized in that a cooling pulse for recording a mark that is even shorter than the limit of optical resolution of the laser beam and another cooling pulse for recording a mark that is still longer than the limit of the optical resolution of the laser beam are applied under mutually different conditions.
摘要:
An optical pick-up apparatus comprising: a first light source emitting a the first light flux; a second light source emitting a second light flux; a third light source emitting a third light flux; and an optical element, wherein the optical element has a first optical surface having a first area including an optical axis of the optical element, and a second area positioned outside the first area, the second area includes a light-shielding structure being capable of substantially shielding the third light flux and being capable of transmitting the first light flux and the second light flux.
摘要:
Provided is an objective lens which is used so that more information can be accumulated in a large-capacity optical disk and which has a further enhanced numerical aperture NA. The objective lens is a single lens having the numerical aperture NA and a refractive index n, and is configured so as to satisfy: NA≥0.91 and 1.61≤n
摘要:
Provided is an objective lens which is used so that more information can be accumulated in a large-capacity optical disk and which has a further enhanced numerical aperture NA. The objective lens is a single lens having the numerical aperture NA and a refractive index n, and is configured so as to satisfy: NA≥0.91 and 1.61≤n
摘要:
An optical disk apparatus has: a laser (14) that outputs light; an optical system that includes an SIL (2) for forming a predetermined sized beam spot on an optical disk (1) using the light from the laser; a detector (26) that detects output power of the laser and generates a laser power detection signal; a laser power control circuit (27) that controls the output power of the laser using the laser power detection signal; a detector (10) that detects a gap length between the optical disk and the SIL and generates a gap detection signal; and a gap control circuit (15) that controls the gap length between the optical disk and the SIL using the gap detection signal. The power control circuit has a gain crossover frequency greater than a gain crossover frequency of the gap control circuit.
摘要:
An objective lens element having excellent compatibility with optical discs having different base material thicknesses is provided. The objective lens element has optically functional surfaces on an incident side and an exit side. At least either one of the optically functional surfaces on the incident side and the exit side includes a diffraction portion which satisfies at least either one of the following formulas (1) and (2): θ1×θ2
摘要:
An optical pickup apparatus includes: a first light source for emitting a first light flux with a wavelength λ1 for recording and/or reproducing information on a first optical disc having a protective substrate with a thickness t1; a third light source for emitting a third light flux with a wavelength λ3 for recording and/or reproducing information on a third optical disc having a protective substrate with a thickness t3; and an objective lens arranged in a common optical path of the first light flux and the third light flux when the optical pickup apparatus records and/or reproduces information on each of the first and third optical discs, wherein the first light flux enters into the objective lens as a converging light flux, and a magnification m3 of the objective lens for a third light flux satisfies − 1/10≦m3