Method of adjusting beam axis of optical pick-up

Details Method of adjusting beam axis of optical pick-up Method of adjusting beam axis of optical pick-up

1996-07-09

1998-05-12

Nelms, David C.

Optical: systems and elements

Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels

359823, G02B 2710, G02B 702

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active

057514917

ABSTRACT:
A light beam emitted from a laser diode passes through a polarization beam splitter, a movable mirror, a reference prism supported in a pair of rails, a sliding mirror and is incident on a cat's-eye optical system. The light beam reflected in the cat's-eye optical system returns to the polarization beam splitter along an optical path of the incident light beam, is separated by a polarizing separating plane and is directed to a television camera. The front surface of the reference prism is perpendicular to the rails. Thus, the light beam reflected at the front surface of the reference prism is directed to the television camera along an optical path which is inclined relative to the optical path of the incident light beam in accordance with the direction of the rails. Consequently, if the inclination of the movable mirror is adjusted such that the light spots of both of the reflected beams displayed on the monitor coincide, the optical path of the incident light beam is parallel to the rails.

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