Dynamic information storage or retrieval – Optical reading of mechanical record
Patent
1992-07-07
1994-01-11
Pascal, Robert J.
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Optical reading of mechanical record
369 32, 369 13, G11B 1100
Patent
active
052788113
ABSTRACT:
A magneto-optic reading apparatus includes a laser light source for generating a linearly polarized light beam and a quarter-wave plate which converts the linearly polarized light beam into a circularly polarized light beam. A beam splitter separates the circularly polarized light beam into a first beam which passes therethrough and a second beam which is reflected. An objective lens converges the first beam so as to scan one of the data tracks of a magneto-optic recording element. The information written along the scanned data track causes the polarization of the first beam to be modulated as the first beam is reflected by the recording element toward the first beam splitter. The first beam splitter further separates the first beam into a third beam which passes therethrough and a fourth beam which is reflected. The quarter-wave plate converts the third beam into a linearly polarized light beam which has a polarization that is substantially transverse to the polarization of the light beam from the laser light source. A polarizing beam splitter prevents the third beam from reaching the laser light source. An optical signal detecting system receives the fourth beam from the first beam splitter and generates a magnetization signal corresponding to the information along the scanned data track.
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Industrial Technology Research Institute
Neyzari Ali
Pascal Robert J.
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