Patent · US Expired

Near field type optical disk recording reproducing apparatus, optical information recording medium recording reproducing apparatus, pickup apparatus, objective lens

US6349083B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 12, 1999
Grant dateFeb 19, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 12, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/13922
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a near field type optical disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus, provided with a light source; an objective single lens to converse light from the light source to a focusing point; an optical disk; and a rotating device to rotate the optical disk; the objective lens has a first surface at the light source side and a second surface at the focusing point side, and the first surface is a curved surface on which a diffraction surface is provided.

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