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Optical pick-up apparatus

US7440381B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 2, 2005
Grant dateOct 21, 2008
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2007/13727
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical pickup apparatus for conducting recording and/or reproducing information of an optical information recording medium, comprises a light source; a converging optical system having an objective lens; and a photo-detector. The converging optical system comprises a plastic lens and a spherical aberration deviation correcting element to correct deviation of a spherical aberration of the converging optical system. A numerical aperature of the objective lens at an image-side is 0.65 or more.

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