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Optical pickup using an optical phase plate

US6275461A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2000
Grant dateAug 14, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2007/0006
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A recording/reproducing apparatus includes an optical pickup device having an optical phase plate which is compatible with optical recording mediums having different thicknesses, and an optical signal processing device processes information read from the optical recording mediums and processes information to be recorded thereon using the optical pickup device.

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