Apparatus and method for controlling focus in a recording system

Details Apparatus and method for controlling focus in a recording system Apparatus and method for controlling focus in a recording system

1980-07-14

1982-11-09

Pellinen, A. D.

Recorders

Performance of multiple functions of steam and gas engines

Pressure responsive element

346 76L, 346108, 369 45, 250204, G01D 1514

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043587747

ABSTRACT:
A control system for maintaining proper focus of a radiant recording or writing beam, such as a laser beam, with respect to a recording surface, by measurement of the duty cycle of an oscillatory information-carrying signal recorded from the recording surface immediately after recording. The system includes a photodetector for detecting a reading beam used to recover the recorded information, a focusing lens movable with respect to the recording surface to focus the writing and reading beams, a dither oscillator to generate a dither signal employed to move the focusing lens in an oscillatory manner, a duty cycle detector to provide a signal indicative of the duty cycle of the information-carrying signal recovered by the reading beam, and a multiplier for comparing the phases of the duty cycle signal and the dither oscillator signal, and thereby providing a correction signal indicative of the magnitude and polarity focus error. This control system provides fine focus control, and is utilized in conjunction with a coarse focus control comprising a focus detector, differential amplifier and feedback path to the movable focusing lens. In addition, the signal from the duty cycle detector can be coupled to maintain the power of the writing beam at an optimum level and to maintain the duty cycle at a constant level, such as fifty percent.

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