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Optical head and information recording and reproducing apparatus using it

US6396790B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 2001
Grant dateMay 28, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0916
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical head having a plurality of laser light source and a plurality of photodetectors corresponding to the plurality of laser light sources. The plurality of laser light sources have at least three wavelengths with frequencies which are different from one another, a first laser module includes at least two laser light sources with two frequencies which are in close proximity and two photodetectors corresponding to the at least two laser light sources, and a second laser module includes another laser light source and another photodetector corresponding to the another laser light source.

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