Abstract:
A method for evaluating a reproduction performance which reproduces a specific pattern recording signal to measure a reproduced signal noise, and calculates an evaluated value of a reproduction performance on the basis of a frequency characteristic of the measured reproduced signal noise.
Abstract:
The optical module for optical height measurement includes a laser light source, an irradiation optical system, a detection optical system, and a detector. The laser light source is configured to irradiate the layer-structured specimen with a light beam. The irradiation optical system includes an objective lens. The objective lens is located to be approximately perpendicular to the layer-structured specimen. The detection optical system is configured to guide a reflected light reflected by the layer-structured specimen and a light passing through the objective lens and an aperture-restrictor-for-return to the detector. The aperture-restrictor-for-return is located immediately after the objective lens. The aperture-restrictor-for-return is configured to restrict the reflected light and cause only a light in a high NA region to pass through. The detector is configured to convert an entered light into a light detection signal. The detector includes a multi-divided detector array.
Abstract:
A recording waveform is adjusted based on the fluctuation amount of the mark edge position, focused on that fluctuation of a mark edge position is increased in aged deterioration of a recording signal. Specifically, the recording waveform is adjusted such that a fluctuation amount becomes minimum or a threshold value or less. Then, information is recorded on the optical disc using the recording waveform. Further, provided is a recording medium or an information recording apparatus which stores parameters of the recording waveform.
Abstract:
An optical module for optical height measurement optically measures a height of a specimen and includes an irradiation optical system, two detection optical systems, and a light dividing element. The irradiation optical system includes a laser light source and an objective lens to irradiate the specimen with a light beam. The two detection optical systems each include a divided optical detector configured to detect a reflected light reflected by the specimen. The light dividing element is configured to guide the reflected light to the two detection optical systems. A light that has transmitted the light dividing element and a light reflected by the light dividing element are guided to the respective two detection optical systems. Intensity distributions of the transmitted light and the reflected light on the two detection optical systems are inverted in line symmetry.
Abstract:
When data is recorded on an optical disc, and stored for a long period of time, there is a need to periodically evaluate whether a quality of the recorded data is determined with time, or not. If the signal quality is lower than a given level as an evaluation result, a work for moving the data to a brand-new optical disc is required. However, in periodical inspection, if the number of optical discs is enormous, a large amount of time is required to evaluate all data recorded on the optical disc. In recording user data on the optical disc, a signal of a particular pattern having a lifetime shorter than a reference lifetime of the user data is recorded in a given area of the optical disc in advance, the particular pattern signal is reading at given time intervals, and processing on the user data is determined on the basis of the evaluation result of the signal quality.