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Light source apparatus provided with beam shaping element and optical pick-up apparatus having the same

US7558180B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 2004
Grant dateJul 7, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2026

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

Abstract

The present invention has a beam shaping element for converting the light source 11 into a light flux whose emitting angle is almost equal and for projecting it, and a generation amount of the astigmatism generated by the temperature change is suppressed by a linear expansion of the beam shaping element.

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