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Optical information processor with prismatic correction of laser beam shape

US4333173A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 22, 1980
Grant dateJun 1, 1982
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/1398
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical information processor comprising a semiconductor laser device which has a rectangular light emitting region, a disk, and an optical system which includes a prism for converting a non-circular beam emergent from the laser device into a circular beam, the circular beam being projected onto the disk by the optical system thereby to record or play back predetermined information.

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