Optical element utilized for optical storage unit and optical de

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1996-02-07

1998-04-28

Henry, Jon W.

Optical: systems and elements

Holographic system or element

Using a hologram as an optical element

359566, 369112, G02B 532, G02B 518, G11B 7135

Patent

active

057452652

ABSTRACT:
An optical element for writing and reading signals for an optical storage unit, and an optical device including the optical element, include an optical substrate made of a material allowing the transmission of a laser beam emitted from a semiconductor laser and disposed between the semiconductor laser and an optical storage medium; a first hologram formed on the optical substrate in such a manner as to transmit the laser beam, and to allow it to be incident into the optical storage medium and to diffract the laser beam reflected by the optical storage medium inside the optical substrate; and a second hologram formed on the optical substrate in such a manner as to transmit one polarization component of the laser beam diffracted by the first hologram and propagating inside the optical substrate, to diffract the other polarization component and to thus separate both polarization components. A signal representing the state of the optical storage medium is detected by detecting the difference of the intensities between the polarization components so separated.

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