Optical high density data reproducing apparatus using interference techniques
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorsChiaki Sato, Eishi Ikuta
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Abstract
A laser beam emitted from a laser diode 12 is converted to parallel beams through a collimator lens 14. The beams pass through a stop 15, a polarizing beam splitter 16 and a .lambda./4 plate 18. The beams are then converged on an optical disc 22 through an objective lens 20 and diffracted by mark set provided on the disc 22. The diffracted beams reflected by the disc 22 enter the objective lens 20, pass through the .lambda./4 plate 18, are reflected by the polarizing beam splitter 16, and are divided into two parts by a half mirror 24. The reflected part of the beams enters a data reproducing detector 26, and the transmitted part of the beams enters a tracking servo detector 27.
Claims5
An optical data reproducing apparatus for reproducing a quantity of data from a recording medium that stores said quantity of data in the form of mark sets, each mark set including marks formed on a track at intervals corresponding to said quantity of data, said apparatus comprising:
- a light source for emitting a light beam;
- radiating means for radiating said light beam from said light source to at least one of said mark sets;
- two two-part photodiodes for receiving at least portions of a given +1st-order diffracted beam and a given -1st-order diffracted beam that have been diffracted by said at least one of said mark sets;
- calculating means for calculating a plurality of photoelectric conversion outputs from said two parts of said two two-part photodiodes;
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- reproducing means for reproducing said quantity of data from positional data of said given 1st-order diffracted beams that are shifted in accordance with a distance between said marks of said at least one mark set;
- said positional data being provided by said calculating means;
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- said calculating means including a divider for providing a value of a ratio of said photoelectric conversion outputs of said two parts of said at least one of said two two-part photodiodes.
An optical data reproducing apparatus for reproducing a quantity of data from a recording medium that stores said quantity of data in the form of mark sets, each mark set including marks formed on a track at intervals corresponding to said quantity of data, said apparatus comprising:
- a light source for omitting a light beam;
- radiating means for radiating said light beam from said light source to at least one of said mark sets;
- two two-part photodiodes for receiving at least portions of a given +1st-order diffracted beam and a given -1st-order diffracted beam that have been diffracted by said at least one of said mark sets;
- calculating means for calculating a plurality of photoelectric conversion outputs from said two parts of said two two-part photodiodes;
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- reproducing means for reproducing said quantity of data from positional data of said given 1st-order diffracted beams that are shifted in accordance with a distance between said marks of said at least one mark set;
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- wherein said calculating means further includes:
- at least one comparator having input terminals connected to receive output signals from said two parts of a selected one of said two-part photodiodes;
- said at least one comparator producing comparator output signals representative of said output signals from said two parts of said selected one of said two-part photodiodes connected to said input terminals of said at least one comparator;
- an adder for providing an adder output signal by adding an output signal from each of said two-parts of said selected one of said two two-part photodiodes;
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- a divider for obtaining a divided value of said outputs from said comparator and said adder, thereby enabling said calculating means to calculate a value of a ratio of a sum of said plurality of photoelectric conversion outputs of said two parts of said selected one of said two two-part photodiodes to a difference of said plurality of photoelectric conversion outputs, and to output a calculated value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.