Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080204836 | HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENT AND COMPATIBLE OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical pickup device is compatible with first and second information storage media having different thickness, and includes a light source to emit light; a holographic optical element having holograms in regions to diffract the light into a zero-order diffraction light beam and a first-order diffraction light beam, including a first region to transmit the zero-order diffraction light beam in a straight direction and to diverge the first-order diffraction light beam, a second region to transmit the zero-order diffraction light beam in the straight direction and to converge the first-order diffraction light beam, and a third region to transmit the zero-order diffraction light beam in the straight direction and to converge the first-order diffraction light beam, wherein the zero-order diffraction efficiency of the third region is different from the zero-order diffraction efficiency of the second region; and an objective lens to focus the light to the information storage media. | 08-28-2008 |
20080205249 | COMPATIBLE OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM SYSTEM EMPLOYING- THE SAME - An optical pickup compatible with different types of optically recorded media and an optical recording and/or reproducing system employing the compatible optical pickup, the compatible optical pickup including: a short wavelength light source emitting a short wavelength light suitable for a high-density information storage medium; a low-density optical system emitting a long wavelength light suitable for a low-density information storage medium; an objective lens focusing lights incident from the long wavelength light source and the low-density optical system onto an information storage medium; a single photodetector (PD) receiving the short and long wavelength lights reflected from the information storage medium to detect a reproduction signal and a focus error signal; a detection lens focusing the short and long wavelength lights reflected from the information storage medium as a light spot having an appropriate size onto the single PD; a first collimating lens positioned on an optical path of a light reflected from the information storage medium, wherein the optical path is positioned between the objective lens and the single PD; and a driving unit adjusting a position of the first collimating lens along an optical axis according to a wavelength of a light moving towards the single PD to reduce an offset of a focus error signal caused by chromatic aberration. | 08-28-2008 |
20080247015 | HOLOGRAM OPTICAL DEVICE, COMPATIBLE OPTICAL PICKUP INCLUDING THE HOLOGRAM OPTICAL DEVICE, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM SYSTEM INCLUDING THE COMPATIBLE OPTICAL PICKUP - A hologram optical device, a compatible optical pickup including the hologram optical device, and an optical information storage medium system including the compatible optical pickup are provided. The hologram optical device includes: a first hologram area having a hologram that is asymmetric with respect to an optical axis to diffract an incident light in a 0 | 10-09-2008 |
20080285419 | HOLOGRAM OPTICAL DEVICE, AND COMPATIBLE OPTICAL PICKUP HAVING THE HOLOGRAM OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE COMPATIBLE OPTICAL PICKUP - A hologram optical device, and a compatible optical pickup having the hologram optical device and an information storage medium system employing the hologram optical device. The hologram optical device includes a hologram having a pattern having a period in a 4-step stairway shape. At least one of first, second, third, and fourth steps of the 4-step stairway shape is formed in a different width from at least one other step. | 11-20-2008 |
20090046559 | HOLOGRAPHIC INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCING HOLOGRAPHIC INFORMATION USING THE SAME - A holographic storage medium includes a substrate; a cover layer to receive a first circular polarization beam having a first polarization direction and a second circular polarization beam having a second polarization direction orthogonal to the first polarization direction; a polarization beam splitting/reflective layer disposed between the substrate and the cover layer to reflect the first beam while maintaining the first polarization direction of the first beam, and to transmit the second beam; and a holographic recording layer disposed between the polarization beam splitting/reflective layer and the cover layer to record information as an interference pattern formed in the holographic layer by the first beam reflected by the polarization beam splitting/reflective layer and the second beam received by the cover layer. | 02-19-2009 |
20090067315 | MULTI-CHANNEL OPTICAL RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A multi-channel optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes an optical pickup including a plurality of light sources, the optical pickup being adapted to emit a plurality of light beams to a corresponding plurality of tracks of an information storage medium and to detect a plurality of light beams reflected by the corresponding plurality of tracks of the information storage medium; and a control signal generating unit to generate a control signal which equalizes and controls aberrations occurring due to a wavelength difference between the plurality of light sources, a displacement difference on an optical axis between the light sources, or a distance between the light sources, based on detection signals generated according to the plurality of reflected light beams. | 03-12-2009 |
20090073851 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCING HOLOGRAPHIC DATA AND HOLOGRAPHIC DATA STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing holographic data and a holographic information storage medium, wherein the apparatus for recording and/or reproducing holographic information includes an optical pickup emitting light onto a holographic information storage medium and receiving the emitted light. The optical pickup includes: a light source unit emitting a signal beam and a reference beam in a recording mode; and a focusing optical system focusing the signal beam and the reference beam on one focal point in the holographic information storage medium so that information can be recorded by using an interference pattern formed along a depth direction of the holographic information storage medium in the vicinity of the focal point, wherein the numerical aperture of the focusing optical system for the signal beam is different from the numerical aperture of the focusing optical system for the reference beam. | 03-19-2009 |
20090073852 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCING HOLOGRAPHIC DATA - An optical pickup of a holographic data recording/reproducing apparatus that emits light to a reflective holographic data storage medium in which a substrate, a reflection layer, a recording layer, and a cover layer are sequentially stacked, and receives the emitted light, the optical pickup including: a first light source unit to emit, during a recording operation, a signal beam having a first polarization and a reference beam having a second polarization perpendicular to the first polarization along the same optical path; and a main lens unit having a refractivity that varies according to a polarization of a passing light, so as to cause the signal beam to be reflected from the reflection layer then focused on a focal point, and to cause the reference beam to pass through the cover layer then be directly focused on the focal point | 03-19-2009 |
20090109826 | OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE OPTICAL PICKUP - An optical pickup and a recording and/or reproducing apparatus having the same, the optical pickup including: a light source emitting a light beam; an objective lens focusing the emitted light beam onto a multi-layered optical information storage medium; a polarization dependent optical path changer changing a proceeding path of the light beam; a photodetector detecting a signal beam reflected from the optical information storage medium; and a polarization element provided on an optical path of the reflected signal beam, and reducing interference between the signal beam and a noise beam reflected from an adjacent layer on a light receiving plane by changing a polarization state of the signal beam in at least a portion where the signal beam overlaps with the noise beam. | 04-30-2009 |
20090153929 | APPARATUS FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCING HOLOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - A holographic information recording and/or reproducing apparatus, including a light source to emit light; a polarization forming optical system to form a polarized signal beam and a polarized reference beam from the light emitted from the light source, wherein the polarized signal beam and the polarized reference beam are incident on a holographic information storage medium through an identical surface; a focusing optical system to focus the polarized signal beam and the polarized reference beam onto in the holographic information storage medium so that information is recorded by an interference pattern; and an adjustment optical system to set the focal positions of the polarized signal beam and the polarized reference beam, and to adjust a difference between a path of the polarized signal beam and a path of the polarized reference beam. | 06-18-2009 |
20090168629 | HOLOGRAPHIC INFORMATION RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A holographic information recording and/or reproducing apparatus including: a light source unit emitting reference light and signal light; a first optical path guiding unit guiding the lights to cross; a second optical path guiding unit including a first polarization converter located on an optical path of one of the reference and signal lights, a first polarization beam splitter located at a crossing point of the reference light and the signal light, an optical path converter guiding the reference light and the signal light so that they cross again, a second polarization converter located on an optical path of the signal light before the signal light crosses the reference light, and a second polarization beam splitter uniting the optical paths of the reference light and the signal light; and an objective lens unit illuminating the reference light and the signal light onto one side of a holographic information storage medium. | 07-02-2009 |
20090174920 | APPARATUS FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCING HOLOGRAPHIC DATA - A holographic information recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes: a light source to emit light; a polarization conversion device to form a polarized signal beam and an orthogonal polarized reference beam; an optical path forming optical system to separate the optical paths of the signal beam and the reference beam; a focus adjustment optical system disposed on the optical path of at least one of the signal beam and the reference beam, and to vary a position of a focus of at least one of the signal beam and the reference beam in a depth direction of the holographic information storage medium; an objective lens to focus the signal beam and the reference beam in the holographic information storage medium, and form an interference pattern to record information; and a 4f relay system disposed on an optical path between the focus adjustment optical system and the objective lens. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175138 | SERVO CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF HOLOGRAPHIC INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING SYSTEM - A servo controlling apparatus of a holographic information recording/reproducing system changes the foci of reference light and signal light in a depth direction of a holographic information storage medium to record information over a plurality of information layers. A servo control is changed from a normal servo operation to a between-movement servo operation while movement between information layers is made during a recording operation, and the servo control is changed back to the normal servo operation when the movement between information layers is completed. The between-movement servo operation maintains a servo control state that exists before the movement between information layers. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175149 | HOLOGRAPHIC INFORMATION RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A holographic information recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a light pickup optical system and a recording power control unit. The light pickup optical system illuminates reference light and signal light onto an information storing medium. The recording power control unit controls the light pickup optical system such that recording power of the reference light is the same as that of signal light. | 07-09-2009 |
20090185247 | HOLOGRAPHIC DATA STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCING HOLOGRAPHIC DATA TO/FROM THE SAME - A holographic data storage medium, and a method and an apparatus for recording/reproducing holographic data by using the medium includes a substrate; manifold reflective layer between which a part of a signal beam is capable of being reflected at least one time and then being emitted from the manifold reflective layer; and a holographic recording layer in which a plurality of information layers are capable of being formed in a depth direction of the holographic recording layer, wherein interference patterns of a rest of the signal beam and a reference beam constitute each of the plurality of information layers. | 07-23-2009 |
20100008204 | MULTI-WAVELENGTH MICRO HOLOGRAPHIC DATA RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A multi-wavelength micro holographic data recording and/or reproducing apparatus in which decentering of light beams having different wavelengths is compensated for, the apparatus including: at least two light sources emitting the light beams; at least two photodetectors respectively detecting the light beams reflected from an optical recording medium; and an optical system guiding the light beams emitted from the light sources to the optical recording medium along a common optical path and guiding the light beams reflected from the optical recording medium to corresponding photodetectors, wherein the optical system includes: an objective lens focusing a light beam on the optical recording medium; a common decenter compensation member provided on the common optical path to adjust traveling angles of the light beams; and an individual decenter compensation member provided on an individual optical path of a light beam of individual wavelength to adjust a traveling angle of the light beam. | 01-14-2010 |
20100020375 | METHOD OF RECORDING HOLOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - A method of recording holographic information includes recording a hologram mark and a homogeneous mark in a holographic data storage medium with a volume to alternatively locate the hologram mark and the homogeneous mark. The hologram mark has a varied refractive index distribution due to constructive/destructive interferences between two light beams and indicates information, while the homogeneous mark has a more uniform refractive index distribution than the hologram mark. | 01-28-2010 |
20100053710 | APPARATUS FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCING HOLOGRAPHIC DATA AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING POSITION OF RECORDING LAYER - An apparatus for recording/reproducing holographic data and a method of adjusting a position of a recording layer. While an objective lens focusing first and second lights having different wavelengths on a holographic data storage medium including first and second reflective layers reciprocatingly moves in a direction of an optical axis, a focus movement unit, which moves a focus of the second light in the direction of the optical axis until a time difference between a first detection signal generated when the first light is reflected from the first reflective layer and a second detection signal generated when the second light is reflected from the second reflective layer becomes a value corresponding to a position of a desired recording layer, is controlled to move a focal position of the second light so that the focal position of the second light can be adjusted to the position of a desired recording layer. | 03-04-2010 |
20100061203 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING DATA INTO AND/OR FROM OPTICAL DISK - Provided are a method and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data into and/or from an optical disk. The apparatus includes a reference beam optical system to form a focus of a reference beam in an optical data storage layer of the optical disk and including an objective lens; a signal beam optical system to form a focus of a signal beam in the optical data storage layer and also including the objective lens; and a servo optical system to project a servo beam onto the optical disk, receiving a reflection servo beam which is reflected on the optical disk, and performing focusing and tracking control on the objective lens. The reference beam optical system includes a first focus mover to move the focus of the reference beam, and the signal beam optical system includes a second focus mover to move the focus of the signal beam. The data is recorded into a plurality of recording layers in the optical data storage layer by moving a first focus position, at which the foci of the reference beam and the signal beam are located, in a thickness direction of the optical data storage layer, which is a focusing direction. | 03-11-2010 |
20100061210 | OPTICAL DISC AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE OPTICAL DISC - An optical disc, and a recording/reproducing method and apparatus to record information on the optical disc. The optical disc includes an optical information storage layer, including a layer format region and a user data region. The layer format region is divided into virtual layers that are disposed at different depths. The virtual layers include layer information to distinguish the virtual layers from one another. | 03-11-2010 |
20100110846 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING POSITION IN WHICH DATA IS TO BE RECORDED - A method and apparatus to control a position in which data is to be recorded on a holographic data recording medium by using interference between a reference light and a signal light, the method including: irradiating the reference light and the signal light on the holographic data recording medium; generating a focus error signal that indicates a distance difference between a first focus corresponding to a focus of the reference light on the holographic data recording medium and a second focus corresponding to a focus of the signal light on the holographic data recording medium, based on information about a reflective signal light generated when the irradiated signal light is reflected from a reflective transmission layer of the holographic data recording medium; and moving the second focus to a position of the first focus, based on the focus error signal. | 05-06-2010 |
20110080817 | COMPATIBLE OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - An optical pickup compatible with different types of optically recorded media and an optical recording and/or reproducing system employing the compatible optical pickup, the compatible optical pickup including: a short wavelength light source emitting a short wavelength light; a low-density optical system emitting a long wavelength light; an objective lens focusing lights incident from the long wavelength light source and the low-density optical system onto an information storage medium; a single photodetector (PD) receiving the short and long wavelength lights reflected from the information storage medium; a detection lens focusing the short and long wavelength lights reflected from the information storage medium as a light spot onto the single PD; a first collimating lens positioned on an optical path of a light reflected, wherein the optical path is positioned between the objective lens and the single PD; and a driving unit adjusting a position of the first collimating lens. | 04-07-2011 |
20120063253 | OPTICAL MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF RECORDING/REPRODUCING INFORMATION BY USING THE SAME - An optical memory device and a method of recording/reproducing information by using the optical memory device. The optical memory device includes a substrate; a first barrier layer formed on the substrate; a quantum well layer; a second barrier layer; a quantum dot layer; and a third barrier layer. The quantum well layer has an energy band gap which is wider than that of the quantum dot layer, and the second barrier layer has an energy band gap which is wider than that of the quantum well layer, so that electrons in excitons which are generated in the quantum dot layer by light of a certain wavelength are captured by the quantum well layer to record information, and then, recorded information may be erased or reproduced by irradiating light of a certain wavelength to the optical memory device. | 03-15-2012 |
20130022344 | 3-DIMENSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHING LENS SYSTEM AND PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a 3-dimensional lens system adapted to reduce aberrations occurring as a left-eye image passing through a left-eye lens group and a right-eye image passing through a right-eye lens group are off-axially incident to the left-eye lens group and the right-eye lens group, respectively, and that is fabricated in a reduced size without using a reflection mirror. Also disclosed is an image capture device designed to be larger than an image so as to prevent a loss of the image. | 01-24-2013 |