Patent · US Expired

Objective lens for optical disk

US4995710A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 25, 1990
Grant dateFeb 26, 1991
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Expiry dateMay 25, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B13/24
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An objective lens for an optical disk has a first lens group constructed by joining a negative meniscus lens, a biconvex lens, and a negative meniscus lens sequentially arranged from the side of a light source; and a second lens group constructed by a positive meniscus lens. The first and second lens groups are sequentially arranged from the side of the light source toward the side of the optical disk. A combined focal distance f of the entire lens system, a focal distance f.sub.1 of the first lens group, a radius r.sub.i (i=1 to 6) of curvature of an i-th lens face from the side of the light source, and a refractive index n.sub.j and an Abbe number .nu..sub.j (j=1 to 4) of a j-th lens from the side of the light source satisfy the following conditions, PA1 (I) 0.7.gtoreq.f.sup.2 /.vertline.r.sub.2 .multidot.r.sub.3 .vertline.<2.0,r.sub.2 >0,r.sub.3 <0 PA1 (II) 2.0<[(n.sub.1 -1)+(n.sub.3 -1)]/(n.sub.2 -1)<3.0 PA1 (III) 15<[(.nu..sub.2 -.nu..sub.1)+(.nu..sub.2 -.nu..sub.3)]<90 and PA1 (IV) 2.0<(f.sub.1 /f)<6.0

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