The present invention relates to an optical pickup that
irradiates an optical recording medium with a first light for
information recording in or information reproduction from a
10 recording layer and a second light different from the first
light through a common objective lens, and adjusts a focusing
position of the first light having passed through the ob j ective
lens by changing collimation of the first light entering the
objective lens, the optical recording medium including a
15 reference surface provided with a reflection film in which
a position director is formed in a spiral form or a concentric
circular form, and the recording layer which is formed in a
layer position different from the reference surface and in
which marks are formed in accordance with irradiation of light
20 and hence information is recorded. Moreover, the present
invention relates to an optical drive device including such
an optical pick-up, and a light irradiation method.
CITATION LIST
25 PATENT DOCUMENT
[0002] ;
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application ,'
Laid-Open No. 2008-135144
Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application
30 Laid-Open No. 2008-176902
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BACKGROUND ART
[0003]
As an optical recording medium on which recording and
reproduction of signals are performed by irradiation of light,
5 forexample, a so-called optical disc suchas CD (Compact Disc) ,
DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) , and BD (Blu-ray Disc: registered
trademark) has been widespread.
[0004]
As for an optical recording medium to be the next
10 generation of the currently widespread optical recording
medium such as a CD, a DVD, and a BD, the applicant of the
present application has proposed so-called bulk recording type
optical recording media as described in Patent Document 1 and
Patent Document 2.
15 [0005]
Here, the bulk recording is a technology that carries
out multilayer recording in a bulk layer 102 in a manner of,
for example as illustrated in Fig. 25, irradiating an optical
recording medium (a bulk-type recording medium 100), which
20 at least includes a cover layer 101 and the bulk layer (recording
layer) 102, with a laser beam, while sequentially changing
a focal position, thereby attempting to achieve an increase
in recording capacity.
[0006]
25 In connection with such bulk recording, Patent Document
1 describes a recording technology that is called a
micro-hologram system.
The micro-hologram system is broadly divided into a
positive type micro-hologram system and a negative type
30 micro-hologram system as illustrated in Fig. 26 tobe described
later.
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In the micro-hologram system, a so-called holographic
recording material is used as a recording material of the bulk
layer 102. As the holographic recording material, for example,
a photopolymerizable type photopolymer and the like are widely
5 known.
[0007]
As illustrated in Fig. 2 6(a), the positive type
micro-hologram system is a technique of forming a fine
interference fringe (hologram) by condensing two opposed
10 luminous fluxes (a luminous flux A and a luminous flux B) at
the same position, and using this fringe as a recorded mark.
[0008]
Moreover, the negative type micro-hologram system
illustrated in Fig. 26(b) is based on an idea contrary to the
15 positive type micro-hologram system. That is, it is a
technique of erasing an interference fringe which has been
formed beforehand by irradiation of a laser beam and using
the erased portion as a recorded mark.
[0009]
2 0 Fig. 27 is a diagram to describe the negative type
micro-hologram system.
In this negative type micro-hologram system, an
initialization process to form an interference fringe in the
bulk layer 102 needs to be performed in advance as illustrated
25 in Fig. 27(a), before performing a recording operation.
Specifically, as illustrated in the figure, a luminous flux
C and a luminous flux D originating in parallel light are
irradiated to be opposed to each other, and an interference
fringe of those luminous fluxes is formed over the whole area
30 of bulk layer 102.
After the interference fringe is formed through the
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initialization process, information is recorded by forming
deletion marks as illustrated in Fig. 27(b). Specifically,
a laser beam is irradiated in accordance with recording
information in a state in which the laser beam is focused on
5 a certainlayerposition. As a result, information is recorded
in the form of deletion marks.
[0010]
Moreover, as another bulk recording technique different
from the micro-hologram system, the applicant of the present
10 application also has proposed a recording technique of forming,
for example, voids (holes) as recorded marks as described in
Patent Document 2.
The void recording system is a technique of recording
holes (voids) in the bulk layer 102 by subjecting the bulk
15 layer 102 formed of a recording material, such as a
photopolymerizable polymer or the like to laser irradiation
with a relatively high power. As described in Patent Document
2, the hole portion formed in this way is a portion having
a refractive index different from those of other portions in
20 the bulk layer 102 and thus light reflectance at the boundary
between them may be increased. Therefore, the hole portion
functions as a record mark, and this implements information
recording through formation of a blank mark.
[0011]
25 In such a void recording system, a hologram is not formed
and thus recording may be accomplished by optical irradiation
only from one side. That is, it is not necessary to condense
two luminous fluxes at the same position to form the recorded
mark, unlike the positive type micro-hologram system.
30 Moreover, it is advantageous over the negative
micro-hologram system in that the initialization process is
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unnecessary.
Patent Document 2 describes an example in which optical
irradiation for pre-curing is performed before recording when
void recording is carried out, but the void recording can be
5 achieved even without light irradiation for pre-curing.
[0012]
Incidentally, although various kinds of recording
techniques as described above have been proposed for the
optical disc recording medium of the bulk recording type
10 (simply referred to as bulk type) , the recording layer (bulk
layer) of such a bulk-type optical disc recording medium cannot
be said to have an explicit multi-layered structure in a sense
that a plurality of reflection films is not formed. That is,
in the bulk layer 102, neither a reflection film for each
15 recording layer as in an ordinary multilayer disc, nor a guiding
groove is provided.
Therefore, with use of only the structure of the
bulk-type recording medium 100 illustrated in Fig. 25 as it
is, focus servo or tracking servo may not be performed at the
20 time of recording in which a mark is not yet to be formed.
[0013]
Therefore, in actual practice, the bulk-type recording
medium 100 is provided with a reflection surface (reference
surface) having a guiding groove and serving as a reference
25 as illustrated Fig. 28.
Specifically, a guiding groove (position director) is
formed as pits or a groove formed in a spiral form or a concentric
circular form, for example, on an underside surface of a cover
layer 101, and a selective reflection film 103 is deposited
30 thereon. Subsequently, on a lower side of the cover layer
102 where the selective reflection film 103 is thus formed,
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the bulk layer 102 is laminated with an adhesion material such
as a UV-curing resin or the like serving as an intermediate
layer 104, in the figure, interposed therebetween.
Here, absolute position information (address data),
5 such as radius position information or rotation angle
information for example is recorded by forming the guiding
groove in the form of pits or a groove as described above.
In the following description, a surface in which the guiding
groove is formed, that is, in the absolute position information
10 is recorded (in this case, a surface in which the selective
reflection film 103 is formed) will be referred to as "reference
surface Ref".
[0014]
Moreover, based on the above-described medium structure,
15 the bulk-type recording medium 100 is irradiated with a servo
laser beam (may also be simply referred to as a servo beam)
serving as a laser beam for position control, aside from a
mark-recording (or reproducing) laser beam (hereinafter, may
also be referred to as a recording/reproducing laser beam,
20 or simply referred to as recording/reproducing light) as
illustrated in Fig. 29.
As illustrated in the figure, the bulk-type recording
medium 100 is irradiated with the recording/reproducing laser
beam and the servo laser beam through a common objective lens .
25 [0015]
In this case, if the servo laser beam reaches the bulk
layer 102, there is a concern that it negatively affects the
mark recording in the bulk layer 102. For this reason,
conventionally, in the bulk recording system, a laser beam
30 of a wavelength band different from that of the
recording/reproducing laser beam is used as the servo laser
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beam, and a selective reflection film 103 having wavelength
selectivity of reflecting the servo laser beambut transmitting
the recording/reproducing laser beam is provided as the
reflection film formed on the reference surface Ref.
5 [0016]
Based on the above-described premise, an operation at
the time of recording a mark in a bulk-type recording medium
100 will be described with reference to Fig. 29.
First, when multi-layer recording is to be performed
10 on the bulk layer 102 with neither the guiding groove nor the
reflection film being formed, which position in a depth
direction of the bulk layer 102 will be a layer position for
recording a mark is determined beforehand. As for the layer
position (referred to as mark formation layer position: also
15 referred to as information recording layer position) , in which
the mark is to be formed, in the bulk layer 102 in the figure,
the description is made, by way of example, in connection with
a case in which five information recording layer positions
L in total, from a first information recording layer position
20 LI to a fifth information recording layer position L5, are
set. As illustrated in the figure, the first information
recording layer position LI is an information recording layer
position L set for the uppermost layer, and the layers
thereunder are set as information recording layer positions
25 L2 —> L3 ->• L4 —> L5, respectively in this order.
[0017]
At the time of recording in which a mark is yet to be
formed, it is difficult to perform focus servo and tracking
servo on each of the layer positions in the bulk layer 102,
30 based on the reflected light of the recording/reproducing laser
beam. Therefore, focus servo control and tracking servo
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control of the objective lens at the time of recording are
performed based on the reflected light of the servo laser beam,
by making the spot position of the servo laser beam follow
the guiding groove in the reference surface Ref.
5 [0018]
However, the recording/reproducing laser beam is
required to reach the bulk layer 102 formed on a lower layer
side of the reference surface Ref for mark recording and a
focusing position in the bulk layer 102 can be selected.
10 Therefore, an optical system used in this case is provided
with a recording/reproducing light focus mechanism to
independently adjust the focusing position of the
recording/reproducing laser beam, in addition to the ob j ective
lens focus mechanism.
15 [0019]
Here, Fig. 30 illustrates the outline of an optical
system to perform recording and reproduction in the bulk-type
recording medium 100 including the mechanism that
independently adjusts the focusing position of the
20 recording/reproducing laser beam.
In Fig. 30, the objective lens illustrated in Fig. 29
is installed such that it can be displaced in a radial direction
(tracking direction) of the bulk-type recording medium 100
and a direction (focus direction) of moving closer to and away
25 from the bulk-type recording medium 100 by the operation of
a biaxial actuator.
[0020]
In Fig. 30, the mechanism for independently adjusting
the focusing position of the recording/reproducing laser beam
30 corresponds to the recording/reproducing light focus
mechanism (expander) in the figure. Specifically, this
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recording/reproducing light focus mechanism is represented
by a structure that includes a fixed lens, and a movable lens
held in a manner to be displaced in a direction parallel to
an optical axis of the recording/reproducing laser beam by
5 a lens driving unit. By moving the movable lens by the lens
driving unit, the collimation of the recording/reproducing
laser beam entering the objective lens in the figure is changed,
and as a result the focusing position of the
recording/reproducing laser beam is adjusted independently
10 of that of the servo laser beam.
[0021]
Moreover, since the recording/reproducing laser beam
and the servo laser beam are assumed to be in different
wavelength bands, in the optical system used for this case,
15 the reflected light of the recording/reproducing laser beam
and the reflected light of the servo laser beam reflected from
the bulk-type recording medium 100 are set to be separately
incident on different systems, respect ively by a dichroic prism
illustrated in the figure. That is, detection of each of
20 reflected lights is independently performed.
Moreover, when taking outward light into consideration,
the dichroic prism has a function of synthesizing the
recording/reproducing laser beam and the servo laser beam on
the same axis and causing the synthesized laser beam to enter
25 the objective lens. Specifically, for this case, the
recording/reproducing laser beam is reflected by a mirror with
the expander interposed therebetween as illustrated, and is
then reflected from a selective reflection surface of the
dichroic prism. Thereafter, it enters the objective lens.
30 On the other hand, the servo laser beam passes through the
selective reflection surface of the dichroic prism and enters
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the objective lens.
[0022]
Fig. 31 is a diagram to describe servo control at the
time of reproduction of the bulk-type recording medium 100.
5 When reproduction from the bulk-type recording medium
100 with marks having been recorded is performed, the position
of the objective lens may not be necessarily controlled based
on the reflected light of the servo laser beam, unlike when
the recording is performed. That is, at the time of
10 reproduction, only the focus servo control and the tracking
servo control of the objective lens may be performed based
on the reflected light of the recording/reproducing laser beam,
by targeting a mark train formed in the information recording
layer position L (may also be referred to as an information
15 recording layer L or a mark forming layer L at the time of
reproduction) which is a target of the reproduction.
[0023]
In this way, in the bulk recording system, based on the
structure in which the recording/reproducing laser beam for
20 mark recording and mark reproduction and the servo laser beam
serving as light for position control are irradiated (after
being synthesized on the same optical axis) to the bulk-type
recording medium 100 through the common objective lens at the
time of recording, the focus servo control and tracking servo
25 control of the objective lens are performed such that the servo
laser beam follows the position director in the reference
surface Ref, and the focusing position of the
recording/reproducing laser beam is separately adjusted by
the recording/reproducing light focus mechanism. Therefore,
30 even without the guiding groove being formed in the bulk layer
102, mark recording at a required position (in a depth direction
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and a tracking direction) in the bulk layer 102 can be achieved.
On the other hand, at the time of reproduction, the focus
servo control and tracking servo control of the objective lens
are performed based on the reflected light of the
5 recording/reproducing laser beam such that the focal position
of the recording/reproducing laser beam follows the mark train
which has been recorded beforehand. In this way, the
reproduction of the marks recorded in the bulk layer 102 can
be performed.
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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED BY THE INVENTION
[0024]
However, when a structure is adopted which adjusts the
15 focusing positions of the recording/reproducing laser beam
and the servo laser beam irradiated through the common
objective lens as described above to respectively different
positions in a focus direction, a problem arises in that, as
illustrated in Fig. 32, the information recording position
20 shifts from an original target position in the tracking
direction because of the eccentricity of the bulk-type
recording medium 100.
[0025]
Fig. 32(a) illustrates a relation among a position of
25 the objective lens, a position of the reference surface Ref,
an information recording layer position Ln serving as a
recording target position, and an information recording
position p-rec (the focusing position of the
recording/reproducing laser beam) , in an ideal state in which
30 no eccentricity has occurred in the bulk-type recording medium
100 and Fig. 32(b) illustrates a relation among the respective
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positions when the eccentricity has occurred.
First, in the state in which no eccentricity has occurred
as illustrated in Fig. 32 (a) , there is no shift of the objective
lens and hence the objective lens stays at the reference
5 position (for example, the state in which the center of the
objective lens agrees with an optical axis c of each laser
beam entering the objective lens). The optical system is
designed such that spot positions of respective laser beams
agree with each other in the tracking direction in a state
10 in which the objective lens stays.at the reference position.
[0026]
On the other hand, when the spot position is changed
so as to follow the eccentricity of the disc by the tracking
servo control as illustrated in Fig. 32(b) and as a result
15 the objective lens is shifted from the reference position (in
this case, shifted to the left in the paper surface) , a shift
Ax of a spot position illustrated in the figure is generated.
The shift Ax of a spot position due to the lens shift
is attributable to a difference in behavior of incident light
2 0 on the objective lens between the servo laser beam and the
recording/reproducing laser beam. Specifically, in the
example illustrated in the figure, the servo laser beam enters
the objective lens as substantial parallel light, but the
recording/reproducing laser beam enters as non-parallel light,
25 and this causes a difference in displacement amount of focusing
position between each light beams, based on the same shift
amount of the objective lens. As a result, the shift Ax of
a spot position between the recording/reproducing laser beam
and the servo laser beam is generated in the tracking direction.
30 [0027]
Because of the occurrence of the shift Ax of a spot
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position between the servo laser beam and the
recording/reproducing laser beam which accompanies the
eccentricity of the disc (lens shift), the information
recording position p-rec in the bulk layer 102 is shifted.
5 That is, as a result, the recording cannot be performed at
the intended position in the bulk layer 102.
[0028]
In this case, there is a concern that information
recording positions p-rec on adj acent tracks overlap depending
10 on setting of a degree of eccentricity and a track pitch (an
interval between the position directors in the reference
surface Ref). Since the eccentricity of the disc might be
generated specifically due to the change in a state of loaded
disc whenever the disc is loaded, the change being attributable
15 to the way in which the disc is clamped by the spindle motor,
for example, when, as for a certain disc, the disc is reloaded
and information is additionally recorded in the disc, a state
of the eccentricity generated at the time of recording prior
to the reloading differs from a state of the eccentricity
20 generated at the time of additional recording subsequent to
the reloading. Accordingly, a mark train in a previously
recorded portion and a mark train in an additionally recorded
portion are likely to overlap each other, or be switched each
other according to circumstances.
25 In this case, it is difficult to reproduce the recorded
signals correctly.
[0029]
In order to prevent the overlapping or switching of the
mark trains, an operation of detecting an amount of the lens
30 shift of the objective lens and correcting the shift of the
information recording position p-rec according to the
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detection result have been conventionally performed.
[0030]
However, there is a concern that such a correction may
not effectively work when an amount of the shift Ax of a spot
5 position is large. Specifically, when the information
recording position p-rec is corrected according to the
detection result of the lens shift amount, it is desirable
that the maximum amount of the shift Ax of a spot position
is suppressed, for example, to 1/10 of the record pitch (the
10 pitch in the radial direction) of the mark trains.
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
[0031]
In order to solve such above-mentioned problems, an
15 optical pickup according to the present invention is structured
in the following manner.
That is, the optical system includes: an objective lens
that irradiates an optical recording medium with a first light
for use in information recording in or information reproduction
20 from a recording layer and a second light different from the
first light, and a first focusing position adjusting unit that
adjusts a focusing position of the first light having passed
through the objective lens by changing collimation of the first
light entering the objective lens, the optical recordingmedium
25 including a reference surface provided with a reflection film,
in which a position director is formed in a spiral form or
a concentric circular form, and the recording layer which is
provided in a layer position different from the reference
surface and in which a mark corresponding to irradiation of
30 light is formed and hence information is recorded; a focus
mechanism of the objective lens; and a tracking mechanism of
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the objective lens.
Furthermore, the optical system is designed such that,
regarding a magnification of the second light defined as a
ratio of a distance between a position of an object point of
5 the second light viewed from the objective lens and a principal
plane of the objective lens with respect to a distance between
the principal plane of the objective lens and a focusing
position of second light, and a magnification of the first
light defined as a ratio of a distance between a position of
10 an object point of the first light viewed from the objective
lens and the principal plane of the objective lens with respect
to a distance between the principal plane of the objective
lens and the focusing position of the first light, the
magnification of the second light falls within a magnification
15 range of the first light determined in accordance with a
focusing position adjustable range adjusted by the first
focusing position adjusting unit.
[0032]
Moreover, an optical drive device according to the
2 0 present invention is structured as follows.
That is, it includes an optical pickup including an
optical system, a focus mechanism of an objective lens, and
a tracking mechanism of the objective lens, the optical system
including an objective lens that irradiates an optical
25 recording medium with a first light for use in information
recording or information reproduction in or from a recording
layer and a second light different from the first light, and
a first focusing position adjusting unit that adjusts a
focusing position of the first light having passed through
30 the objective lens by changing collimation of the first light
entering the objective lens, the optical recording medium
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including a reference surface provided with a reflection film,
in which a position director is formed in a spiral form or
a concentric circular form, and the recording layer which is
provided in a layer position different from the reference
5 surface and in which a mark corresponding to irradiation of
light is formed and hence information is recorded, in which
the optical system is designed such that, regarding a
magnification of the second light defined as a ratio of a
distance between a position of an object point of the second
10 light viewed from the objective lens and a principal plane
of the objective lens with respect to a distance between the
principal plane of the objective lens and a focusing position
of second light, and a magnification of the first light defined
as a ratio of a distance between a position of an object point
15 of the first light viewed from the objective lens and the
principal plane of the obj ective lens with respect to a distance
between the principal plane of the objective lens and the
focusing position of the first light, the magnification of
the second light falls within a magnification range of the
20 first light determined in accordance with a focusing position
adjustable range adjusted by the first focusing position
adjusting unit.
Furthermore, itmay further include a focus servo control
unit that controls the focus mechanismbased on reflected light
25 of the second light reflected from the reference surface such
that the focusing position of the second light moves along
on the reference surface.
Still furthermore, it may further include a tracking
servo control unit that controls the tracking mechanism based
30 on the reflected light of the second light reflected from the
reference surface such that the focusing position of the second
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light follows the position director on the reference surface.
Yet furthermore, it may further include a focusing
position setting control unit that controls setting of the
focusing position of the first light by controlling the first
5 focusing position adjusting unit.
[0033]
Herein, as understood from the above description in
connection with Fig. 32, the shift Ax of a spot position between
the first light and the second light is exhibited as a difference
10 in displacement amount between the focusing position of the
first light and the focusing position of the second light,
with respect to the same shift amount of the objective lens.
In this case, the displacement amount of the focusing
position of the first light (recording/reproducing light) with
15 respect to the shift amount of the objective lens is assumed
to change according to the magnification of the first light.
Similarly, the displacement amount of the focusing position
of the second light (servo light) with respect to the shift
amount of the objective lens changes according to the
20 magnification of the second light.
Accordingly, in the way described above, the
magnification of the second light is set to fall within the
range of the magnification of the first light, it is possible
to decrease a difference in displacement amount between the
25 focusing position of the first light and the focusing position
of the second light with respect to the same shift amount of
the objective lens, and as a result, it is possible to suppress
the amount of the shift Ax of a spot position.
Since the shift Ax of the spot position can be controlled
30 in this way, it is possible to make the correction of the shift
of an information recording position (the shift in the tracking
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direction of the focusing position of the first light) which
is caused by the lens shift attributable to the eccentricity
effectively work.
5 EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION
[0034]
According to the present invention as described above,
it is possible to suppress the shift of a spot position between
the first light and the second light caused by the lens shift
10 of the objective lens which is attributable to the
eccentricity.
Since the shift of a spot position between the first
light and the second light is suppressed in this way, the
correction of the shift of the information recording position
15 may effectively work, and as a result, a stable reproduction
operation can be achieved.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0035]
20 Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional structural view of an optical
recording medium serving as a recording/reproduction target
according to a first embodiment.
Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating an internal structure
of an optical pickup included in an optical drive device
25 according to the first embodiment.
Fig. 3 is diagram to describe a technique which adjusts
a focusing position using a recording/reproducing light focus
adjusting mechanism.
Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating the overall internal
30 structure of the optical drive device serving as one
embodiment.
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Fig. 5 is a diagram to describe a problem with a case
where a servo light focus mechanism is not provided.
Fig. 6 is a diagram to describe the operation of the
servo light focus mechanism.
5 Fig. 7 is a diagram to describe an example of forming
one cycle of a concave-convex pattern of a DOE.
Fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a phase
difference given to a servo laser beam when a step difference
illustrated in Fig. 7 is set.
10 Fig. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of-setting
of the concave-convex pattern of the DOE.
Fig. 10 is a diagram to describe a shift (Az) of an
information recording position in a focus direction
corresponding to surface wobbling.
15 Fig. 11 is a diagram to describe an example of setting
of a magnification.
Fig. 12 is a diagram to describe a case where
magnification setting conditions as an embodiment are not
satisfied.
20 Fig. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a focal
position of each light in a state in which both a
recording/reproducing laser beam and a servo laser beam enter
an objective lens as parallel light.
Fig. 14 is a diagram illustrating an internal structure
25 of an optical pickup provided for an optical drive device
according to a second embodiment.
Fig. 15 is a diagram to describe a comatic aberration
suppression technique according to the second embodiment.
Fig. 16 is a diagram to describe a specific design value
30 of an objective lens according to the second embodiment.
Fig. 17 is a diagram to describe WD of the objective
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lens which is set in the second embodiment.
Fig. 18 is a diagram to describe an example of the design
of a portion related to a servo laser beam.
Fig. 19 is a diagram to describe a behavior of a phase
5 difference that is to be given to the servo laser beam by a
DOE in order to achieve both a light converging function and
a spherical aberration correction function with respect to
the servo laser beam.
Fig. 20 is a diagram to describe an effect when the DOE
10 of the second embodiment is used.
Fig. 21 is a diagram to describe a magnification of the
recording/reproducing laser beam and magnification of the
servo laser beam set in the second embodiment.
Fig. 22 is a diagram illustrating an extracted portion
15 of an optical pickup provided for an optical drive device
according to a third embodiment.
Fig. 23 is a diagram to describe a cross-sectional
structure of an optical recording medium serving as a
recording/reproduction target in the third embodiment, and
20 an example of setting of a magnification of a servo laser beam
in the third embodiment.
Fig. 24 is a diagram illustrating an extracted portion
of an optical pickup provided for an optical drive device
according to a fourth embodiment.
25 Fig. 25 is a diagram to describe a bulk recording system.
Fig. 26 is a diagram to describe a micro-hologram system.
Fig. 27 is a diagram to describe a negative
micro-hologram system.
Fig. 28 is a diagram illustrating an example of a
30 cross-sectional structure of an actual bulk-type recording
medium with a reference surface.
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Fig. 2 9 is a diagram to describe an operation performed
on a bulk-type recording medium at the time of mark recording.
Fig. 30 is a diagram illustrating the outline of an
optical system for performing recording and reproduction with
5 respect to a bulk-type recording medium.
Fig. 31 is a diagram to describe a servo control at the
time of reproducing a bulk-type recording medium.
Fig. 32 is a diagram to describe a case where a shift
(Ax) of a focusing position between a servo laser beam and
10 a recording/reproducing laser beam is caused due to the
eccentricity of a disc.
MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
[0036]
15 Hereafter, preferred embodiments (hereinafter,
referred to as embodiments) of the present invention are
described.
The description is made in the following order.
<1. First embodiment>
2 0 [1-1. Optical recording medium as
recording/reproduction target]
[1-2. Configuration of optical drive device]
- Internal structure of optical pickup -
- Overall internal structure of optical drive device
25 -
[1-3. Role of servo light focus mechanism]
[1-4. First role of DOE]
[1-5. Magnification setting as embodiment]
- Suppression of shift of spot position in tracking
30 direction -
- Suppression of shift of information recording
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- Specific example of setting of magnification -
1-5. The second role of DOE
<2. Second embodiment>
5 <3. Third embodiment>
<4. Fourth embodiment>
<5. Modification>
[0037]
<1. First embodiment>
10 [1-1. Optical recording medium as
recording/reproduction target]
Fig. 1 illustrates a cross-sectional structural view
of an optical recording medium serving as a
recording/reproduction target according to a first
15 embodiment.
The optical recording medium serving as a
recording/reproduction target of this embodiment is an optical
medium of a so-called bulk recording-type, and is referred
to as a bulk-type recording medium 1 hereinafter.
2 0 The bulk-type recordingmediuml is a disc-shaped optical
recording medium. Laser beam irradiation to the bulk-type
recording medium 1 which is rotating is performed for mark
recording (information recording) . Moreover, the laser beam
irradiation to the rotating bulk-type recording medium 1 is
25 also performed even for reproduction of the recorded
information.
Moreover, the optical recording medium is a collective
term for recording media on which recording/reproduction of
information is performed by irradiation of light.
30 [0038]
As illustrated in Fig. 1, in the bulk-type recording
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medium 1, a cover layer 2, a selective reflection film 3, an
intermediate layer 4, and a bulk layer 5 are formed in this
order from the upper layer side.
Here, in the present description, the "upper layer side"
5 refers to an upper layer side when a surface upon which a laser
beam from an optical drive device (a recording/reproducing
device 10) described later is incident serves as a top surface.
[0039]
In addition, in the present description, a term "depth
10 direction" is used. This term "depth direction" refers to
a vertical direction according to the above-mentioned
definition of "the upper layer side" (namely, a direction
parallel to an incident direction of the laser beam in which
the laser beam from the optical drive device is incident, i.e.
15 a focus direction).
[0040]
In the bulk-type recording medium 1, the cover layer
2 is formed of a resin, such as polycarbonate, or acrylic,
for example. As illustrated in the figure, on the underside
20 surface of the cover layer 2, a guiding groove serving as a
position director for guiding a recording/regeneration
position is formed, and as illustrated in the figure, the cover
layer 2 has a concave-convex shape in cross section. The
position director is formed in a spiral form or a concentric
25 circular form. In the case of this example, the description
is continued assuming that the position director is formed
in a spiral form.
As the guiding groove, a continuous groove (groove) or
a series of pits is formed. For example, when the guiding
30 groove is formed as a series of pits, position information
(absolute position information: rotation angle information,
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radius position information, or the like serving as information
that represents rotation angle position on a disc) is recorded
by a combination of lengths of pits and lands . Alternatively,
when the guiding groove is formed as a groove, the groove is
5 formed to meander (wobble) periodically so that the position
information is recorded by periodic information of the
meanders.
The cover layer 2 is produced through an injection
molding or the like, using a stamper with a guiding groove
10 (a concave-convex shape) formed therein.
[0041]
Moreover, the selective reflection film 3 is deposited
on the underside surface of the cover layer 2 with the formed
guiding groove.
15 Here, in the bulk recording system as described above,
besides light (recording/reproducing laser beam) for
performing mark-recording/mark-reproduction on the bulk
layer 5 serving as a recording layer, light (servo laser beam)
for obtaining a focus error signal or a tracking error signal
2 0 based on the guiding groove described above is additionally
irradiated.
In this case, there is a concern that, when the servo
laser beam reaches the bulk layer 5, it negatively affects
the recordedmarks in thebulklayer 5 . Therefore, a reflection
25 film having selectivity of reflecting the servo laser beam
but transmitting the recording/reproducing laser beam is
necessary.
From the past, in the bulk recording system, the
recording/reproducing laser beam and the servo laser beam use
30 laser beams in different wavelength bands, respectively. In
order to respond to this, as the selective reflection film
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3, a selective reflection film having a wavelength selectivity
of reflecting light in the same wavelength band as the servo
laser beam but transmitting light having wavelengths other
than that has been used.
5 [0042]
On the lower layer side of the selective reflection film
3, the bulk layer 5 serving as a recording layer is laminated
(or bonded) with the intermediate layer 4, which is formed
of an adhesive material such as, a UV-curing resin or the like,
10 interposed therebetween.
As a material (recording material) for forming the bulk
layer 5, an appropriate one selected depending on an adopted
bulk recording system among the positive-type micro-hologram
system, the negative micro-hologram system, and the void
15 recording system, and the like may be used.
The mark recording system for an optical recordingmedium
serving as a target in the present invention is not particularly
limited, but an arbitrary system in the category of the bulk
recording system may be adopted. The following description
20 is made, by way of example, in connection with the case of
adopting the void recording system.
[0043]
Here, in the bulk-type recording medium 1 having the
structure as described above, the selective reflection film
25 3 in which the position director serving as the guiding groove
described above is formed is a reflection surface which serves
as a reference when the position control' of the
recording/reproducing laser beam is performed based on the
servo laser beam as describedbelow. In a sense of this meaning,
30 the surface on which the selective reflection film 3 is formed
is referred to as a reference surface Ref.
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[0044]
As previously described above with reference to Fig.
29, in the bulk-type optical recording medium, layer positions
(information recording layer positions L) on which information
5 recording is to be performed are set beforehand in order to
achieve multi-layer recording in the bulk layer. In the
bulk-type recording medium 1 of this embodiment, as the
information recording layer position L, a total of 2 0
information recording layer positions, that is, a first
10 information recording layer position LI, a second information
recording layer position L2, and a third information recording
layer position L3, ..., a nineteenth information recording
layer positionLl9, and a twentieth information recording layer
position L2 0 are set in this order from the upper layer side
15 as illustrated in the figure.
[0045]
Here, a specific example of each layer position will
be described. The first information recording layer position
LI located on the top is set as a position in a distance of
20 about 100 jam from the surface (top surface) of the bulk-type
recording medium 1. Moreover, the twentieth information
recording layer position L20 located on the bottom is set as
a position in a distance of about 300 urn from the surface.
Further, these respective information recording layer
25 positions L ranging from the first information recording layer
position Ll to the twentieth information recording layer
position L2 0 are set such that an interval between the
respective adjacent information recording layer positions L
is 10 (im on average.
30 That is, the reference surface Ref is located at a
position in a distance of about 50 pm from the surface, and
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therefore, the distance of the first information recording
layer position LI from the reference surface Ref is set to
about 50 \m.
[0046]
5 [1-2. Configuration of optical drive device]
Figs. 2 and 4 are diagrams to describe an internal
structure of an optical drive device (referred to as a
recording/reproducing device 10) as the first embodiment that
performs recording/reproduction with respect to the bulk-type
10 recording medium 1 that has the structure illustrated in Fig.
1.
Fig. 2 mainly illustrates an internal structure of an
optical pickup OP provided for the recording/reproducing
device 10 (and also illustrates the bulk-type recording medium
15 1), and Fig. 4 illustrates the overall internal structure of
the recording/reproducing device 10.
[0047]
- Internal structure of optical pickup -
First, the internal structure of the optical pickup OP
2 0 will be overviewed with reference to Fig. 2.
The bulk-type recording medium 1 illustrated in the
figure is set such that its center hole is locked at a
predetermined position in the recording/reproducing device
10, and is maintained in a state in which the bulk-type recording
25 medium 1 can be rotated by a spindle motor (not illustrated) .
The optical pickup OP is installed to irradiate the
bulk-type recording medium 1 rotating by the spindle motor
with the recording/reproducing laser beam and the servo laser
beam.
30 [0048]
The optical pickup OP is equipped with a
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recording/reproducing laser 11 and a servo laser 24. The
recording/reproducing laser 11 serves as a light source for
the recording/reproducing laser beam with which information
is recorded in the form of marks and the information recorded
5 in the form of marks are reproduced. The servo laser 24 serves
as a light source for the servo laser beam used to perform
position control using the guiding groove formed in the
reference surface Ref.
Here, as described above, the recording/reproducing
10 laser beam and the servo laser beam differ in wavelength.
In the case of this example, the wavelength of the
recording/reproducing laser beam is set to about 405 nm (a
so-called blue violet laser beam) , and the wavelength of the
servo laser beam is set to about 650 nm (red laser beam).
15 [0049]
Moreover, the optical pickup OP is equipped with an
objective lens 20 serving as an output terminal when the
bulk-type recording medium 1 is irradiated with the
record/reproduction laser beam and the servo laser beam.
2 0 In addition, the optical pickup OP is further equipped
with a recording/reproducing light receiving unit 23 for
receiving the reflected light of the recording/reproducing
laser beam reflected from the bulk-type recording medium 1
and a servo light receiving unit 34 for receiving the reflected
25 light of the servo laser beam reflected from the bulk-type
recording medium 1.
[0050]
Based on the structure described above, in the optical
pickup OP, an optical system is formed which leads the
30 recording/reproducing laser beam emitted from the
recording/reproducing laser 11 to the objective lens 20, and
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leads the reflected light of the recording/reproducing laser
beam, which has been reflected from the bulk-type recording
medium 1 and then has entered the objective lens 20, to the
recording/reproducing light receiving unit 23.
5 [0051]
Specifically, the recording/reproducing laser beam
emitted from the recording/reproducing laser 11 enters a
polarizing beam splitter 12 as diverging light. The
polarizing beam splitter 12 is structured to transmit the
10 recording/reproducing laser beam which enters as the diverging
light from the recording/reproducing laser 11.
[0052]
The recording/reproducing laser beam that has passed
through the polarizing beam splitter 12 further travels through
15 a quarter wavelength plate 13, and is then converted into
parallel light by a collimating lens 14. After that, the
recording/reproducing laser beam enters a
recording/reproducing light focus mechanism (expander) 15.
As illustrated in the figure, the recording/reproducing
2 0 light focus mechanism 15 is structured to include a concave
lens 16, a lens driving unit 17, and a convex lens 18.
[0053]
The recording/reproducing laser beam which has passed
through the collimating lens 14 further travels through the
25 concave lens 16 and the convex lens 18, and then exits the
recording/reproducing light focus mechanism 15.
Since the concave lens 16 is driven to move in a direction
parallel to an optical axis of the recording/reproducing laser
beam by the lens driving unit 17 in the recording/reproducing
30 light focus mechanism 15, focus control of the
recording/reproducing laser beam is independently performed.
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The lens driving unit 17 drives the concave lens 16 to
move based on a driving signal Dex-rp supplied from a controller
42 (Fig. 4) described later. This driving operation changes
collimation of the recording/reproducing laser beam entering
5 the objective lens 20, and thus leads to an adjustment in the
focusing position of the recording/reproducing laser beam.
[0054]
Hereinafter, a specific technique of adjusting the
focusing position using the recording/reproducing light focus
10 mechanism 15 is described with reference to Fig. 3.
First, at the time of performing recording on each layer
position L in the bulk layer 5, a reference layer position
Lpr is set beforehand. The reference layer position Lpr is
a layer position serving as a reference at the time of adjusting
15 (setting) the focusing position of the recording/reproducing
laser beam. Specifically, in the case of the present example,
an information recording layer position L which is located
at about a midway point within the information recording layer
positions Ll to L20 (for example, a position in a distance
20 of 200 |jm from the surface: for example, L9 or L10) is set
as the reference layer position Lpr.
[0055]
The recording/reproducing light focus mechanism 15 in
this case adjusts the focusing position of the
25 recording/reproducing laser beam based on the state of being
focused on the reference layer position Lpr.
Specifically, in this case, the optical system for the
recording/reproducing laser beam is designed such that, in
a state in which the recording/reproducing laser beam is
30 focused on the reference layer position Lpr, the concave lens
16 moved by the lens driving unit 17 stays on the reference
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position, as illustrated in Fig. 3(b) . Specifically, in this
case, the reference position of the concave lens 16 implies
a state in which a level of the driving signal Dex-rp supplied
to the lens driving unit 17 is zero.
5 Furthermore, the optical system of this case is designed
such that, in a state in which the concave lens 16 stays at
the reference position, the recording/reproducing laser beam
which is emitted after having passed through the concave lens
16 and then through the convex lens 18 (or, enters the objective
10 lens 20) becomes parallel light as illustrated in the figure.
[0056]
Taking the state illustrated in Fig. 3(b) as a reference,
at the time of setting the focusing position of the
recording/reproducing laser beam on the information recording
15 layer position L which is disposed on a lower layer side of
the reference layer position Lpr, the concave lens 16 is driven
to move in a direction of moving closer to the objective lens
20 as illustrated in Fig. 3(a) (that is, the concave lens 16
is supplied with, for example, a signal of a positive polarity
20 as the driving signal Dex-rp). In this way, the
recording/reproducing laser beam entering the objective lens
20 becomes diverging light, and, as a result, the focusing
position of the recording/reproducing laser beam is adjusted
to a lower layer side of the reference layer position Lpr.
25 In this case, a diverging angle of the
recording/reproducing laser beam entering the objective lens
20 correspondingly increases with a driving amount of the
concave lens 16 from the reference position of the concave
lens 16, and the focusingpositionof the recording/reproducing
30 laser beam will be adjusted from the reference layer position
Lpr to the lower layer side.
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[0057]
On the other hand, when the focusing position of the
recording/reproducing laser beam is to be set to the
information recording layer position L on the upper layer side
5 of the reference layer position Lpr, the recording/reproducing
laser beam entering the objective lens 20 is changed into
converging light by driving the concave lens 16 to move in
a direction (for example, the direction toward a light source)
of moving away from the objective lens 20 as illustrated in
10 Fig. 3(c) (for example, by supplying a signal of a negative
polarity as the driving signal Dex-rp). As a result, the
focusing position of the recording/reproducing laser beam can
be adjusted to the upper layer of the reference layer position
Lpr. In this case, by increasing the driving amount of the
15 concave lens 16 to be moved from the reference position, the
converging angle of the recording/reproducing laser beam
entering the objective lens 20 can be increased and the focusing
position of the recording/reproducing laser beam can be
adjusted to the upper layer side.
20 [0058]
The description is made by returning to Fig. 2.
The recording/reproducing laser beam that has passed
through the recording/reproducing light focus mechanism 15
enters a dichroic prism 19.
25 In the dichroic prism 19, the selective reflection
surface is structured to transmit light having the same
wavelength as the recording/reproducing laser beam but
reflects light having the other wavelengths. Accordingly,
the recording/reproducing laser beam that has entered in the
30 way described above passes through the dichroic prism 19.
[0059]
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The recording/reproducing laser beam that has passed
through the dichroic prism 19 further travels through a DOE
(Diffractive Optical Element) 32 as illustrated in the figure,
is then condensed by the objective lens 20, and is finally
5 irradiated to the bulk-type recording medium 1.
Here, the DOE 32 can be (collectively) driven along with
the objective lens 20 by the biaxial actuator 21. In addition,
the operation in association with the provision of the DOE
32 will be described.
10 [0060]
For the objective lens 20, the biaxial actuator 21 which
holds the objective lens 20 such that the objective lens 20
can be displaced in a focus direction (a direction of moving
closer to and away from the bulk-type recording medium 1) and
15 a tracking direction (a direction orthogonal to the focus
direction: a radial direction of the bulk-type recording medium
1) is provided.
The biaxial actuator 21 is provided with a focus coil
and a tracking coil so that the biaxial actuator 21 displaces
20 the objective lens 20 in the focus direction and the tracking
direction in accordance with supply of driving signals (driving
signals FD and TD to be described below) to the focus coil
and the tracking coil, respectively.
[0061]
25 Here, at the time of reproduction, as the
recording/reproducing laser beam is irradiated to the
bulk-type recording medium 1 in the way described above, the
reflected light of the recording/reproducing laser beam can
be obtained by the bulk-type recording medium 1 (by a mark
30 train recorded in the information recording layer L serving
as a reproduction target layer in the bulk layer 5). The
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reflected light of the recording/reproducing laser beam thus
obtained reaches the dichroic prism 19 after sequentiallypassing
through the objective lens 20 and the DOE 32, and then
passes through the dichroic prism 19.
5 The reflected light of the recording/reproducing laser
beam which has passed through the dichroic prism 19
sequentially travels through the recording/reproducing light
focus mechanism 15 (the convex lens 18 and then the concave
lens 16) , the collimating lens 14, and the quarter wavelength
10 plate 13 in this order, and, after passing through all of these,
enters the polarizing beam splitter 12.
[0062]
Here, the reflected light (return light) of the
recording/reproducing laser beam which has entered the
15 polarizing beam splitter 12 is different in polarization
direction by an angle of 90 degrees from the
recording/reproducing laser beam (outward light) that has
emitted from the recording/reproducing laser beam 11 side and
entered the polarizing beam splitter 12, due to the action
20 of the quarter wavelength plate 13 and the action of the
reflection in the bulk-type recording medium 1. As a result,
the reflected light of the recording/reproducing laser beam
that has entered in this way is reflected from the polarizing
beam splitter 12.
25 [0063]
The reflected light of the recording/reproducing laser
beam reflected from the polarizing beam splitter 12 passes
through a cylindrical lens 22 and is then collected by a
light-receiving surface of the recording/reproducing light
30 receiving unit 23.
[0064]
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In addition, besides the structure of the optical system
for the recording/reproducing beam, an additional optical
system is further installed in the optical pickup OP. The
additional optical system guides the servo laser beam emitted
5 from the servo laser 24 to the objective lens 20, and then
guides the reflected light of the servo laser beam, which has
been reflected from the bulk-type recording medium 1 and thus
has entered the objective lens 20, to the servo light receiving
unit 34.
10 As illustrated in the figure, the servo laser beam
emitted from the servo laser 24 enters the polarizing beam
splitter 25 in the diverged state. The polarizing beam
splitter 25 is structured so as to transmit the servo laser
beam (outward light) which enters from the servo laser 24.
15 [0065]
The servo laser beam which has passed through the
polarizing beam splitter 25 travels through a quarter
wavelength plate 26, is then converted into parallel light
by a collimating lens 27, and finally enters a servo light
20 focus mechanism 28.
The servo light focus mechanism 2 8 includes a concave
lens 29, a lens driving unit 30, and a convex lens 31. In
this servo light focus mechanism 2 8, the servo laser beam which
has passed through the collimating lens 2 8 travels through
25 the concave lens 29 and the convex lens 31, and thereafter
exits the servo light focus mechanism 28.
In the servo light focus mechanism 28, the concave lens
29 is also driven to move in a direction parallel to an optical
axis of the servo laser beam by the lens driving unit 30 as
30 in the recording/reproducing light focus mechanism 15, so that
focus control of the servo laser beam is independently
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performed.
The lens driving unit 30 drives the concave lens 29 based
on a driving signal Dex-sv supplied from the controller 42
described later. Through this operation, the collirnation of
5 the servo laser beam to enter the objective lens 20 is changed,
and as a result, the focusing position of the servo laser beam
is independently adjusted.
[0066]
Here, the meaning of the expression that the focusing
10 position of the servo laser beam is independently adjusted
by the servo light focus mechanism 2 8 is described below.
[0067]
The servo laser beam which has passed through the servo
light focus mechanism 2 8 enters the dichroic prism 19 as
15 illustrated in the figure.
As described above, since the dichroic prism 19 is
structured to transmit light having the same wavelength as
the recording/reproducing laser beam and reflects light having
the other wavelengths, the servo laser beam is reflected by
20 the dichroic prism 19, then passes through the DOE 32, is then
condensed by the objective lens 20, and is finally irradiated
to the bulk-type recording medium 1.
[0068]
Moreover, the reflected light of the servo laser beam
25 (the reflected light reflected from the reference surface Ref)
obtained in accordance with irradiation of the servo laser
beam to the bulk-type recording medium 1 sequentially passes
through the objective lens 2 0 and the DOE 32. The light is
then reflected by the dichroic prism 19, and this resultant
30 reflected light enters the polarizing beam splitter 25 after
sequentially passing through the servo light focus mechanism
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2 8 (in order of the convex lens 31 and the concave lens 2 9) ,
the collimating lens 27, and the quarter wavelength plate 2 6
in this order.
Like the case of the previously described
5 recording/reproducing laser beam, the polarizing direction
of the reflected light (return light) of the servo laser beam
entering from the bulk-type recording medium 1 is different
from that of the outward light by an angle of 90 degrees due
to the action of the quarter wavelength plate 2 6 and the action
10 of the reflection in the bulk-type recording medium 1.
Accordingly, the reflected light of the servo laser beam which
serves as the return light is reflected by the polarizing beam
splitter 25.
[0069]
15 The reflected light of the servo laser beam reflected
from the polarizing beam splitter 25 is condensed on the
light-receiving surface of the servo light receiving unit 34
after passing through the collimating lens 33.
[0070]
20 Here, even though not illustrated in the figure, in the
actual recording/reproducing device 10, a slide-driving unit
which drives the above-described entire optical pickup OP to
slide in the tracking direction is installed. Due to the
movement of the optical pickup OP by the slide-driving unit,
25 the irradiation position of the laser beam can be displaced
over a wide range.
[0071]
- Overall internal structure of optical drive device
30 The overall internal structure of the
recording/reproducing device 10 is illustrated in Fig. 4.
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Moreover, Fig. 4 illustrates only a portion of the
internal structure of the optical pickup OP.
[0072]
In Fig. 4, in the recording/reproducing device 10, a
5 structure of a signal processing system for performing
focus/tracking control of the objective lens 20 at the time
of recording/reproduction, or mark- recording/reproduction
on the bulk layer 5 is provided. The structure of the signal
processing system includes a recording processing unit 35,
10 a recording/reproducing light matrix circuit 36, a
reproduction processing unit 37, a recording/reproducing
light servo circuit 38, a servo light matrix circuit 39, a
position information detecting unit 40, and servo light servo
circuit 41 which are all illustrated in the figure.
15 [0073]
Data (recording data) to be recorded in the bulk-type
recording medium 1 is input to the recording processing unit
35. The recording processing unit 35 adds an error correction
code to the input recording data or performs a predetermined
20 recording modulation encoding operation, thereby obtaining
a modulated recorded data string which is, for example, for
example, a binary data string made up of "0" and "1" which
is actually recorded on the bulk-type recording medium 1.
The recording processing unit 35 drives the
25 recording/reproducing laser 11 in the optical pickup OP to
emit light with use of a recording pulse RCP, based on the
modulated recorded data string which is thus generated.
[0074]
The recording/reproducing light matrix circuit 36
30 includes a current-voltage converting circuit and a matrix
operating/amplifying circuit so as to respond to a received
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light signal DT-rp (output current) supplied from a plurality
of light-receiving elements serving as the
recording/reproducing light receiving unit 23 illustrated in
Fig. 2, and thus generates a signal necessary for matrix
5 operation processing.
Specifically, the recording/reproducing light matrix
circuit 36 generates a high frequency signal (hereinafter,
referred to as a reproduced signal RF) corresponding to a
reproduced signal obtained by reproducing the modulated
10 recorded data string, a focus error signal FE-rp for focus
servo control, and a tracking error signal TE-rp for tracking
servo control.
[0075]
The reproduced signal RF generated by the
15 recording/reproducing light matrix circuit 3 6 is supplied to
the reproduction processing unit 37.
In addition, the focus error signal FE-rp and the
tracking error signal TE-rp are supplied to the
recording/reproducing light servo circuit 38.
20 [0076]
The reproduction processing unit 37 performs
reproduction processing for recovering the recording data,
such as binarization processing or decoding/error-correction
processing of modulated recorded code, on the reproduced signal
25 RF to obtain reproduction data reproduced from the recording
data.
[0077]
Moreover, the recording/reproducing light servo
circuit 38 generates a focus servo signal FS-rp and a tracking
30 servo signal TS-rp based on the focus error signal FE-rp and
the tracking error signal TE-rp supplied from the
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recording/reproducing light matrix circuit 36, respectively,
and generates a focus driving signal FD-rp and a tracking
driving signal TD-rp based on these focus servo signal FS-rp
and tracking servo signal TS-rp, respectively. Further, it
5 implements the focus servo control and the tracking servo
control of the recording/reproducing laser beam by driving
the focus coil and the tracking coil of the biaxial actuator
21.
In addition, as understood from the previous description
10 in connection with Figs. 29 to 31, the servo control of the
biaxial actuator 21 (objective lens 20) based on the reflected
light of the recording/reproducing laser beam is performed
at the time of reproduction.
[0078]
15 In addition, in accordance with an instruction made by
the controller 42 for reproduction, the recording/reproducing
light servo circuit 38 turns off a tracking servo loop and
hence applies a jumping pulse to the tracking coil, thereby
realizing a track jumping operation, performing a tracking
20 servo pull-in control, or the like. Moreover, a focus servo
insertion control, or the like is also performed.
[0079]
In addition, in a signal processing system for the
reflected light of the servo laser beam, the servo light matrix
25 circuit 39 generates necessary signals based on a received
light signal DT-sv supplied from the plurality of
light-receiving elements of the servo light receiving unit
34 illustrated in Fig. 2.
Specifically, the servo light matrix circuit 39
3 0 generates a focus error signal FE-sv and a tracking error signal
TE-sv for focus servo control and the tracking servo control,
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respectively.
Moreover, it also generates a position information
detecting signal Dps used to detect absolute position
information (address information) recorded in the reference
5 surface Ref. For example, when the absolute position
information is recorded in the form of a series of pits, a
summed signal is generated as the position information
detecting signal Dps. Alternatively, when the absolute
position information is recorded in the form of a meandering
10 groove, a push-pull signal is generated as the position
information detecting signal Dps.
[0080]
The position information detecting signal Dps is
supplied to the position information detecting unit 40. The
15 position information detecting unit 40 detects the absolute
position information recorded in the reference surface Ref
based on the position information detecting signal Dps. The
detected absolute position information is supplied to the
controller 42.
20 [0081]
Moreover, the focus error signal FE-sv and the tracking
error signal TE-sv generated by the servo light matrix circuit
39 are supplied to the servo light servo circuit 41.
The servo light servo circuit 41 generates the focus
25 servo signal FS-sv and the tracking servo signal TS-sv based
on the focus error signal FE-sv and the tracking error signal
TE-sv, respectively.
Next, at the time of recording, in accordance with an
instruction from the controller 42, the focus coil and the
30 tracking coil of the biaxial actuator 21 are driven based on
the focus driving signal FD-sv and the tracking driving signal
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TD-sv which have been generated based on the focus servo signal
FS-sv and the tracking servo signal TS-sv. In this way, the
focus servo control and the tracking servo control for the
servo laser beam are implemented.
5 [0082]
In addition, in accordance with an instruction for
recording made by the controller 42, the servo light servo
circuit 41 turns off the tracking servo loop and hence applies
the jumping pulse to the tracking coil of the biaxial actuator
10 21, thereby realizing the track jumping operation, performing
the tracking servo pull-in control, or the like. In addition,
the servo light servo circuit 41 also performs the focus servo
pull-in control for the reference surface Ref, or the like.
[0083]
15 The controller 42 is formed by a microcomputer including,
for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory
(storage device) , suchasaROM (Read Only Memory) , aRAM (Random
Access Memory) , and the like, and performs the overall control
of the recording/reproducing device 10 by executing
20 control/processing in accordance with a program stored, for
example, in the ROM, or the like.
Specifically, the controller 42 performs control for
implementing servo control switching of the objective lens
20 at the time of recording/reproduction which has been
25 described previously with reference to Figs. 29 to 31. That
is, at the time of recording, the controller 42 instructs the
servo light servo circuit 41 to output the focus driving signal
FD-sv and the tracking driving signal TD-sv, and instructs
the recording/reproducing light servo circuit 38 to stop
30 outputting the focus driving signal FD-rp and the tracking
driving signal TD-rp.
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On the other hand, at the time of reproduction, the
controller 42 instructs the recording/reproducing light servo
circuit 38 to output the focus driving signal FD-rp and the
tracking driving signal TD-rp, and instructs the servo light
5 servo circuit 41 to stop outputting the focus driving signal
FD-sv and the tracking driving signal TD-sv.
[0084]
In addition, the controller 42 performs a seek operation
control for the servo light servo circuit 41. That is, the
10 controller 42 instructs the servo circuit 41 to move the spot
position of the servo laser beam to a position of a predetermined
address on the reference surface Ref.
[0085]
In addition, the controller 42 causes the
15 recording/reproducing laser beam to be focused on a required
information recording layer position L and the servo laser
beam to be focused on the reference surface Ref by controlling
the operation of the lens driving unit 17 in the
recording/reproducing light focus mechanism 15 and the
20 operation of the lens driving unit 30 in the servo light focus
mechanism 28 . A specific technique of adjusting the focusing
position will be described below.
[0086]
[1-3. Role of servo light focus mechanism]
25 Here, the recording/reproducing device 10 of the present
embodiment is provided with the servo light focus mechanism
28 as well as the recording/reproducing light focus mechanism
15, and the merit of such a structure will be described with
reference to Figs. 5 and 6.
30 [0087]
Fig. 5 is a diagram to describe a problem of the case
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where the servo light focus mechanism 28 is not provided.
First, within Fig. 5, Fig. 5(b) illustrates a state in
which the focusing position of the recording/reproducing laser
beam is adjusted to the reference layer position Lpr set in
5 the bulk layer 5. As previously described with reference to
Fig. 3, the optical system of this case is designed such that
the recording/reproducing laser beam enters the objective lens
20 as parallel light when the recording/reproducing laser beam
is focused on the reference layer position Lpr, and the
10 objective lens 20 stays at the reference position in a state
in which the recording/reproducing laser beam is focused on
the reference layer position Lpr.
Furthermore, in this case, the objective lens 20 is
designed such that the focusing position of the servo laser
15 beam agrees with the reference surface Ref when the servo laser
beam enters the objective lens 2 0 as parallel light in the
state in which the objective lens 20 stays at the reference
position as described above.
[0088]
20 When the focusing position of the recording/reproducing
laser beam is to be adjusted from the state illustrated in
Fig. 5(b) to the information recording layer position Lpl
formed on the lower layer side of the reference layer position
Lpr, as illustrated in Fig. 5(a), the recording/reproducing
25 laser beam is adjusted to enter the objective lens 20 as
diverging light. That is, as previously described with
reference to Fig. 3(a), the concave lens 16 in the
recording/reproducing light focus mechanism 15 is moved toward
the objective lens 20 so that the recording/reproducing laser
30 beam enters the objective lens 20 as diverging light.
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Moreover, when the focusing position of the
recording/reproducing laser beam is to be adjusted to the
information recording layer position Lpu formed on the upper
layer side of the reference layer position Lpr, as illustrated
5 in Fig. 5 (c) , the recording/reproducing laser beamis adjusted
to enter the objective lens 20 as converging light. That is,
as previously described with reference to Fig. 3(c), it is
achieved by moving the concave lens 16 toward the light source
side.
10 [0090]
By providing the recording/reproducing light focus
mechanism 15 in this way, the focusing position of the
recording/reproducing laser beam can be adjusted to an
arbitrary position. However, the point to be noted is that,
15 when the focusing position is adjusted only by simply changing
the collimation of the recording/reproducing laser beam
entering the objective lens 20 by the recording/reproducing
light focus mechanism 15, the adjustment of the focusing
position may accompany a relatively large change in a distance
20 Do-rp between a principal plane Som of the objective lens 20
and the focusing position of the recording/reproducing laser
beam.
Specifically, when the state in which the reference layer
position Lpr is selected as illustrated in Fig. 5(b) is to
25 be changed to the state in which the information recording
layer position Lpl on the lower layer side, is selected as
illustrated in Fig. 5(a), a change indicated by+A in the figure
is generated in the distance Do-rp. On the other hand, when
the state in which the reference layer position Lpr is selected
30 as illustrated in Fig. 5(b) is to be changed to the state in
which the information recording layer position Lpu on the upper
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layer side is selected as illustrated in Fig. 5(c) , a change
indicated by -A in the figure is generated in the distance
Do-rp.
[0091]
5 Here, in general, the objective lens 20 is designed such
that good aberration performance (for example, spherical
aberration and comatic aberration) for the
recording/reproducing laser beam is obtained in the reference
state as illustrated in Fig. 5(b).
10 For such a reason, when a change A in the distance Do-rp
as sown in Figs. 5(a) to 5(c) is generated, the aberration
performance is degraded in proportion to a generation amount
of the change. As a result, there is a concern that multilayer
recording over a relatively wide layer range, for example,
15 about 200 pm becomes not able to be performed. That is, the
number of layers for the multilayer recording is limited, and
thus it becomes difficult to achieve a large recording
capacity.
[0092]
20 Therefore, a solution to such a problem is attempted
by providing the servo light focus mechanism 2 8 as illustrated
in Fig. 2 previously described above.
Fig. 6 is a diagram to describe actions of the servo
light focus mechanism 28. Moreover, within Fig. 6, Fig. 6(b)
25 illustrates the reference state in which the reference layer
position Lpr is selected, Fig. 6(a) illustrates the state in
which the information recording layer position Lpl which is
the lower layer side of the reference layer position Lpr, is
selected, and Fig. 6(c) illustrates the state in which the
3 0 information recording layer position Lpu which is the upper
layer side of the reference layer position Lpr is selected.
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[0093]
In order to suppress the degradation of the aberration
performance accompanying such a change in the distance Do-rp,
the distance Do-rp is required to be constant regardless of
5 the selected state of the information recording layer position
L.
Specifically, when the state in which the reference layer
position Lpr is selected as illustrated in Fig. 6(b) is defined
as a reference state, in order to select the information
10 recording layer position Lpl disposed on the lower layer side,
as illustrated in Fig. 6(a), the objective lens 20 may be moved
closer to the bulk-type recording medium 1 than the reference
position.
Similarly, in order to select the information recording
15 layer position Lpu disposed on the upper layer side of the
reference layer position Lpr, the objective lens 20 may be
moved closer to the light source side than the reference
position (that is, toward the side away from the bulk-type
recording medium 1).
20 By controlling in such a way, the change A in the distance
Do-rp can be suppressed and the degradation of the aberration
performance of the recording/reproducing laser beam can be
suppressed. That is, as a result, it is possible to relax
the restriction on the number of layers for the multilayer
25 recording, and correspondingly, an increase in the recording
capacity can be achieved.
[0094]
For this case, the objective lens 20 is designed such
that the servo laser beam is focused on the reference surface
30 Ref as previously described when the servo laser beam servo
enters at a predetermined divergent/converging angle (as
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parallel light in the example of this case) while it in the
reference position as illustrated in Fig. 6(b) . Therefore,
when the position of the objective lens 20 has been displaced
from the reference position for adjustment of the distance
5 Do-rp as described above, in order to focus the servo laser
beam on the reference surface Ref, it is necessary to change
the collimation of the servo laser beam entering the objective
lens 20 in accordance with the moved position of the objective
lens 20. Specifically, when the information recording layer
10 position Lpl is to be selected as illustrated in Fig. 6(a),
the servo laser beam is adjusted to enter the objective lens
20 as converging light so as to respond to movement of the
objective lens 20 to the side closer to the bulk-type recording
medium 1 (that is, the movement of the objective lens 20 in
15 a direction such that the focusing position of the servo laser
beam is shifted to the more lower layer side) . In this case,
in order to select the information recording layer position
L on the far lower layer side, the converging angle of the
servo laser beam entering the objective lens 20 is increased.
20 Further, when the information recording layer position Lpu
is to be selected as illustrated in Fig. 6 (c) , the servo laser
beam is adjusted to enter the objective lens 20 as diverging
light so as to respond to movement of the objective lens 20
to the side closer to the light source as described above (that
25 is, movement of the objective lens 20 in a direction such that
the focusing position of the servo laser beam is shifted to
the more upper layer side) . In this case, in order to select
the information recording layer position L on the more upper
layer side, the diverging angle of the servo laser beam entering
30 the objective lens 20 is increased.
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As such, the servo light focus mechanism 28 illustrated
in Fig. 2 needs to be provided in order to change the collimation
of the servo laser beam according to the moved position of
the objective lens 20.
5 [0096]
Here, it is to be noted for confirmation that a degree
of the divergent/converging angle of the
recording/reproducing laser beam set by the
recording/reproducing light focus mechanism 15 for this case
10 is decreased in comparison with the case which is previously
described with reference to Fig. 5 previous described as the
objective lens 2 0 is moved in the way described above.
Specifically, when the information recording layer position
Lpl disposed on the lower layer side of the reference layer
15 position Lpr is selected as illustrated in Fig. 6(a), the
objective lens 20 is moved to be closer to the bulk-type
recording medium 1 (that is, toward the information recording
layer position Lpl side) than the reference position, the
diverging angle of the recording/reproducing laser beam is
20 decreased in comparison with the case of Fig. 5(a).
Similarly, when the information recording layer
position Lpu disposed on the upper layer side of the reference
layer position Lpr is selected as illustrated in Fig. 6(c),
since the objective lens 20 is moved to be closer to the light
25 source than the reference position, the converging angle of
the recording/reproducing laser beam is decreased in
comparison with the case of Fig. 5(c).
[0097]
Based on the premise described above, a specific
30 technique of driving the recording/reproducing light focus
mechanism 15, the servo light focus mechanism 28, and the
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biaxial actuator 21 will be described.
First, in the controller 42 illustrated Fig. 4, various
kinds of information are set in advance. The various kinds
of information include information on a driving amount of the
5 concave lens 16 to be set when adjusting the focusing position
of the recording/reproducing laser beam to each information
recording layer position L (the value of the driving signal
Dex-rp) , information on a moved position of the objective lens
20 for each information recording layer position L to suppress
10 a change A in the distance Do-rp (information on a driving
amount of the biaxial actuator 21) , and information on a moving
amount of the concave lens 29 which is set to correspond to
each moved position of the objective lens 20 for each
information recording layer position L (the value of the
15 driving signal Dex-sv of the lens driving unit 30).
The controller 42 focuses the recording/reproducing
laser beam on a target information recording layer position
L and the servo laser beam on the reference surface Ref while
suppressing the change A in the distance Do-rp by controlling
20 the lens driving unit 17, the servo light servo circuit 41,
and the lens driving unit 30 based on these kinds of setting
information. Specifically, by the instruction to the servo
light servo circuit 41, the controller 42 supplies the focus
coil with a focus driving signal FD of a level based on the
25 information of the moved position of the objective lens 20
for each information recording layer position L, the level
for suppressing the change A in the distance Do-rp. Moreover,
in combination with this, the controller 42 controls and drives
the lens driving unit 17 and the lens driving unit 30 in
30 accordance with the driving signal Dex-rp and the driving
signal Dex-sv, respectively, based on the set values
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corresponding to the information recording layer position L
which is the recording target position. By the drive and
control, the recording/reproducing laser beam is focused on
the target information recording layer position L and the servo
5 laser beam is focused on the reference surface Ref.
[0098]
[1-4. First role of DOE]
Incidentally, as previously described with reference
to Fig. 2, in the optical pickup OP of the present embodiment,
10 the DOE 32 is provided between the dichroic prism 19 and the
objective lens 20. Specifically, the DOE 32 inserted such
that the light having passed through the dichroic prism 19
enters the DOE 32 and the DOE 32 is collectively moved along
with the objective lens 20 by the biaxial actuator 21 is
15 provided.
The DOE 32 is inserted to play its first role of securing
a margin of the visual field swing tolerance of the objective
lens 20 for the servo laser beam.
[0099]
20 In Fig. 2, the DOE 32 is a diffractive optical element
having wavelength selective structured to selectively
converge only the servo laser beam among the
recording/reproducing laser beam and the servo laser beam that
have entered from the dichroic prism 19. Specifically, the
25 DOE 32 is configured as, for example, an HOE (Holographic
Optical Element).
Because of the insertion of the DOE 32, when the
information recording layer position L on the lower layer side
as illustrated in Fig. 6 (a) is selected and the objective lens
30 20 is moved toward the bulk-type recording medium 1, and as
a result when the converging angle of the servo laser beam
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is increased and the focusing position is moved to the front
side, it is possible to achieve a decrease in the diverging
angle of the servo laser beam which is adjusted by the servo
light focus mechanism 28.
5 [0100]
Here, when it is assumed that the DOE 32 is not provided,
if the servo laser beam is changed from the parallel light
to a state in which its converging angle is increased, the
visual field swing tolerance of the objective lens 2 0 for the
10 servo laser beam is correspondingly decreased.
In this case, the expression that it is possible to
decrease the converging angle of the servo laser beam by the
insertion of the DOE 32 implies that it is possible to change
the servo laser beam entering the DOE 32 to the state which
15 approximates to the parallel. Next, as previously described,
the DOE 32 is structured to be collectively driven along with
the objective lens 20 by the biaxial actuator 21, and thus
the strike-slip between the DOE 32 and the objective lens 2 0
does not occur.
20 In this way, since it is possible to change the servo
laser beam entering the DOE 32 so as to approximate to the
parallel light and to prevent the strike-slip of the DOE 32
and the objective lens 20, an improvement in the visual field
swing tolerance of the servo laser beam is achieved.
25 [0101]
It is to be noted for confirmation that, as described
above, the information on the driving amount of the concave
lens 29 set in the controller 42 is one which is set in
consideration of even the operation that the luminous flux
30 of the servo laser beam is converged by the DOE 32.
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Here, the DOE 32 has wavelength selectivity of
selectively converging only the servo laser beam, but the
specific structure of the DOE 32 which is used to realize such
wavelength selectivity will be described with reference to
5 Figs. 7 to 9.
[0103]
Fig. 7 is a diagram to describe a concave-convex pattern
for one cycle in the DOE 32.
First, Fig. 7(a) illustrates a relation between the
10 concave-convex pattern formed in the DOE 32 and a refractive
index nO of air, a refractive index n of the DOE 32, and a
depth d.
As illustrated in the figure, when no =1 and n = N are
set, while the depth in the air is represented by d, the depth
15 d in the DOE 32 is represented by dN.
[0104]
Fig. 7 (b) is a diagram to describe a specific example
of forming a concave-convex pattern for one cycle.
Here, in this example, the refractive index n of the
20 DOE 32 is assumed to be 1.66. In addition, the wavelength
of the recording/reproducing laser beam is assumed to be 405
nm, and the wavelength of the servo laser beam is assumed to
be 660 nm.
[0105]
25 In order to inhibit the recording/reproducing laser beam
from converging, the light having a wavelength of 405 nm which
has been modulated by the concave-convex pattern (step portion)
in the DOE 32 may have a phase difference of exactly 3 60° or
a multiple of 360°. Accordingly, the depth d of the step (one
30 step of the concave-convex pattern) in this case may be
represented by:
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(N - l)d = m x 405 ran;
d = m x 405 nm/(N - 1).
Herein, m in the above expression represents an integer.
[0106]
5 In this example, the number of steps in the DOE 32 is
"2" as illustrated, and accordingly the depth d of respective
steps are d = 0.6136 (jm and d = 1.2272 pm as illustrated.
[0107]
Fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a phase
10 difference caused to the servo laser beam when such steps are
set.
When the depth d of a first step is set to 0.6136 as
illustrated in Fig. 7(b), if the refractive indexes n of the
DOE 32 with respect to the recording/reproducing laser beam
15 and the servo laser beam are similar to each other, the phase
difference cp (wave: number of waves) of the servo laser beam
caused by the step difference of one step is represented by:
cp =(1 - 405/660) x m = 0.3864 x m
Therefore, the phase difference cp caused by a first step
20 of the DOE 32 is 0.3864 (wave), and the phase difference cp
caused by a second step is 0.7728 (wave).
[0108]
After the wavelength selectivity is achieved by setting
the value of the depth d of the step, the overall formed
25 concave-convex pattern of the DOE 32 is set as illustrated
in Fig. 9.
As the formed concave-convex pattern for converging the
servo laser beam, a pattern such that a concentric circle
illustrated in the figure is a base pattern and a pitch of
30 the concave-convex pattern (in this example, a step portion
with two steps) is gradually decreased as it goes outward is
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provided.
In this case, the collimation of the servo laser beam
can be arbitrarily adjusted by adjusting the pitch of the formed
concave-convex pattern.
5 [0109]
[1-5. Magnification setting as embodiment]
- Suppression of a shift of a spot position in tracking
direction -
Here, as understood from the description which has been
10 made so far, the recording/reproducing device 10 of the present
embodiment is assumed to be structured such that, when
performing recording on the bulk-type recording medium:
- the recording/reproducing laser beam and the servo
laser beam are irradiated through a common objective lens;
15 - the focus servo control of the objective lens is
performed such that the servo laser beam is focused on the
reflection film formed in the optical recording medium;
- the recording/reproducing laser beam and the servo
laser beam are focused on different position in the focus
20 direction; and
- the tracking servo control of the objective lens is
performed based on the reflected light of the servo laser beam
such that the focusing position of the servo laser beam follows
the position direction on the reference surface.
25 When such a structure is adopted, based on the principle
previously described with reference to Fig. 32, because of
the objective lens shift attributable to the eccentricity of
the bulk-type recordingmediuml, the shift Ax of a spot position
in the tracking direction is generated between the servo laser
30 beam and the recording/reproducing laser beam.
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Here, such a shift Ax of a spot position changes in
accordance with a magnification of the recording/reproducing
laser beam (hereinafter, denoted by P_rp) and a magnification
of the servo laser beam (hereinafter, denoted by (3_sv) .
5 [0111]
In the present specification, the term "magnification"
is defined as follows.
That is, when a distance between an object point OB of
the recording/reproducing laser beam (See Figs. 3(a) and
10 3 (c) ) when viewed from the objective lens 20, and the principal
plane Som of the objective lens 2 0 is represented by Si
(hereinafter, referred to as Si_rp), and a distance between
the principal plane Som of the objective lens 20 and an image
point (focusing position) of the recording/reproducing laser
15 beamby the objective lens 20 is representedby S2 (hereinafter,
referred to as S2_rp), the magnification p_rp of the
recording/reproducing laser beam is defined as Expression 1.
[Expression 1]
P_ S, rp rp = —±=—...[Expression 1]
S2_rp
20 Similarly, when a distance between an object point OB
of the servo laser beam viewed from the objective lens 20,
and the principal plane Som of the objective lens 20 is
represented by S\ (hereinafter, referred to as Si_sv), and
a distance between the principal plane Som of the objective
25 lens 20 and an image point (focusing position) of the servo
laser beam by the objective lens 2 0 is represented by S2
(hereinafter, referred to as S2_sv), the magnification P_sv
of the servo laser beam is defined as Expression 2.
[Expression 2]
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S sv
f3_sv = —^=—...[Expression 2]
S2 _ sv
That is, the "magnification" herein refers to a lateral
magnification.
[0112]
5 The shift Ax of a spot position described above is a
relation between the magnification |3_rp and the magnification
(3_sv, and is represented as follows.
First, when a lens shift amount of the objective lens
20 is represented by dx, displacement amount errors of the
10 focusing positions of the recording/reproducing laser beam
and the servo laser beam in the tracking direction, which are
caused by the lens shift (the displacement amount error being
a difference between the lens shift amount dx and a displacement
amount of the focusing position accompanying the shift of the
15 objective lens 20 based on the lens shift amount dx, the
displacement amount errors being referred to as displacement
amount errors 8x_rp and 5x_sv, respectively) are as follows.
[Expression 3]
5x_rp = xdx . . . [Expression 3]
J3_rp
20 [Expression 4]
Sx_sv = xdx . . . [ E x p r e s s i o n 4]
P _sv
Accordingly, the shift Ax of a spot position between
the recording/reproducing laser beam and the servo laser beam
which accompanies the lens shift is represented as follows.
25 [Expression 5]
( \ \ Ax = Sx _sv - Sx _rp = xdx . . . [Expression 5]
IP-™ P-rPJ
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Here, as understood by referring to Expression 5, in
order that the shift Ax of a spot position is decreased, the
magnification P_rp of the recording/reproducing laser beam
may be closer to the magnification p_sv of the servo laser
5 beam.
Here, in this embodiment, the magnification P_sv of the
servo laser beam is adjusted to fall within the range of the
magnification p_rp of the recording/reproducing laser beam.
That is, the optical system illustrated in Fig. 2 is designed
10 to satisfy the requirement that the magnification P_sv of the
servo laser beam falls within the range of the magnification
P_rp of the recording/reproducing laser beam.
[0114]
If the magnification P_sv of the servo laser beam is
15 within the range of magnification P_rp of the
recording/reproducing laser beam, a difference between the
displacement amount error 8x_rp of the focusing position of
the recording/reproducing laser beam and the displacement
amount error 5x_sv of the focusing position of the servo laser
20 beam based on the same lens shift amount dx is decreased, and
as a result, the shift Ax of a spot position can be suppressed.
By suppressing the shift Ax of a spot position in this
way, the correction of the information recordingpositionp-rec
corresponding to the detected result of the lens shift (for
25 example, an optical axis correction of the
recording/reproducing laser beam) is enable to effectively
work, and as a result, the overlapping or switching of the
recording mark train can be more reliably prevented, and
realization of a more stable reproduction operation can be
30 achieved.
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Furthermore, it is to be noted for confirmation that
the magnification P_rp of the recording/reproducing laser beam
changes in its value in accordance with the selection of the
information-recording layer position L in the bulk layer 5.
5 The expression "within the range of the magnification P_rp"
means "within a range of the magnification P_rp of the
recording/reproducing laser beam which changes in accordance
with the selection of the information recording layer position
L."
10 [0116]
Moreover, as understood from the previous description
about Fig. 6, in the case of this example, the magnification
P_sv of the servo laser beam changes in accordance with the
selection of the information recording layer position L.
15 Accordingly, in the case of this example, the optical system
may be designed such that the magnification P_sv (the range
of the magnification P_sv) of the servo laser beam which changes
with the selection of the information recording layer position
L to fall within the range of the magnification P_rp of the
20 recording/reproducing laser beam.
Furthermore, for some reasons, for example, when
deterioration of the aberration performance due to the change
A in the distance Do-rp does not become a problem, even if
the servo light focus mechanism 28 is not provided (that is,
25 even when the magnification P_sv of the servo laser beam is
fixed) , there is no change in that suppression of the shift
Ax of a spot position is achieved by setting the magnification
p_sv of the servo laser beam to fall within the range of the
magnification P__rp of the recording/reproducing laser beam.
30 [0117]
- Suppression of a shift of an information recording
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position in focus direction -
Moreover, in this embodiment, the magnification (3_rp
and the magnification P_sv are assumed to satisfy the
conditions required to suppress the shift Ax of a spot position
5 in the tracking direction, and are also assumed to satisfy
the following conditions in order to suppress a shift (Az)
of a information recording position p-rec in the focus
direction.
[0118]
10 Fig. 10 is a diagram to describe a shift (Az) of an
information recording position in the focus direction.
Fig. 10(a) shows a relation among the position of the
objective lens 20, the position of the reference surface Ref,
the information recording layer position Ln which is a
15 recording target position, and the information recording
position p-rec (the focusing position of the
recording/reproducing laser beam) in an ideal state in which
surface wobbling in the bulk-type recording medium 1 has not
occurred, and Fig. 10(b) illustrates a relation among the
20 position in a state in which the surface wobbling (the surface
wobbling in a direction toward the objective lens 20) has
occurred.
[0119]
First of all, as the premise, the focusing position of
25 the servo laser beam is controlled to be on the reference surface
Ref by the focus servo control of the objective lens 20 based
on the reflected light of the servo laser beam. That is, the
objective lens 20 and the reference surface Ref can be
maintained at a certain constant distance under the control
30 of the focus servo control.
In the example illustrated in the figure, since the servo
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laser beam enters the objective lens 20 as parallel light,
when the surface wobbling in the direction illustrated in Fig.
10(b) is generated by a certain amount dz, the position of
the objective lens in the focus direction is shifted by the
5 same amount dz in the same direction as the surface wobbling
direction.
[0120]
On the other hand, the information recording position
p-rec is determined depending on the movement of the concave
10 lens 16 in the recording/reproducing light focus mechanism
15.
As illustrated in Fig. 10 (a) , the information recording
position p-rec agrees with the information recording layer
position Ln serving as a recording target position in the ideal
15 state being free from the surface wobbling.
[0121]
Here, when the surface wobbling is generated by the
amount dz as described above, in order to allow the focusing
position of the servo laser beam and the reference surface
20 Ref to agree with each other, the objective lens 20 is moved
by the amount dz in the direction in which the surface wobbling
is generated, but the focusing position of the
recording/reproducing laser beam (the information recording
position p-rec) is not necessarily shifted by the amount d2
25 even though the objective lens is moved by the amount dz. This
is attributable to a difference in a degree of collimation
between the servo laser beam and the recording/reproducing
laser beam that enter the objective lens 20 (in this case,
the difference between parallel light and non-parallel light) .
30 That is, since there is a difference in a degree of collimation
between the servo laser beam and the recording/reproducing
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laser beam that enter the objective lens 20 as described above,
it results in a difference in displacement amount of focusing
position between the servo laser beam and the
recording/reproducing laser beam, evenbased on the same amount
5 of driving of the objective lens 20.
[0122]
As a result, depending on the surface wobbling, defocus
(the shift from the information recording position Ln as a
recording target) indicated by "Az" in Fig. 10(b) is caused
10 in the information recording position p-rec (the focusing
position of the recording/reproducing laser beam).
As the defocus (the shift of the information recording
position p-rec in the focus direction) Az, a type of defocus
directed toward the front side (to the upper layer side) in
15 comparison with the information recording layer position Ln
which is the recording target occurs when the surface wobbling
shown in Fig. 10 (b) has occurred in a direction of approaching
the objective lens 20, and conversely a type of defocus directed
toward the back side in comparison with the information
20 recording layer position Ln which is the recording target
occurs when the surface wobbling has occurred in the direction
of retreating from the objective lens 20.
[0123]
If the defocus Az corresponding to the surface wobbling
25 occurs, there is a concern that the information recording
positions p-rec of adj acent layers overlap each other depending
on the settings of the magnitude of the surface wobbling and
the layer pitch of the information recording layer positions
L. If this is the case, it becomes difficult to correctly
30 reproduce the recorded signals.
[0124]
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Here, as a measure to avoid such a problem related to
the def ocus Az, a measure that the layer pitch of the respective
layers is increased to be equal to or greater than a variation
of the information recording position p-rec due to the surface
5 wobbling can be considered.
However, this technique cannot densely pack the
respective layers in the focus direction and thus is difficult
to increase the recording capacity.
[0125]
10 Moreover, as anothermeasure toavoid theproblemrelated
to the def ocus Az, there is a method of adopting a system in
which a disc can be detachable and attachable.
Here, the distortion of a disc may be one of the causes
of the surface wobbling. However, the distortion of the disc
15 includes a distort ion caused when a disc is clamped by a rotating
and driving unit, a distortion caused by intrusion of dust
onto the clamping surface, and a distortion caused by complex
factors. Accordingly, when a system is structured such that
the disc is not detachable and attachable, the influence of
20 the surface wobbling on each of the layers may be even, so
that it is possible to avoid the problem that the recorded
signals are duplicated in each of the layers. Accordingly,
the respective layers can be packed densely in the focus
direction, and as a result, the recording capacity can be
25 corresponding increased.
However, since this technique does not allow replacement
of the disc at all, for example, when disc failure occurs,
the measure of replacing only the failed disk cannot be taken.
Moreover, data recorded by a certain recording device cannot
30 be read by a different recording device. That is, from the
viewpoint of these, it is disadvantageous in terms of
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convenience in use.
[0126]
Accordingly, the present embodiment is structured to
satisfy the conditions of the magnifications P_rp and P_sv
5 for solving these problems.
[0127]
Here, the defocus Az shown in Fig. 10 is also changed
in accordance with the relation between the magnification P_rp
and the magnification (3_sv.
10 Specifically, first, when the amount of the surface
wobbling is defined as dz, the defocus amount of the
recording/reproducing laser beam6z-rp and the defocus amount
of the servo laser beam 5z_sv which accompany the displacement
of the objective lens 20 due to the surface wobbling are
15 separately considered as follows: Here, the defocus amount
5z refers to the value of a difference between the surface
wobbling amount dz and the displacement amount of the focusing
position when the objective lens 20 is moved by the amount
dz.
20 [Expression 6]
5z_rp = rxrfz. .. [Expression 6]
[Expression 7]
8z_sv = -xrf2. .. [Expression 7]
P _sv
In this case, when paying attention to the defocus amount
25 8z_sv of the servo laser beam, if the servo laser beam enters
the objective lens 2 0 as parallel light as previous described
with reference to Fig. 10 (that is, P_sv = oo), the defocus
amount 5z_sv becomes 0 by [Expression 7]. Therefore, when
P_sv = oo, it is sufficient that the focus servo absorbs only
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a component of the surface wobbling, and the objective lens
20 is moved by the amount dz (See Fig. 10(b) ) . In this way,
when (3_sv = °o, since the amount of the surface wobbling is
dz and the objective lens 20 is moved by the amount dz, the
5 defocus Az which is the shift of the information recording
position p-rec based on the recording/reproducing laser beam
becomes Az = l/p_rp2 x dz by [Expression 6].
On the other hand, when the servo laser beam enters as
converging light or diverging light, the defocus amount 5z_sv
10 of the servo laser beam based on [Expression 7] does not become
0, so that the focus servo in this case follows the surface
wobbling and absorbs the defocus amount 5z_sv. That is, the
objective lens 20 of this case is moved by an amount of dz
+ 8z_sv, that is, an amount of dz + l/p_sv2 x dz.
15 As a result, it can be said that the objective lens 20
is moved by an amount of " dz + 8z_sv" in accordance with
occurrence of the surface wobbling of the amount dz. That
is, the defocus Az of the recording/reproducing laser beam
generated by moving the objective lens 20 is represented by
20 [Expression 8] .
[Expression 8]
Az 1 —x fd 1 "| z+ Txdz ...[Expression 8]
P_rp \ P_sv J
[0128]
Here, when it is possible to reduce the amount of the
25 defocus Az attributable to the surface wobbling to a negligible
amount, the shift of the information recording position p-rec
can be reduced to be negligible. In view of this, in the present
embodiment, the magnification P_rp and the magnification P_sv
are set such that the defocus Az due to the surface wobbling
30 is equal to or less than the depth of focus of the
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recording/reproducing laser beam as follows.
It is to be noted for confirmation that, when the
wavelength of the recording/reproducing laser beam is defined
as A. and the aperture number of the objective lens 20 (the
5 aperture number with respect to the recording/reproducing
laser beam) is defined as NA, the depth of focus of the
recording/reproducing laser beam is represented as follows.
[Expression 9].
X
r- . . . [Expression 9]
NA2 •
10 [0129]
Based on [Expression 8], when suppressing the defocus
Az, which accompanies the surface wobbling, to the depth of
focus or less,
[Expression 10]
1 ( 1 ^| X
15 ^-x d+ rxrf < ... [Expression 10]
P_rp I P_sv2 z) NA2
needs to be satisfied.
In this case, regarding the amount of the surface
wobbling dz, the maximum amount D may be considered.
Specifically, for example, the allowable maximum amount of
20 surface wobbling specified by the standard of the bulk-type
recording medium 1 may be considered.
In this way, when the maximum amount of the surface
wobbling is defined as D, and the depth of focus X./NA2 is defined
as by a, [Expression 10] is rewritten into [Expression 11] .
25 [Expression 11]
1 f 1 "l
— j-x D + r-xD
Subsequently, a second embodiment will be described.
The recording/reproducing device (optical drive
25 device) of the second embodiment is further provided with a
function of suppressing generation of comatic aberration
generated in the recording/reproducing laser beam which is
attributable to the lens shift of the objective lens 20,
compared to the recording/reproducing device of first
30 embodiment. Specifically, when the recording/reproducing
laser beam enters the objective lens 20 in a state of a
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non-parallel light, it is to achieve suppression of the comatic
aberration generated in the recording/reproducing laser beam.
Further, since an optical recordingmediumas a recording
target of the second embodiment is similar to that of the
5 bulk-type recording medium 1 of the first embodiment, the
description thereof is not duplicated.
[0150]
Fig. 14 is a diagram illustrating an internal structure
of an optical pickup included in the recording/reproducing
10 device (optical drive device) of the second embodiment (and
also illustrating a bulk-type recording medium 1).
Further, since structures of portions of the
recording/reproducing device of the second embodiment except
for an optical pickup OP are the same as those of the case
15 of the recording/reproducing device 10 of the first embodiment
which has been previously described with reference Fig. 4,
those are not illustrated.
Moreover, some portions of the second embodiment about
which the description has been already made in connection with
20 the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference signs
and the description is not duplicated.
[0151]
In Fig. 14, the optical pickup OP of this case is changed
from the optical pickup OP illustrated in Fig. 2, regarding
25 a portion related to the recording/reproducing light focus
mechanism 15 and a portion related to servo light focus
mechanism 28.
Specifically, in this case, while a collimating lens
14 and a concave lens 16 are not provided, a fixed lens 50
30 is provided. As illustrated in the figure, a lens driving
unit 18 is structured to drive a convex lens 18 to move.
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[0152]
Moreover, in the portion related to the servo laser beam,
while a collimating lens 27 and a concave lens 2 9 are not provided,
a lens driving unit 30 is structured to drive a convex lens
5 31 to move.
[0153]
In the second embodiment, after the fixed lens 50 is
inserted in the middle of an optical path between an objective
lens 20 and a recording/reproducing laser 11 which is a light
10 source of the recording/reproducing laser beam, a
predetermined amount of spherical aberration is generated by
the fixed lens 50.
Moreover, in the second embodiment, besides this, a
predetermined amount of spherical aberration is generated in
15 the middle of an optical path between the objective lens 2 0
and the focal position of the recording/reproducing laser beam
and this suppresses the comatic aberration generated in the
recording/reproducing laser beam when the
recording/reproducing laser beam enters the objective lens
20 20 a state of non-parallel light.
[0154]
Fig. 15 is a diagram to describe a technique of
suppressing the comatic aberration in the second embodiment.
For example, as illustrated in Fig. 15, a spherical
25 aberration of W40 is generated in the optical path between
the recording/reproducing laser 11 and the objective lens 20,
by the fixed lens 50, and the spherical aberration of -W40
is generated in the optical path between the objective lens
20 and the focal position (denoted by fp in the figure) of
30 the recording/reproducing laser beam.
Furthermore, the spherical aberration of -W40 within
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the optical path between the objective lens 20 and the focal
position fp can be generated by adjusting a Working Distance
(hereinafter, referred to as WD) of the objective lens 20,
that is, a distance from the objective lens 20 to the front
5 surface of the bulk-type recording medium 1.
[0155]
When an amount of lens shift of the objective lens 20
is zero, the spherical aberrations are offset each other.
On the other hand, when the objective lens 20 is shifted,
10 for example, by a distance S, that is, the lens shift occurs,
as illustrated in the figure, a difference is generated between
the spherical aberration in the optical path from the
recording/reproducing laser 11 to the objective lens 20 and
the spherical aberration in the optical path from the obj ective
15 lens 20 to the focal position fp.
In the second embodiment, the comatic aberration is
caused by the difference between the spherical aberrations,
and this comatic aberration serves as a factor to suppress
the comatic aberration generated in the recording/reproducing
20 laser beam when the recording/reproducing laser beam enters
the objective lens 2 0 in a state of non-parallel light.
[0156]
Figs. 16 to 19 and 21 are diagrams to describe design
values of a specific optical system which are set such that
25 suppression of the comatic aberration is achieved by the above
technique.
First, Fig. 16 is a diagram to describe specific design
values of the objective lens 20.
The objective lens 20 is made of a glass material, and
30 is 3.2 mm in a lens diameter, and 2.3 mm in a distance from
a first surface to a third surface, that is, in a lens thickness,
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for example, in the optical axis. Moreover, a distance from
the apex of the first surface to a second surface serving as
a STO (diaphragm) surface is 0.5 mm. An effective depth of
focus is 1.62 mm.
5 [0157]
Here, a fourth surface in the figure is the front surface
of the bulk-type recording medium 1, and a distance from the
fourth surface to the third surface means the WD described
above.
10 Next, as illustratedin Fig. 17, in the case of the present
example, when the range of the recording position (a recording
depth of a blue system in the figure) of the
recording/reproducing laser beam is 0.05 mm to 0.30 mm, the
WD is set to a range of 0.475 mm to 0.427 mm.
15 [0158]
Hereinbelow, a specific design example of the objective
lens 20 is described.
Surface data
Surface number
2 0 Radius of curvature
Surface interval
Refractive index (405 ran)
Refractive index (660 nm) 1 1.72407 0.5
1.78006964 1.7503
25 2 (STO) oo 1.8
3 1.390896 0.46 1.0
4 oo 0.1 1.62
Aspheric surface data
First surface
30 K = 0.0000, A2 = 6.033061E-02, A4 = 4.110059E-03, A6
= 1.577992E-04, A8 = 3.361266E-04
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Third surface
K = 0.0000, A2 = -3.130214E-01, A4 = 2.320173E-01, A6
= -2.841429E-01, A8 = 1.483011E-01
[0159]
5 Moreover, in the concave lens 18, the surface on the
side near the light source (on the side near the
recording/reproducing laser 11) is defined as the first surface,
and the surface on the opposite side (the surface on the side
near the objective lens 20) is defined as the second surface,
10 and the concave lens 18 is designed as follows.
Surface data
Surface number
Radius of curvature
Surface interval
15 Refractive index (405 nm)
1 43.20333 3.5 1.5071781
2 -7.841247
Aspheric surface data
First surface
20 K = 0.0000, A2 = -9.312825E-06, A4 = -1.015113E-05
Second surface
K = 0.875969, A2 = 4.279362E-04, A4 = 4.787842E-06
[0160]
In the fixed lens 50, similarly when the surface on the
25 side near the light source is defined as the first surface,
and the opposite surface is defined as the second surface,
the fixed lens is designed as follows.
Surface data
Surface number
30 Radius of curvature
Surface interval
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Refractive index (405 nm)
1 oo 0.5 1.53019593
2 oo
Aspheric surface data
5 Second surface
A2 = 5.0017045E-03, A4 = -1.0916955E-03, A6 =
1.3797693E-3
[0161]
Moreover, Fig. 18 is a diagram to describe a design
10 example of the portion related to the servo laser beam in the
second embodiment, and specifically and schematically
illustrates a relation among the servo laser 24, the convex
lens 31, theDOE32, and the objective lens 20 which are disposed
on the optical path of the servo laser beam.
15 First, a thickness of the DOE 32 is set to 0.5 mm as
in the figure. Moreover, a distance from the apex of the first
surface of the objective lens 20 to the DOE 32 is set to 2.5
mm.
[0162]
20 Moreover, as illustrated, regarding the convex lens 31,
when the surface near the light source is defined as a first
surface, and the opposite surface is defined as a second surface,
a design example of the convex lens 31 is as follows.
Surface data
25 Surface number
Radius of curvature
Surface interval
Refractive index (660 nm)
1 54.3000 3.00 1.495051
30 2 -10.9065
Aspheric surface data
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First surface
K = 0.0000
Second s u r f a ce
K = -0.87200
5 [0163]
Here, in the second embodiment, the DOE 32 is assumed
to be provided with a function of converting the servo laser
beam and a function of correcting the spherical aberration
with respect to the servo laser beam.
10 First, as understood from the description related to
Figs. 6(a) to 6(c), in the embodiment, the working distance
(WD) of the objective lens 2 0 is changed to suppress a change
in the distance Do-rp between the principal plane Som of the
objective lens 2 0 and the focusing position of the
15 recording/reproducing laser beam and to achieve an improved
in the aberration performance of the recording/reproducing
laser beam. However, as understood with reference to Figs.
6(a) to 6(c) , the change in the WD also accompanies a change
in the distance (hereinafter, referred to as a distance Do-sv)
2 0 between the principal plane Som and the focusing position of
the servo laser beam. That is, due to the change in the distance
Do-sv, the aberration performance on the servo laser beam side
is deteriorated.
In order to prevent this, in the second embodiment, the
25 DOE 32 is provided with the function of correcting the spherical
aberration with respect to the servo laser beam.
[0164]
Fig. 19 is a diagram to describe a behavior of phase
shift (phase shift according to radius position R) of the servo
30 laser beam to be given by the DOE 32 for the purpose of enabling
the DOE 32 to implement both of the functions of converging
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the servo laser beam and correcting the spherical aberration.
Fig. 19(a) illustrates a simulation result (upper
portion) related to a behavior of phase shift of the servo
laser beam to be given for the purpose of implementation of
5 only the function of correcting the spherical aberration, and
also illustrates an image (lower portion) of a change in
wavefront of the servo laser beam before/after the servo laser
beam has passed through the DOE 32.
Fig. 19(b) illustrates a simulation result (upper
10 portion) related to a behavior of phase shift of the servo
laser beam to be given for the purpose of implementation of
the function of correcting the spherical aberration and the
function of converging light, and also illustrates an image
(lower portion) of a change in wavefront of the servo laser
15 beam before/after the servo laser beam has passed through the
DOE 32.
[0165]
In the present example, a formed pitch (period) and a
formed pattern of a concave-convex pattern of the DOE 32 (See
20 Fig. 9) are set such that the phase shift having the behavior
illustrated in Fig. 19(b) can be given to the servo laser beam.
As a result, both of the function of converging the servo
laser beam and the function of correcting the spherical
aberration with respect to the servo laser beam are implemented
25 by the DOE 32.
[0166]
Fig. 20 is a diagram to describe the effect of a case
where the DOE 32 of the present example is used.
As a comparison, Fig. 20(a) illustrates a simulation
30 result of WAveFront Aberration (WFA: wave-rms unit) with
respect to a lens shift amount (mm) when the DOE 32 has only
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the function of converging light.
Next, Fig. 20(b) illustrates a result of similar
simulation when the DOE 32 as the second embodiment which has
been described above is used.
5 In these Figs. 20(a) and 20(b), the plot of • indicates
a result for a case where a recording depth by the
recording/reproducing laser beam is 0.05 mm, and the plot of
• indicates a result for a case where a recording depth by
the recording/reproducing laser beam is 0.15 mm. Further,
10 the plot of A indicates a result for a case where a recording
depth by the recording/reproducing laser beam is 0.3 mm.
[0167]
Here, when an amount of the eccentricity that can be
actually generated in the bulk-type recording medium 1 is
15 considered, the maximum value of the lens shift amount of the
objective lens 20 to follow the displacement of track due to
the eccentricity is about 0.1 mm. When a margin due to an
error of the biaxial actuator 21 or the like is additionally
considered, the maximum value of the lens shift amount is
20 assumed to be about 0.15 mm.
[0168]
When seeing based on this lens shift amount =0.15 mm,
in the case of Fig. 20(a) where the spherical aberration
correction function is not given to the DOE 32, the wavefront
25 aberration exceeds 0.07 wave-rms corresponding to Marechal
standard aberration (Marechal Criterion) at a record depth
of 0.3 mm.
Compared with this, in the case of the present example
illustrated in Fig. 20 (b) , it is confirmed that the wavefront
30 aberration is improved for all recording depths, for example,
0.05 mm, 0.15 mm, 0.3 mm, etc., in comparison with the case
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of Fig. 20(a) and moreover the wavefront aberration is
suppressed to below 0.07 wave-rms when the lens shift amount
is within a range of 0.30 mm or below for the cases of those
recording depths.
5 From this result, it can be understood that the wavefront
aberration of the servo laser beam can be excellently
suppressed by the DOE 32 according to the second embodiment.
[0169]
Subsequently, referring to Fig. 21, the magnification
10 P_rp (see Fig. 21(a)) of the recording/reproducing laser beam
and the magnification (3_sv (see Fig. 21 (b) ) of the servo laser
beam which are set in the second embodiment will be described.
Further, in Figs. 21(a) and 21 (b) , reciprocals (1/p-rp
and 1/p-sv) of the magnifications p are used to show the range
15 of each magnification p corresponding to the range (0.05 mm
to 0 . 3 mm) of the recording depth of the recording/reproducing
laser beam.
[0170]
In Fig. 21(a), the range of the magnification P_rp of
20 the recording/reproducing laser beam corresponding to the
range (= 0.05 mm to 0.3 mm) of the recording depth for this
case is about -34.5 to 34.5 (l/p_rp = about -0.029 to about
0.029) .
Further, in Fig. 21(b), the range of the magnification
25 P_sv of the servo laser beam corresponding to the same range
of the recording depth is about 125.0 to -50. 0 (l/p_sv = about
0.008 to about -0.02) .
[0171]
From these set values of the respective magnifications
30 P, it can be understood that the magnification P_sv of the
servo laser beam also falls within the range of the
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magnification P_rp of the recording/reproducing laser beam
even in the second embodiment.
In addition, when the maximum amount of the surface
wobbling is assumed to be D = 300 Jim like the case of the first
5 embodiment, it can be understood that [Expression 12]
previously described is also satisfied by the second embodiment.
That is, the second embodiment also can suppress the amount
of the defocus Az of the recording/reproducing laser beam
generated due to the surface wobbling during the recording
10 operation to a very small value corresponding to the depth
of focus or below.
[0172]
Furthermore, although the second embodiment which has
been described above uses an example in which, in order to
15 suppress the comatic aberration of the recording/reproducing
laser beam, the spherical aberration that is to be generated
in the optical path between the recording/reproducing laser
11 and the objective lens 20 is generated by the fixed lens
50, the spherical aberration in the optical path between the
20 recording/reproducing laser 11 and the objective lens 20 can
be generated by other means such as a liquid crystal device,
an expander, or the like.
[0173]
<3. Third embodiment>
25 Fig. 22 is a diagram illustrating an extracted portion
of an optical pickup OP included in an optical drive device
(recording/reproducing device) as a third embodiment (and also
illustrating a bulk-type recording medium 1).
Further, like the case of the second embodiment, since
30 structures of portions except for an optical pickup OP are
similar to the case of the recording/reproducing device 10
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of the first embodiment, those are not illustrated.
Furthermore, in the third embodiment, portions about
which the description has been made already are denoted by
the same reference symbols and the description thereof is not
5 duplicated.
[0174]
The recording/reproducing device of the third
embodiment performs recording/reproduction on a bulk-type
recording medium 1' in which a reference surface Ref is disposed
10 on a far lower layer side than a bulk layer 5.
[0175]
Fig. 23(a) schematically illustrates a cross-sectional
structure of the bulk-type recording medium 1'.
As illustrated in this Fig. 23(a), in the bulk-type
15 recording medium 1' , the bulk layer 5 is formed as an underlying
layer of a cover layer 2, and a reflection film with a reference
surface Ref thereon is formed on the underside surface of the
bulk layer 5 with an adhesive material as an intermediate layer
4' interposed therebetween.
20 Although not illustrated, the reference surface Ref in
this case is formed by depositing the reflection film on a
substrate with, forexample, a series of pits or a groove serving
as a position director formed thereon. On the substrate on
which the reflection is deposited in such a way, the bulk layer
25 5 is formed (bonded) with the intermediate 4' interposed
between them.
Herein, in this case, the reflection film with the
reference surface Ref may not necessarily have wavelength
selectivity. It is to be noted for confirmation that, in the
30 present example, because there is a sufficiently big difference
between a wavelength (405 nm) of a recording/reproducing laser
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beam and a wavelength (650 nm) of a servo laser beam, the effect
(for example, deterioration of recording performance, or the
like) of an operation that the servo laser beam passes through
the bulk layer 5 is very weak.
5 [0176]
As illustrated in Fig. 23 (a) , the reference surface Ref
of this case is set to a point which is at a depth of 420 |jm
from the surface of the bulk-type recording medium 1'.
In addition, the lowermost information recording layer
10 position L in the bulk layer 5 is also set to a point which
is at a depth of 300 urn from the surface in this case.
[0177]
Here, in the recording/reproducing device of the third
embodiment in which the servo laser beam is to be focused on
15 the reference surface Ref formed in a layer on the relatively
lower layer side in the bulk layer 5, a DOE 32' which has a
function of selectively diverging the luminous flux of the
servo laser beam is provided, instead of the DOE 32 which has
a function of selectively converging the luminous flux of the
20 servo laser beam (see Fig. 22).
This is because an improvement in a visual field swing
tolerance of the servo laser beam is achieved by diverging
the luminous flux of the servo laser beam that enters an
objective lens 20, contrary to the cases of the first and second
25 embodiments, when the reference surface Ref is formed on a
lower side in the bulk layer 5.
[0178]
In order to impart a function of diverging the servo
laser beam to the DOE 32 ' , settings (a formed pitch and a formed
30 pattern) of a concave-convex pattern of the DOE 32' have to
be different from the settings of the concave-convex pattern
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of the DOE 32. Specif ically, as for the concave-convex pattern
of the DOE 32', the formed pitch and the formed pattern
(including a setting of a depth d of one step) are set such
that the luminous flux of the servo laser beam can be selectively
5 diverged by a predetermined amount.
[0179]
Fig. 23(b) is a diagram to describe an example of a setting
of the magnification p_sv of the servo laser beam in the
recording/reproducing device of the third embodiment.
10 Specifically, Fig. 23(b) illustrates a range of the
magnification P_sv corresponding to a recording depth of 0 . 05
mm to 0.3 mm of the recording/reproducing laser beam, with
reciprocals of the magnifications P_sv.
[018 0]
15 Here, the range of the magnification P_rp of the
recording/reproducing laser beam is not illustrated for a
reason that the range of the magnification P_rp of this case
is the same as that of the second embodiment.
[0181]
20 Moreover, in the third embodiment, the refractive index
of the objective lens 20 includes a refractive index (=1.78007)
with respect to the recording/reproducing laser beam (405 run)
and a refractive index (= 1.75035) with respect to the servo
laser beam (660 nm) . Moreover, the WD is set to 0.4288 mm
25 to 0.4739 mm.
[0182]
As illustrated in Fig. 23(b), in the third embodiment,
the magnification P_sv corresponding to the range of a
recording depth of 0.05 mm to 0.3 mm is assumed to be set to
30 62.5 to -71.4 (l/p_sv = about 0.016 to about -0.014).
It can be understood that the range of this magnification
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P_sv is within the range (about -34.5 to 34.5) of the
magnification p_rp.
Even in the third embodiment, for the maximum amount
of the surface wobbling D = 300 pm, the previous [Expression
5 12] is satisfied.
[0183]
<4. Fourth embodiment>
Fig. 24 is a diagram illustrating an extracted portion
of an optical pickup OP included in an optical drive device
10 (a recording/reproducing device) of a fourth embodiment (and
also illustrating a bulk-type recording medium 1).
Further, even in the fourth embodiment, since structures
of portions except for an optical pickup OP are similar to
the case of the recording/reproducing device 10 of the first
15 embodiment, thedescriptionbasedonillustrationis not given.
Furthermore, even in the fourth embodiment, portions
about which the description has been made already are denoted
by the same reference symbols and the description thereof is
not duplicated.
20 [0184]
Like the third embodiment, the fourth embodiment is to
record/reproduce in a bulk-type recording medium 1', serving
as a recording target, in which a reference surface Ref is
formed in a lower layer side in a bulk layer 5, but is different
25 from the case of the third embodiment in the point that the
DOE 32* is not provided.
[0185]
Here, regarding a refractive index of an objective lens
20, an example in which a focusing position of a servo laser
30 beam is formed in an interior side (a lower layer side) compared
to a focusing position of a recording/reproducing laser beam
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is described in previous Fig. 13. If this is the case, when
the reference surface Ref is formed in a layer lower than the
bulk layer 5, in order to make the magnification P_sv fall
within the range of the magnification P__rp, it is unnecessary
5 to especially install a DOE 32 ' which diverges luminous flux
of the servo laser beam like the third embodiment.
From this point of view, the DOE 32' provided for the
recording/reproducing device of the third embodiment is not
provided for the recording/reproducing device of the fourth
10 embodiment.
[018 6]
<5. Modification>
The embodiments of the present invention have been
described so far, but the present invention is not limited
15 to specific examples which have been described above.
For example, regarding set values of the magnifications
P, they are not limited to the examples presented above, but
the magnifications (3 may be appropriately selected according
to actual embodiments within the range of the present
20 invention.
Further, although an example in which the number of the
information recording layer positions L set within the bulk
layer 5 is 20 has been described, the number of the information
recording layer positions L is not limited thereof.
25 [0187]
Furthermore, in the description which has been made so
far, the focus control of the recording/reproducing laser beam
during a reproduction operation is achieved by controlling
the objective lens 20 based on the reflected light emitted
30 from the mark train recorded with use of the
recording/reproducing laser beam. However, during the
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reproduction operation, like in a recording operation, the
focus control of the objective lens 2 0 can be performed based
on the reflected light emitted from the reference surface Ref
of the servo laser beam, and the focus control of the
5 recording/reproducing laser beam can be performed by using
a recording/reproducing light focus mechanism 15.
Here, when the focus control during the reproduction
operation is performed like in the recording operation, there
is a concern that the focusing position of the
10 recording/reproducing laser beam is shifted from the recorded
mark train due to the defocus Az corresponding to the surface
wobbling during the reproduction operation, and therefore the
information reproduction cannot be correctly performed.
However, according to the magnification P_rp and the
15 magnification (3_sv as the present embodiment which are set
based on [Expression 12] previously presented, like the
recording operation the defocus Az can be suppressed to a very
small value such as the depth of focus or below (that is, such
that a state in which the recording/reproducing laser beam
20 is focused on the mark train as a reproduction target can be
maintained), information reproduction can be appropriately
performed regardless of the surface wobbling.
[0188]
Moreover, although the description has been made so far
25 in connection with the case in which the bulk-type recording
medium 1 (orl1) having a recording layer (a bulk-like recording
layer) , in which no position directors or no reflection films
having suchpositiondirectors are provided, is used as a target
of recording/reproduction, the present invention can be
30 appropriately applied to a case where the target is an optical
recordingmedium (referred to as amultilayer optical recording
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medium) provided with a recording layer having a multilayer
structure where a recording film (a semi-transmissive
recording film) is formed in each of a plurality of layer
positions as the recording layer.
5 Specifically, a position director formed as a series
of pits, a groove, or the like is not formed in the recording
film formed in the recording layer of the multilayer optical
recording medium, and this aspect can lead to a simplified
manufacturing process of the recording medium and a decrease
10 in the manufacturing cost.
Even when recording in this kind of multilayer optical
recording medium is performed, the tracking servo control of
the recording/reproducing laser beam is performed by
controlling the position of the objective lens 20 such that
15 the focal position of the servo laser beam follows the position
director formed in the reference surface Ref based on the
reflected light emitted from the reference surface Ref of the
servo laser beam.
Moreover, in this case, since it is possible to obtain
20 the reflected light of the recording/reproducing laser beam
from the recording film at the time of recording, the focus
servo control of the recording/reproducing laser beam at the
time of recording also can be performed based on the reflected
light of the recording/reproducing laser beam.
25 [0189]
Further, the description has been made so far, by way
of example, in connection with the technique that provides
the dichroic prism 19 and conducts spectroscopy by using a
difference in wavelength between the reflected lights of the
30 recording/reproducing laser beam and the servo laser beam when
the lights are independently received by the device. However,
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alternatively, spectroscopy can be performed by other
techniques, for example, adopting a structure which uses a
difference in polarization direction, such as
p-polarization/s-polarization.
5 [0190]
Moreover, the description has been made so far, by way
of example, in connection with a structure in which recording
light for use in recording in the recording layer and
reproduction light for use in reproducing signals recorded
10 in the recording layer are obtained from the same light source
(recording/reproducing laser 11). However, a different
structure which a light source for the recording light and
a light source for the reproducing light are separately
provided also can be used.
15 [0191]
Moreover, the description has been made so far, by way
of example, in connection with the case in which the present
invention is applied to the recording/reproducing device which
performs both of the mark recording on the recording layer
20 and reproduction of the recorded marks . However, the present
invention also may be appropriately applied to a recording
device (a recording-only device) which performs mark recording
on the recording layer, a reproducing device (a
reproducing-only device) which only performs reproduction of
25 the recorded marks.
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST
[0192]
1, 1' Bulk-type recording medium
30 2 Cover layer
3 Selective reflection film
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Ref Reference surface
4, 4' Intermediate layer
5 Bulk layer
L Information recording layer position
5 OP Optical pickup
10 Recording/reproducing device
11 Recording/reproducing laser
12, 25 Polarizing beam splitter
13, 2 6 Quarter wavelength plate
10 14, 27 Collimating lens
15 Recording/reproducing light focus mechanism
16, 28 Concave lens
17, 30 Lens driving unit
18, 31 Convex lens
15 19 Dichroic prism
20 Objective lens
21 Biaxial actuator
22, 33 Cylindrical lens
23 Recording/reproducing light receiving unit
20 24 Servo laser
32, 32' DOE
34 Servo light receiving unit
35 Recording processing unit
3 6 Recording/reproducing matrix circuit
25 37 Reproduction processing unit
38 Recording/reproducing light servo circuit
39 Servo light matrix circuit
40 Position information detecting unit
41 Servo light servo circuit
30 42 Controller
50 Fixed lens
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CLAIMS
1. An optical pickup comprising:
an optical system that includes an objective lens that
5 irradiates an optical recording medium with a first light for
use in information recording or information reproduction in
or from a recording layer and a second light different from
the first light, and a first focusing position adjusting unit
that adjusts a focusing position of the first light having
10 passed through the objective lens by changing collimation of
the first light entering the objective lens, the optical
recording medium including a reference surface provided with
a reflection film in which a position director is formed in
a spiral form or a concentric circular form, and the recording
15 layer which is provided in a layer position different from
the reference surface and in which a mark corresponding to
irradiation of light is formed and hence information is
recorded;
a focus mechanism of the objective lens; and
20 a tracking mechanism of the objective lens, wherein
the optical system is designed such that, regarding a
magnification of the second light defined as a ratio of a
distance between a position of an object point of the second
light viewed from the objective lens and a principal plane
25 of the objective lens with respect to a distance between the
principal plane of the objective lens and a focusing position
of the second light, and a magnification of the first light
defined as a ratio of a distance between a position of an object
point of the first light viewed from the objective lens and
30 the principal plane of the objective lens with respect to a
distance between the principal plane of the objective lens
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and the focusing position of the first light, the magnification
of the second light falls within a magnification range of the
first light determined in accordance with a focusing position
adjustable range adjusted by the first focusing position
5 adjusting unit.
2. The optical pickup according to claim 1, wherein
the first light enters the objective lens as converging
light in a state in which the focusing position of the first
10 light has been adjusted to an upper-limit layer position within
the recording layer by the first focusing position adjusting
unit, and the first light enters the objective lens as diverging
light in a state in which the focusing position of the first
light has been adjusted to a lower-limit layer position within
15 the recording layer by the first focusing position adjusting
unit.
3. The optical pickup according to claim 2, wherein
the optical system further includes a second focusing
20 position adjusting unit that adjusts the focusing position
of the second light having passed through the objective lens
by changing collimation of the second light entering the
objective lens.
25 4. The optical pickup according to claim 3, wherein
the reference surface is provided in an upper layer side
in the recording layer within the optical recording medium,
and the optical system further includes a diffraction-type
optical element that converges luminous flux of the second
30 light entering the objective lens (20) to a predetermined
extent.
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5. The optical pickup according to claim 4, wherein
the tracking mechanism collectively drives the
objective lens and the diffraction-type optical element.
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6. The optical pickup according to claim 3, wherein
when a depth of focus A,/NA^ of the first light determined
by a wavelength A- of the first light and a numerical aperture
NA of the first light is defined as a, and an absolute value
10 of a maximum surface wobbling amount of the optical recording
mediiom is defined as D, the optical system is designed such
that the magnification (3i of the first light and the
magnification P2 of the second light satisfy Expression 13.
[Expression 13]
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7. An optical drive device comprising:
an optical pickup including an optical system, a focus
mechanism of an objective lens, and a tracking mechanism of
20 the objective lens, the optical system including the objective
lens that irradiates an optical recording medium with a first
light for use in information recording or information
reproduction in or from a recording layer and a second light
different from the first light, and a first focusing position
25 adjusting unit that adjusts a focusing position of the first
light having passed through the objective lens by changing
collimation of the first light entering the objective lens,
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the optical recording mediiom including a reference surface
provided with a reflection film in which a position director
is formed in a spiral form or a concentric circular form, and
the recording layer which is provided in a layer position
5 different from the reference surface and in which a mark
corresponding to irradiation of light is formed and hence
information is recorded, wherein, the optical system is
designed such that, regarding a magnification of the second
light defined as a ratio of a distance between a position of
10 an object point of the second light viewed from the objective
lens and a principal plane of the objective lens with respect
to a distance between the principal plane of the objective
lens and a focusing position of the second light, and a
magnification of the first light defined as a ratio of a distance
15 between a position of an object point of the first light viewed
from the objective lens and the principal plane of the objective
lens with respect to a distance between the principal plane
of the objective lens and the focusing position of the first
light, the magnification of the second light falls within a
20 magnification range of the first light determined in accordance
with a focusing position adjustable range adjusted by the first
focusing position adjusting unit;
a focus servo control unit that controls the focus
mechanism based on reflected light of the second light
25 reflected from the reference surface such that the focusing
position of the second light moves along on the reference
surface;
a tracking servo control unit that controls the tracking
mechanism based on the reflected light of the second light
30 reflected from the reference surface such that the focusing
position of the second light follows the position director
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on the reference surface; and
a focusing position setting control unit that controls
setting of the focusing position of the first light bycontrolling
the first focusing position adjusting unit.
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8 . A light irradiationmethod in an optical pickup including
an optical system, a focus mechanism of an objective lens,
and a tracking, mechanism of the objective lens, the optical
system including the objective lens that irradiates an optical
10 recording medium with a first light for use in information
recording or information reproduction in or from a recording
layer and a second light different from the first light, and
a first focusing position adjusting unit that adjusts a
focusing position of the first light having passed through
15 the objective lens by changing collimation of the first light
entering the objective lens, the optical recording medium
including a reference surface provided with a reflection film
in which a position director is formed in a spiral form or
a concentric circular form, and the recording layer which is
20 provided in a layer position different from the reference
surface and in which a mark corresponding to irradiation of
light is formed and hence information is recorded, the method
comprising:
irradiating the optical recording medium with light
25 using the optical system designed such that, regarding a
magnification of the second light defined as a ratio of a
distance between a position of an object point of the second
light viewed from the objective lens and a principal plane
of the objective lens with respect to a distance between the
30 principal plane of the objective lens and a focusing position
of the second light, and a magnification of the first light
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defined as a ratio of a distance between a position of an object
point of the first light viewed from the objective lens and
the principal plane of the objective lens with respect to a
distance between the principal plane of the objective lens
5 and the focusing position of the first light, the magnification
- of the second light falls within a magnification range of the
first light determined in accordance with a focusing position
adjustable range adjusted by the first focusing position
adjusting unit.