Optical pick-up for DVD

Author

Shinoda, M. ; Nakamura, K. ; Yabe, M. ; Watanabe, N. ; Satoh, T. ; Hirai, N. ; Fujita, T. ; Kime, K. ; Ishida, Yuuki

Author_Institution

Video Disc Bus. Dev. Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kyoto, Japan

Volume

42

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

808

Lastpage

813

Abstract

The optical pick-up for DVD with CD (compact disc) compatibility is discussed. The difference of the substrate thickness between DVD and CD causes the different spherical aberration and prevents the laser beam from being focused into a diffraction limit spot size with only one objective lens. Several methods of reducing this aberration and possessing compatibility with CD are proposed. The twin lens type optical pick-up is one solution in overcoming this problem. It incorporates objective lenses for both DVD and CD. Each lens results in an optimum focused spot without the extra spherical aberration for each type of disc

Keywords

aberrations; audio discs; laser beam applications; lenses; multimedia communication; pick-ups; video discs; CD compatibility; DVD; diffraction limit spot size; multimedia; objective lens; optical pick-up; optimum focused spot; spherical aberration; substrate thickness; twin lens type optical pick-up; Apertures; Cities and towns; DVD; Holographic optical components; Holography; Laser beams; Lenses; Multimedia systems; Optical diffraction; Surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.536189

Filename

536189