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Optical pickup apparatus

US7664005B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 12, 2007
Grant dateFeb 16, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 1, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2007/0013
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The adverse influence of reflected light from adjacent layers as stray light on a control signal or data signal is reduced when tracking a multilayered optical disc using differential push-pull method. The reflected light from the optical disc including stray light from an adjacent layer is once condensed with a condenser lens having little aberration and is then reflected by a reflecting mirror having a partial reflecting region. The resultant reflected light, which has the influence of stray light reduced, passes through a polarization beam splitter and becomes incident on a four-quadrant detector (for main beam) and a split detector (for sub beam) via a condenser lens having astigmatic aberration.

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