1988-04-21
1990-03-13
Arnold, Bruce Y.
350277, 350173, G02B 504, G02B 2714
Patent
active
049078585
ABSTRACT:
In an optical pickup apparatus comprising a light source for applying a light beam to an optical memory medium, a beam splitter disposed in the optical path from the light source to the medium to separate the reflected beam from the medium from the beam from the light source, and a photodetector for detecting the separated reflected beam, having a surface opposed to that surface of the beam splitter which faces the photodetector is formed so as to form an angle different from the perpendicular with respect to the optic axis of the separated reflected beam.
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Hara Hiroshi
Ida Koichi
Koyama Osamu
Shihou Makoto
Sonobe Hiraku
Arnold Bruce Y.
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Ryan J.
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