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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an objective lens converging a light beam without causing aberration or the like by providing phase structure for achieving appropriate interchange for a plurality of kinds of optical disks. SOLUTION: The objective lens converging light beams of at least first and second wavelength on a corresponding optical disk, has phase structure 11 of an annular shape which is formed in such a manner that a plurality of concave parts of an annular shape having the prescribed width in the radial direction and the prescribed height in the optical axis direction are provided, and which suppresses aberration. This phase structure 11 has the plurality of concave parts which are to be formed in an aspherical shape S B being reference and each of which has width and height obtained by the following procedures: determining the reference aspherical shape S B which does not cause aberration in the light beam of the first wavelength; calculating aberration quantity required to be corrected for suppressing aberration caused in the second wavelength light beam, determining a radial position and width of each concave part; and determining the height of each concave part from positions O, A, B, C in width of the concave part and the prescribed relational expression. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately perform tracking error detection by designing large a diffracted light intensity ratio of a 0th-light and 1st-light of a wavelength by which 3 beam division is performed and improving the use efficiency of a laser. SOLUTION: This apparatus is provided with a light emitting part emitting a plurality of laser beams having different wavelengths, a diffraction grating 4 of a surface relief type having two steps of phase heights by providing a first phase grating 11a and second phase gratings 11b provided to both sides of the first phase grating 11a, dividing a laser beam of one wavelength emitted from the light emitting part 3 into three beams, and transmitting most of laser beams of other wavelengths emitted from the light emitting part 3, an objective lens 7 converging the laser beam emitted from the light emitting part 3 on an optical disk 8, an optical element 9 diffracting an optical path of return light reflected by the optical disk 8, and a light receiving part 10 receiving the return light diffracted by the optical element 9. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform comatic aberration correction and astigmatic difference adjustment with a small number of planes, to reduce the number of components and manufacturing processes, and to make an optical system small. SOLUTION: An optical pickup is provided with: a light source 22 for emitting light of a prescribed wavelength; an objective lens 23 for converging an outgoing light emitted from the light source 22 on an optical disk 2 and converging a returned light from the optical disk 2; an optical path dividing means 24 for dividing the optical path of the returned light reflected at the optical disk 2; a photodetector 25 for receiving the returned light divided by the optical path dividing means 24; and an asymmetrical curved surface part 31b in the optical path of the returned light between the optical path dividing means 24 and the photodetector 25. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize accurate tracking control by correcting the astigmatism and suppressing jitters in the detected signals and to suppress deterioration of the read characteristics of the signals recorded on a magneto-optical disk. SOLUTION: An optical pickup is provided with a light source 11 which emits light beams, an objective lens 15 which focuses the light beams on the signal recording surface of a magneto-optical disk MO having a transparent resin substrate, a polarizing beam splitter 13 which separates the light beams emitted from the light source 11 and the return light beams from the recording surface of the magneto-optical disk through the objective lens 15, and a photodetector 19 which receives the return light beams from the signal recording surface separated by the beam splitter 13. Moreover, the optical pickup is provided with optical elements 14 and 22 which are arranged in the optical path from the light source to the magneto-optical disk and cancels the astigmatism given to the light beams by the double refractivity of the transparent resin substrate of the disk and an optical element supporting mechanism 23 which positions the mounting directions of the optical elements within a plane that orthogonally crosses the optical axis of the element and/or positions and supports the element by tilting it with respect to the optical axis of the light beam. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical head and a record reproduction device which are advantageous to relieve a requirement to accuracy for a part and the accuracy in mounting and realize lower-costs. SOLUTION: A division means 28 comprises a prism of quadrilateral shape with one cone point and four planes. An optical axis L of a reflected light beam to be incident on the division means 28 is configured to pass through the peak of the prism and be identical with straight lines with the same angle to each of the four planes. The reflected light beam is separated into four reflected light beams by being refracted at the four planes and led to an optical detection means 5. Since the optical axis of the reflected light beams and each of the four planes are in the same angle, the four reflected light beams refracted and divided at each of the planes are separated into positions at an equal distance focusing on the optical axis. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve productivity, reduce production cost, and improve reliabil ity of a focusing error signal. SOLUTION: An optical pickup device is provided with a 1st diffraction grating 45 for dividing an output light beam emitted from the light reception/ emission integral type element 31 into a zero order light beam and ± 1st order light beams, a 2nd diffraction grating 46 for diffracting the optical path of a returned light beam from an optical disk 2, and a 3rd diffraction grating 47 for diffracting a + 1st order light beam diffracted by the 2nd diffraction grating 46 by being disposed at the location where the 1st order light beam is entered to correct variations in an optical path, wherein the light reception/ emission integral type element 31 is disposed at the location where the - 1st order light beam diffracted by the 3rd diffraction grating 47 is entered and receives the - 1st order light beam to generate a focusing error signal FE and also receives the returned light beams from the optical disk 2 of ± 1st order light beams divided by the 1st diffraction grating 45 to generate a tracking error signal. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical head and a recording/reproducing device, which are advantageous when reproduction using a plurality of optical beams and recording using optical beams different in number from during reproduction are realized by a simple constitution. SOLUTION: The optical head 104 is provided with a first laser light source 1, a second laser light source 2, a grating element 3, a grating means 4, a prism 5, a beam splitter 6, a collimator lens 7, an opening limitation means 8, an objective lens 9, a cylindrical lens 10, a photodetection means 11, and a laser power monitor photodetector 12. The second laser light source 3 is constituted to emit a laser beam of a wavelength for CD and CD-R reproduction toward the grating means 4. The grating means 4 is switched for its diffraction state by a servo control circuit 109 to emit optical beams different in number between reproduction and recording. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the variance or change in a peak power level of laser ejection beams caused by the variance of laser performance or the change due to the temperature. SOLUTION: A photodetecting part 17 for power monitor is divided into a photodetector 17b for peak power monitor having a small photodetecting area of the center part and photodetectors 17a for average power monitor having a large photodetecting area of the circumference or both sides. A laser driving circuit 1 is controlled so that a level of DC component in a photodetecting output current Ia of the photodetector 17a coincides with a target value, to control a level of a DC current Id for driving the laser. Further, a high frequency superimposing circuit 3 is controlled so that the amplitude of high frequency component of the photodetecting output current Ib (or an added current of the photodetecting output Ia of the photodetector 17a and the photodetecting output current Ib of the photodetector 17b) of the photodetector 17b coincides with the target value, then the amplitude of an high frequency current Ih superimposed to the DC current Id is controlled.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an apparatus in which an error due to the jitters is not generated in a reproducing operation and which can record a good information signal by a method wherein a semiconductor laser and a light-emitting-output control circuit are provided and the servo band of the light-emitting-output control circuit is specified. SOLUTION: A reference voltage VR is supplied, via a resistance R1 having a prescribed resistance value, to the inverting input terminal (-) of a comparator IC1. The inverting input terminal (-) of the comparator IC1 is connected, via a capacitor C1, to the output terminal of the comparator IC1, and it is connected, via a resistance R4, to the output terminal of the comparator IC1. A prescribed voltage is supplied to the noninverting terminal (+) of the comparator IC1 via a photodiode PD for a front APC, and the noninverting terminal is grounded via a resistance R3. The output terminal of the comparator IC1 is connected, via a resistance R5 having a prescribed resistance value, to the base terminal of a PNP transistor TR1.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical pickup capable of being manufactured at low cost with simple constitution and being used both for recording and reproducing and for reproducing only. SOLUTION: This optical pickup consists of a light emitting means 11, an objective lens 15 of finite magnification for irradiating an optical disk D with light from the light emitting means, an actuator for supporting movably this objective lens in the biaxial directions, a light splitting means 13 for splitting return light from the optical disk and a photodetector 18 for detecting light splitted by the light splitting means. Then, the optical pickup is equipped with a convex lens 14 capable of keeping a distance between the light emitting means and the objective lens unchanged and arranged between the light emitting means and the objective lens.