Dynamic information storage or retrieval – Specific detail of information handling portion of system – Radiation beam modification of or by storage medium
Patent
1999-08-23
2000-07-04
Huber, Paul W.
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Specific detail of information handling portion of system
Radiation beam modification of or by storage medium
369121, G11B 700
Patent
active
060848472
ABSTRACT:
An optical pickup capable of recording or reproducing information from optical disks having different recording densities includes a first optical unit having a light source which emits rays having a first wavelength for DVDs and a first light sensor which detects reflected rays, a second optical unit having a light source which emits rays having a second wavelength for CDs and a second light sensor which detects reflected rays, a beam splitter which directs the rays having the first wavelength and the rays having the second wavelength along substantially the same optical axis, and directs reflected rays from an optical disk to the first light sensor and the second light sensor, and an objective lens which has a numerical aperture (NA) of 0.6 or more, a focal length of 2.5 mm or less, an effective diameter of incidence of 3.0 mm or less and a working distance of 1.2 mm or less. The light pickup as a whole has a thickness of 7.5 mm or less as measured from a bottom surface of the optical disk. The light pickup is capable of reproducing information from optical disks having different recording densities, is composed of a small number of parts, and is compact and thin.
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Furukawa Fuminobu
Kojima Kouki
Huber Paul W.
Matsushita Electric - Industrial Co., Ltd.
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