Abstract:
A small optical pickup having a wide correction range of spherical aberration. The optical pickup comprises a rising mirror (4) for deflecting a light beam approximately perpendicularly and leading it toward the plane of incidence of an objective lens, a spherical aberration correction lens (2) having a curvature larger on one side than on the other side, a lens holder (9) for holding the spherical aberration correction lens (2) such that the plane of larger curvature projects partially to the rising mirror side, guide members (11, 42, 72) extending in the direction of optical axis (L) of a spherical aberration correction lens (s) and having an end arranged up to the side of the plane of reflection of the rising mirror (4), and portions (15, 36, 16d) sliding along the guide members (11, 42, 72). The projecting portions of the sliding portions (15, 36, 16d) are arranged to be confined in the side face of the reflective plane of the rising mirror (4), and when the spherical aberration correction lens (2) most closely approaches the rising mirror (4), the portion of the spherical aberration correction lens projecting from the lens holder overlaps the reflective plane of the rising mirror (4).
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small-sized and inexpensive optical pickup device capable of enhancing efficiency for light utilization even by using a low-cost optical component in an optical pickup having three light sources including a multi-laser light source capable reproduction of a plurality of optical disks.SOLUTION: A second light source 100d and a third light source 100c of a multi-laser light source 100 are arranged side by side almost perpendicularly to recording surfaces of optical disks by arranging the second light source 100d and the third light source 100c in a direction along a Y-axis in a figure, and a photodetector 103 detects reflected light from the respective optical disks.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an optical disk from colliding with an effective region of an objective lens while achieving miniaturization and to provide an optical pickup capable of efficiently removing stains of the objective lens while preventing such a collision.SOLUTION: The optical pickup of the present invention includes a lens holder, the objective lens provided in the lens holder to have an effective region for focusing light from a light source and an edge located outside the effective region, and a lens protector provided in the lens holder. The lens protector protrudes toward an optical disk more than the objective lens. The edge of the objective lens has a protrusion protruding toward the optical disk. The top of the effective region of the objective lens protrudes toward the optical disk more than the protrusion of the edge. A straight line obtained by connecting a part of the edge of the objective lens and a part of the lens protector is located closer to the optical disk than to the top of the effective region of the objective lens.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical pickup that is applicable to plural optical disks having different recording densities and does not easily cause resonance.SOLUTION: An optical pickup includes: two objective lenses 301 and 302; a support body 303 for supporting the two objective lenses; and an actuator for driving the support body in a focusing direction perpendicular to an optical disk and in a tracking direction that is a radial direction of the optical disk. An optical axis interval between the two objective lenses is configured to be 5 mm or less. Focusing drive coils 304a and 304b of the objective lens actuator are placed at two substantially symmetric positions with respect to an axis parallel to the focusing direction including the centroid of a movable part of the objective lens actuator, on each of both end faces of the support body 303 perpendicular to a tangential direction of the optical disk.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use a serration diffraction element that records or reproduces conventional optical disks such as a DVD or CD in an optical head device that records or reproduces a high density optical disk using an objective lens with a large of NA (numerical aperture). SOLUTION: Steps, which are equal to or more than one wavelength in optical length for blue light but that are shorter than one wavelength in optical length for red and infrared lights, are used to provide the blue light with a function reverse to the one provided to the red and infrared lights. An effect that makes a working distance large for the CD and DVD achieves compatibility. The optical element is integrated with the objective lens so as to carry out a tracking servo sequence. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical pickup device which stably keeps the position of a photodetection element by a configuration which prevents reliability of an optical pickup from being reduced while enabling adjustment of a plurality of axes of the photodetection element. SOLUTION: The optical pickup is provided with: an optical base; a light source which is formed on the optical base and emits a light beam; the photodetection element for photodetecting a light beam reflected by an optical disk; and first and second flexible printed boards which are connected to the photodetection elements and at least one of which transmits electric signals output from the photodetection element. The first and second flexible printed boards each have at least one bending part. The first flexible printed board is stretched in the direction of one side surface of the optical base, and the second flexible printed board is stretched to another side surface of the optical base facing the side surface. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact and inexpensive optical pickup by reducing the number of parts in an optical pickup capable of recording or reproducing a high density optical disk using a blue-violet laser light source, and to provide an optical disk device. SOLUTION: The movable length L of a coupling lens actuator, that is, the traveling range of a coupling lens is between the position of the coupling lens when recording or reproducing a DVD and the position of the coupling lens when recording or reproducing a CD. The traveling range of the coupling lens for correcting the spherical aberrations according to the thickness of the protective substrate of the information recording surface in the BD falls in the traveling range L of the coupling lens actuator. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably correct spherical aberration in order to achieve an inexpensive optical disk system which uses an objective lens of high numerical aperture composed of resin having the refractive index changed by temperature change. SOLUTION: An optical disk drive 167 is disclosed which is provided with: an optical head device 155 comprising a laser beam source 1, a condensing optical system for converging a laser beam projected from the laser beam source on an optical disk, a photodetector 33 receiving reflected light reflected by the optical disk and an aberration correction optical system controlling aberration of the condensing optical system; a motor 164 rotating the optical disk; and a control part receiving a signal from the photodetector, wherein the condensing optical system has an objective lens 14 made of resin as main material, the aberration correcting optical system has a spherical aberration correcting element 8 correcting spherical aberration, the control part evaluates quality of reproduced signal of information of the optical disk from the reflected light received by the photodetector, and closed-loop-controls the spherical aberration correcting element utilizing the evaluation result. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT