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Optical head for a videodisc player/recorder

US4298974A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 10, 1979
Grant dateNov 3, 1981
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Expiry dateMay 10, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/127
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical head comprising a semiconductor laser array which is used as a light source, and an optical system which guides laser beams from the array to a predetermined recording medium. The beam from one lasing point of the array is modulated by predetermined information and is used as a recording beam, while the beam from another lasing point is continuously oscillated and is used as a playback beam.

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