WO2005117003A1 - 光ヘッド装置及び光ディスク装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an optical head device for recording and reproducing information on, for example, a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), an MD (Mini Disc), and an optical disc capable of higher density recording, and
- the present invention relates to an optical disk device equipped with an optical head device.
- an optical head device in order to cope with a high-density optical disk, it is required to shorten the wavelength of light to be irradiated and to increase the numerical aperture (high NA) of an objective lens.
- the NA of the objective lens is large.
- a large spherical aberration occurs due to an error in the thickness of the optical disc substrate or the thickness of an optical disc having a multilayer structure, and the quality of the light beam condensing spot deteriorates.
- the astigmatism method or the knife-edge method which is a typical method for detecting the defocus of the objective lens, is used, the amplitude of the defocus detection signal can be increased.
- the focus servo operation performed using the defocus detection signal becomes unstable, and the modulation due to the condensed spot crossing the recording track is not obtained, and the seek operation is not performed. Become stable.
- spherical aberration present in the optical system is optically suppressed or compensated. It needs to be corrected.
- a liquid crystal phase correction element capable of generating spherical aberration in the optical path and correct the spherical aberration of the light beam condensed on the optical disk.
- Patent Document 1 a method is proposed in which a lens group capable of generating spherical aberration according to the distance between lenses is arranged in the optical path, and the distance between lenses is changed according to the amount of spherical aberration.
- the knife edge method is applied to each of the inner light beam and the outer light beam of the light beam reflected from the optical disk, instead of the astigmatism method, the difference between the defocus signals generated by the inner light beam and the outer light beam is obtained.
- the amount of spherical aberration can be detected (for example, see Patent Document 2).
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-269611 (paragraphs 0021-0022, FIGS. 1 and 2)
- Patent Document 2 JP-A-2002-367197 (paragraphs 0010, 0020-0022, FIGS. 2 and 03)
- Non-patent Document l Tohru Kimura et al., "Optical system for HD—DVD with plastic lenses", ODF2002, Tokyo Nov. 1. 2002, Technical Digest, pp. 83-84 (Kimuratoru et al., "Optical System for HD—D VD with Plastic Lenses”, ODF (Optics—photonics Design and Fabrication) 2002, Tokyo, November 2002. March 1, Tech-Digest, pages 83-84)
- Non-Patent Document 2 Charles S. Williams and Orville A. Becklund, "Introduction to the optical transfer function", WILEY-INTERS CIENCE, pp. 337-341
- the defocus detection signal The amplitude of the signal deteriorates significantly.
- the amplitude of the defocus detection signal deteriorates, the following problems occur.
- the defocus detection signal waveform on each recording layer can be continuously detected.
- the type of the optical disk can be determined by detecting the amplitude level and the number of waveforms.
- the amplitude of the defocus detection signal changes depending on the magnitude of the spherical aberration, so that it is easy to make a mistake in discriminating the type of the optical disc.
- a circuit such as a servo gain may be used depending on the degree of deterioration of the defocus detection signal. If the condition deviates from the optimum value, the focus servo operation may become unstable, and the servo operating point may fluctuate, causing a large defocus on the optical disk.
- the detection and correction of the spherical aberration can be completed before the focus servo operation, the above problem can be avoided.
- the optical configuration is capable of correcting the spherical aberration, all of the multi-layer recording disk It is not possible to provide the layers with optimal spherical aberration at the same time.
- the optical disc since it is difficult to accurately and promptly correct the target spherical aberration, even if the spherical aberration correction is performed on each recording layer as needed to obtain a positive defocus detection signal, the optical disc cannot be detected. It takes a lot of time to perform the type determination and the playback / recording operation.
- the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the related art, and has an object to reduce deterioration of the quality of a defocus detection signal even when spherical aberration occurs.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an optical head device capable of detecting defocus and an optical disk device equipped with the optical head device.
- An optical head device includes a light source that emits a light beam, a condensing unit that condenses the light beam on an optical disc, and a light beam that is condensed by the condensing unit.
- a focal spot moving means for moving the focal position of the focused spot to be focused in a direction perpendicular to the recording surface of the optical disc; and a plurality of divided light beams for focusing the light beam focused by the focusing means and reflected from the optical disc.
- a light beam splitting means for splitting the light into a plurality of light receiving areas, and at least one light receiving section comprising a plurality of light receiving areas;
- Light detection means for outputting a signal or an electric signal in accordance with a combination of the light amounts of the divided light beams incident on each of the plurality of divided light receiving areas, wherein the light beam is divided by the light beam dividing means.
- the plurality of divided light beams include one circular light beam or a pair of semicircular light beams, and at least two orbicular light beams or light beams outside the circular light beam or the semicircular light beam. It is characterized by including at least two pairs of semi-zonal light beams.
- the optical head device and the optical disk device of the present invention it is possible to prevent the deterioration of the amplitude of the defocus detection signal caused when spherical aberration is present in the conventional defocus detection method performed using the entire light flux. be able to. Therefore, for example, the focus servo operation can be performed stably, and the gain of the servo circuit that performs the focus servo operation does not need to be readjusted. Since the focus jump and the radial seek can be performed without errors, the operation speed can be improved.
- the amplitude of the defocus detection signal generated when spherical aberration is present in the conventional defocus detection method performed using the entire luminous flux Since the deterioration can be prevented, the number of recording layers of the optical disc and the type of the optical disc can be detected without error.
- the defocus that occurs when spherical aberration is present in the conventional defocus detection method that is performed using the entire luminous flux Since the deterioration of the amplitude of the detection signal can be prevented, the number of recording layers of the optical disk can be counted without errors.
- the optical head device and the optical disk device according to the present invention do not cause the deterioration of the amplitude of the defocus detection signal even if there is no spherical aberration correcting means for correcting the spherical aberration of the reflected light from the optical disk.
- a dagger can be planned.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of an optical head device and an optical disc device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a plan view schematically showing a division pattern of a hologram element in the optical head device according to Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a light receiving area pattern obtained by dividing four light receiving sections of a light detector in the optical head device according to Embodiment 1, and a light beam on each light receiving section.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a waveform of a defocus detection signal detected in an optical head device of a comparative example.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a waveform of FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a waveform of FIG.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a phase distribution with respect to a radius of a light beam in the optical head device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 10 In the optical head device according to Embodiment 1, an annular luminous flux (division of hologram element)
- FIG. 11 is a characteristic diagram showing the dependence of the amplitude of the defocus detection signal FES2 on the spherical aberration in the optical head device according to Embodiment 1 in the width of the second region of the hologram element.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an amplitude change of a second defocus detection signal with respect to an intermediate radius of a second region of the hologram element in the optical head device according to Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a shift amount of a zero-cross point of a second defocus detection signal with respect to an intermediate radius of the second region of the hologram element in the optical head device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 14 (a) Under ideal conditions, the range in which the modulation component of the RF reproduction signal exists and the zero-cross point of the second defocus detection signal are set so that the zero-cross point exists near the maximum of the modulation component. (B) shows the zero-cross point of the second defocus detection signal, depending on whether the third-order spherical aberration coefficient and the fifth-order spherical aberration have the same sign or a different sign.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the position of the modulation component of the RF reproduction signal and the zero-cross point when moving.
- FIGS. 15 (a) to 15 (g) are waveform diagrams for explaining a method of generating a spherical aberration detection signal in the optical head device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a spherical aberration detection circuit in the optical head device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram showing a waveform of a second defocus detection signal or a third defocus detection signal in the optical head device according to Embodiment 1.
- (a) to (c) are plan views schematically showing an orbicular light beam, a light receiving area pattern, and an improved light receiving area pattern on a photodetector in the optical head device according to Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of a modified example of the optical head device and the optical disc device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of an optical head device and an optical disc device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 21 is a plan view schematically showing a division pattern of a hologram element in the optical head device according to Embodiment 2.
- FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram showing a light receiving area pattern of a light detector and a light beam on each light receiving unit in the optical head device according to Embodiment 2.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of an optical head device and an optical disc device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of an optical head device and an optical disc device according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a result of calculating an example of a waveform of a defocus detection signal according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram showing a light receiving area pattern in the case where the light detector in the optical head device according to Embodiment 4 has four light receiving sections, and a light beam on each light receiving section.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of an optical head device 201 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention and an optical disc device 301 equipped with the same.
- an optical head device 201 according to the first embodiment includes a semiconductor laser 1 as a light source and a light beam 2 emitted from the semiconductor laser 1 (the center optical axis is indicated by a chain line 3).
- the heat dissipation package 5 has a function of integrating the semiconductor laser 1 and the flat glass plate 4 and dissipating heat generated by light emission of the semiconductor laser 1.
- the optical head device 201 includes a diffraction element 6 for dispersing the light beam 2 into a plurality of light beams, a collimator lens 7 for converting the light beam 2 into a substantially parallel light beam, and an internal A deflecting prism 8 for deflecting the light beam 2 transmitted through the collimator lens 7 by the reflecting surface 8a provided on the first lens 9, the second lens 10, the third lens 11, and the fourth Lens 12.
- the light beam 2 deflected by the reflecting surface 8a of the deflecting prism 8 passes through the first lens 9 and the second lens 10, and thereafter is constituted by the third lens 11 and the fourth lens 12.
- the light is focused on the optical disk 14 by the objective lens group 13.
- the optical head device 201 has a two-dimensional actuator 15 and a one-dimensional actuator 16 (or a feed motor).
- the two-dimensional actuator 15 shifts the objective lens group 13 in the direction of its optical axis (the direction substantially perpendicular to the recording surface of the optical disk and the direction of the z-axis in FIG. 1) and the radial direction DR of the optical disk 14 (the direction of the optical disk). This is a direction substantially parallel to the recording surface, and is the X-axis direction in FIG. 1.)
- the one-dimensional actuator 16 changes the distance between the first lens 9 and the second lens 10 by moving the first lens 9 in the optical axis direction (the z-axis direction in FIG. 1). Can be.
- the spherical aberration of the optical beam can be corrected by the first lens 9, the second lens 10, and the one-dimensional actuator 16.
- the configuration of the optical head device according to the present invention is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG.
- the optical head device 201 has a hologram element 17, a sensor optical element 18, and a photodetector 19.
- the hologram element 17 splits or splits the light beam reflected by the optical disk 14 and transmitted through the deflecting prism 8 into at least two light beams.
- the sensor optical element 18 has a lens function of condensing each of a plurality of light beams split or split by the hologram element 17 and a function of adding aberration.
- the light detector 19 includes one or more light receiving portions (for example, P1 in FIG. 3 described later) configured by a plurality of divided light receiving regions (for example, Al, Bl, Cl, and D1 in FIG. 3 described later). An electric signal corresponding to the amount of light incident on each of the divided light receiving regions or an electric signal corresponding to a combination of the amounts of light incident on each of the plurality of divided light receiving regions is output.
- Each of the light beams split or split by the hologram element 17 by the sensor optical element 18 is condensed on the light receiving surface of the photodetector 19.
- the deflecting prism 8 is used as a polarizing prism, and a quarter-wave plate (not shown) is arranged between the polarizing prism and the first lens 9.
- the transmission efficiency of the deflection surface 8a may be improved.
- the hologram element 17 may be mounted on the two-dimensional actuator 15 together with the objective lens group 13. Still further, instead of the hologram element, a liquid crystal aperture element having a plurality of regions capable of controlling transmission or blocking of an incident light beam can be used.
- the electric signal converted by the photodetector 19 is calculated by a defocus detection circuit 30, a tracking error detection circuit 31, a spherical aberration detection circuit 32, and a reproduction signal detection circuit 33. Is output as a voltage signal.
- the focus shift detection signal generated by the focus shift detection circuit 30 is input to a focus servo circuit 34 that drives the two-dimensional actuator 15 in the focus direction (the z-axis direction in FIG. 1).
- the focus servo circuit controls the operation of the two-dimensional actuator 15 based on the input defocus detection signal.
- the tracking error detection signal generated by the tracking error detection circuit 31 is input to a tracking servo circuit 35 that drives the two-dimensional actuator 15 in the radial direction DR (ie, the X-axis direction) of the optical disk 14.
- the tracking servo circuit 35 controls the operation of the two-dimensional actuator 15 based on the input tracking error detection signal.
- the spherical aberration detection signal generated by the spherical aberration detection circuit 32 is Is input to
- the spherical aberration detection signal constitutes a spherical aberration correcting means for correcting a spherical aberration caused by a thickness error of the substrate of the optical disc 14 or an interlayer thickness difference of the multilayer recording disc, and an unnecessary spherical aberration generated in the optical system of the optical head device.
- the reproduction signal detection circuit 33 generates a reproduction signal of data recorded on the optical disc 14.
- the defocus detection signal generated by the defocus detection circuit 30 is input to a recording layer number counting circuit 38 that counts the number of defocus detection signal waveforms detected in each recording layer of the multilayer recording disc.
- the count number of the recording layer is output from the recording layer number counting circuit 38.
- the disc discrimination circuit 37 sorts out the amplitude of the defocus detection signal generated by the defocus detection circuit 30 and the number of recording layers output from the recording layer number counting circuit 38 as characteristics of the optical disc, and discriminates the optical disc. Determine 14 types.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a division pattern of the hologram element 17.
- a circle 50 indicated by a broken line on the hologram element 17 represents the outermost circumference of the effective light flux of the objective lens group 13, and the area inside the circle 50 corresponds to the numerical aperture NA of the objective lens group 13. Means the range
- the center point 51 indicated by the X mark is the position of the design center optical axis of the optical beam on the hologram element 17, and the hologram element 17 includes three concentric regions centered on the point 51. Has a division pattern.
- the radial position from the design center optical axis 51 on the hologram element 17 is equivalent to the numerical aperture NA of the objective lens group 13.
- hologram element 17 includes three regions: first region 40, second region 41, and third region 42.
- the first area 40 is an area in which the regular radius r is less than ⁇ from the design center optical axis 51 (an area satisfying 0 ⁇ r ⁇ , that is, the area inside the circle 52 in FIG. 2). Area).
- the second region 41 is a region where the normalized radius r satisfies the region ⁇ r ⁇ where ⁇ is equal to or more than ⁇ and less than
- the third region 42 is a region where the normalized radius r is equal to or larger than ⁇ (a region satisfying
- ⁇ and j8 can take values of 0 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 1 and 0 ⁇ j8 ⁇ 1, and satisfy ⁇ ⁇ .
- a diffraction grating is formed in each of the first, second, and third regions 40, 41, and 42 of the hologram element 17.
- Each of the first, second, and third regions 40, 41, and 42 controls the light beam incident on the holo-dram element 17 by optimizing the lattice spacing, lattice shape, and lattice direction in each region.
- the light is split into light beams in each region and diffracted in different directions.
- Each of the light beams divided by the first, second, and third regions 40, 41, and 42 is applied to each light receiving portion (Pl, ⁇ 2 in FIG. 3 described later) of the photodetector 19 by the sensor optical element 18. , And ⁇ 3).
- the light beams split and diffracted in the first, second, and third regions 40, 41, and 42 are respectively divided into the first light beam Ul, the second light beam U2, and the second light beam U2.
- the luminous flux of 3 is U3.
- FIG. 3 shows the pattern of the light receiving area of the light detector 19 and the first, second, and third light fluxes Ul, illuminated on the respective light receiving portions P1, P2, and P3 of the light detector 19.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing U2 and U3.
- the pattern of the light receiving area of each of the light receiving sections P1, P2, and P3 of the photodetector 19 shown in FIG. 3 is a pattern of the light receiving area when the hologram element 17 having the divided pattern shown in FIG. 2 is used.
- the photodetector 19 includes the first, second, and third light receiving portions P1, P2, And P3.
- Each of the first, second, and third light receiving portions Pl, P2, and P3 has four light receiving regions.
- the first, second, and third light fluxes U1, U2, and U3 of the light flux split and diffracted by the hologram element 17 are the first, second, and third light receiving units P1, P2, and By P3
- the light is received as shown in FIG.
- the division boundaries Lla, L2a, and L3a of the first, second, and third light receiving portions Pl, P2, and P3 are substantially parallel to the tangential direction of the optical disk 14 (the y-axis direction in FIG.
- the photodetector 19 is arranged so that the division boundaries Llb, L2b, and L3b of the light receiving sections Pl, P2, and P3 are substantially parallel to the radial direction DR (the x-axis direction in FIG. 1) of the optical disk 14. I do.
- the first light receiving portion P1 has four light receiving regions Al, Bl, Cl, and D1 divided by the division boundaries Lla and L1b.
- the second light receiving portion P2 has four light receiving regions A2, B2, C2, and D2 divided by the division boundaries L2a and L2b.
- the third light receiving section P3 has four light receiving areas A3, B3, C3, and D3 divided by the division boundaries L3a and L3b.
- symbols A1 to A3, B1 to B3, C1 to C3, and D1 to D3 are also used as detection signal values of the corresponding light receiving regions.
- the sensor optical element 18 having a function of adding astigmatism such as a cylindrical lens
- the first, second, and third light fluxes Ul, U2, and U3 are used.
- the defocus detection similar to the astigmatism defocus detection that has been widely used in the past can be performed.
- the sensor optical element 18 that generates astigmatism having a size corresponding to the defocus detection range is disposed so as to be inclined at an angle to the focal line axis or the y-axis direction, and If the light receiving surface is arranged at a position in the optical axis direction (that is, the z-axis direction) such that the first, second, and third light fluxes Ul, U2, and U3 each have a substantially minimum circle of confusion, the optical disk Astigmatism method for defocus generated on 14 A defocus detection signal waveform can be obtained by each of the first, second, and third light fluxes Ul, U2, and U3.
- the first, second, and third defocus detection signals FES1, FES2, and FES3 by the first, second, and third light receiving units P1, P2, and P3 respectively are as follows. It can be obtained by the equations (1) to (3).
- FES1 (A1 + C1)-(B1 + D1)... hi)
- the defocus detection signal FES in the conventional astigmatism method is equivalent to the following equation (4). Can be obtained.
- the defocus detection signal FES becomes zero.
- the photodetector 19 is adjusted in the optical axis direction (z-axis direction)
- the light intensity distributions on the light receiving surfaces of the first, second, and third light fluxes Ul, U2, and U3 are roughly expressed as follows. It looks like Figure 3. That is, the first, second, and third defocus detection signals FES1, FES2, and FES3 become almost zero.
- the first light beam U1 substantially does not exist, and therefore the first light receiving unit P1 may be omitted.
- the first, second, and third tracking error detection signals TES1, TES2, and TES3 of the first, second, and third light receiving units Pl, # 2, and # 3 by the respective push-pull methods can be obtained by the following equations (5) to (7).
- the tracking error detection signal TES can be obtained by the following equation (8).
- an output signal or a diagonal of two light receiving area forces adjacent in the radial direction DR.
- the tracking error may be detected by a DPD method (phase difference method) using a phase comparison of two sum signals output from the light receiving area.
- the difference in the amount of received light in an area divided into two by the diameter in the direction corresponding to the tangential direction of the optical disc is calculated.
- the maximum In the circle of small confusion the direction of the diameter in the tangential direction is folded back by 90 degrees.
- the reproduction signal detection circuit 33 calculates the reproduction signal RF by the following equation (9).
- the above-described defocus detection circuit 30, tracking error detection circuit 31, spherical aberration detection circuit 32, and reproduction signal detection circuit 33 are each implemented by, for example, a semiconductor integrated circuit.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a waveform of a defocus detection signal detected in an optical head device as a comparative example of the present invention.
- the horizontal axis is the defocus DE [ ⁇
- 0 indicates the case where the focal position is on the information recording surface of the optical disk
- 0 indicates the case where the focal position is closer to the information recording surface of the optical disk (plus side)
- 0 indicates the case where the focal position is closer to the information recording surface of the optical disk.
- the left side shows the case where the focal position is located farther from the information recording surface of the optical disc.
- the vertical axis represents the amplitude AM of the defocus detection signal FES.
- Figure 4 shows the objective lens
- the figure shows the case where the numerical aperture NA is 85 and the wavelength ⁇ is 405 nm. Such signal degradation occurs
- the amplitude AM of the defocus detection signal increases.
- optical disk devices equipped with an optical head device use the types of optical disks described above. It is necessary to determine accurately. This discrimination is based on the amplitude AM and the wave of the defocus detection signal detected by the light beam being reflected by each recording layer of the optical disk.
- the number of shapes is detected and its characteristic power is determined.
- the above-mentioned discrimination is performed using the defocus detection signal detected by the conventional astigmatism method as shown in FIG. 4, the following is performed. Problems arise.
- the recording layer number counting circuit 38 determines whether the amplitude of the defocus detection signal detected in each recording layer exceeds a certain threshold level inside the recording layer number counting circuit 38 or not. Since the presence / absence is determined, as shown in FIG. 4, when the signal amplitude is deteriorated, the signal level falls below the threshold level, and a count error easily occurs.
- the amplitude level is judged based on the same threshold level as the recording layer number counting circuit 38, or the amplitude level is measured by sampling or the like to discriminate the type of the optical disc. Therefore, if amplitude degradation occurs as shown in FIG. 4, it is easy to cause a discrimination error.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a waveform of a second defocus detection signal FES2 detected using the waveforms of FIG.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a waveform of a second defocus detection signal FES2 detected using the waveform (waveform). 5 and 6, the horizontal axis indicates the defocus amount DE [ ⁇ m] on the optical disc, and 0 indicates that the focus position is on the optical disc.
- the focal position On the right side (plus side) from 0, the focal position is closer to the information recording surface of the optical disc! The position at the ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ position indicates that the focal position is located farther from the information recording surface of the optical disc.
- the mouth cross point is ZC.
- the second defocus detection signal FES2 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is obtained by the second light flux U2 by the second area 41 of the hologram element 17, and has the same conditions as those in FIG. 4 (comparative example). It is calculated by
- the range of the second light flux U2 used for defocus detection is limited to reduce the phase change in the light flux range, the cancellation described with reference to FIG. 4 (comparative example) can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to suppress deterioration of the defocus detection signal.
- the conventional method using the defocus detection signal FES (FIG. 4)
- the deterioration of the signal amplitude due to the spherical aberration is smaller than that of (the amplitude AM of the signal FES 2 does not decrease even if the value of W increases in FIGS. 5 and 6).
- the defocus detection signal FES in FIG. 4 is used as an input signal to the focus servo circuit 34, even if spherical aberration exists, the focus servo operation starts immediately without performing spherical aberration correction. It is possible to do.
- the abscissa indicates the normalized radius r of the hologram element 17, and the ordinate indicates the normalized signal amplitude NAM or NAM of the defocus detection signals FES1 and FES3.
- the first defocus detection signal FES 1 and the third defocus detection It is a figure which shows the signal amplitude NAM of the output signal FES3, or the change of NAM.
- the amplitude of the first defocus detection signal FES1 decreases as r decreases, and for example, when r ⁇ 0.7, the amplitude of the signal decreases when there is no spherical aberration. More than 20% improvement is expected. Further, with respect to the third defocus detection signal FES3, an improvement of 20% or more can be expected when r> 0.7.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a shift amount of the zero-cross point of the focus shift detection signals FES1 and FES3 corresponding to the horizontal axis of the signal amplitude characteristic of FIG.
- the horizontal axis represents the radius r of the hologram element 17 after the normalization
- the vertical axis represents the deviation DE [ ⁇ m] of the zero-cross points of the defocus detection signals FES1 and FES3.
- the deviation amount DE of the zero cross point is the spherical aberration
- Is the distance of the condensing position force indicates the defocus on the optical disk 14 that occurs when the focus servo operation is performed with the zero cross point as the servo operation point. Therefore, after performing the focus servo operation with the zero cross point as the servo operation point, for example, by giving an electrical offset, the above-described defocus on the optical disk 14 can be suppressed.
- the spherical aberration caused by the substrate thickness error of the optical disk 14 and the interlayer distance difference of the multi-layer recording disk is assuming that the third-order spherical aberration W is the most dominant.
- 40 40 is generally expressed by an equation proportional to the fourth power of the distance r from the central optical axis of the light beam.
- FIG. 9 shows the distribution of the phase PH of the spherical aberration on the vertical axis, with the normalization radius r, which is the distance of the central optical axis force of the light beam, on the horizontal axis.
- FIG. 9 shows the phase distribution of spherical aberration represented by Expression (10). Therefore, aberrations cannot be completely eliminated only by correcting the distance between the optical disk 14 and the objective lens group 13, but the quality of the focused spot on the optical disk 14 must be maximized. Thus, the quality of the reproduced signal obtained by reading the data recorded on the optical disc 14 is in the best possible state. Also, if the quality of the condensed spot is improved, the recording performance is also beneficial.
- the horizontal axis represents the defocus amount DE on the optical disc.
- 0 indicates that the focal position is on the information recording surface of the optical disk
- 0 (right side) from 0 indicates that the focal position is closer to the information recording surface of the optical disk
- 0 indicates The left side (minus side) shows the case where the focal position is located farther from the information recording surface of the optical disc.
- the zero-cross point force at which the signal level is zero between the upper and lower peaks of the waveform moves in the plus and minus directions depending on the magnitude of the spherical aberration, respectively.
- the position of the zero-cross point ZC of the waveform of the defocus detection signal shown in FIG. 10 does not change depending on the magnitude of the spherical aberration.
- the corresponding position indicates a position where the light beam is most condensed on the optical disk 14 by the objective lens group 13. Therefore, as shown in the waveform of FIG. 10, in the case where it is desired that the zero cross point ZC is located at the position of 0 on the horizontal axis, the focus servo is operated only with the zero cross point ZC as the servo operation point, and the optical disk 14 is not moved.
- the light beam can be condensed well.
- the above-described effect of preventing the movement of the zero-cross point is obtained because, among the light beams having the phase distribution of the spherical aberration shown in FIG. This is because the influence of spherical aberration on the detection of defocus can be suppressed by using only the vicinity range.
- the spherical aberration correction is not performed (thus, the spherical aberration is not corrected). Even if aberration correction means is not provided), or even if spherical aberration correction is not in the optimal state, the best quality focusing spot corrected by the defocus aberration expressed by the above equation (10) can be used. It is possible to do.
- the spherical aberration correction is not always optimal.
- the quality of the cross-track modulation signal or tracking error signal obtained when the focused spot crosses the track of the optical disc 14 can be maintained.
- the seek operation in the radial direction DR of the optical disk 14 performed by detecting the number of track jumps and the like with respect to the error signal strength can be further stabilized.
- the width I j8— ⁇ I of the second region 41 may be other than 0.1.
- the width of the second region 41 is made wider, the divided pattern of the hologram element 17 is formed. There is also the advantage of being chewy.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a calculation result of an amplitude change of the second defocus detection signal FES2 with respect to the width I j8 - ⁇ I of the second area 41.
- the horizontal axis represents the spherical aberration W [E]
- the vertical axis represents the normalized signal amplitude of the defocus detection signal FES2.
- the conventional defocus detection signal corresponds to the normalized signal amplitude of the FES.
- the case where the intermediate radius r of the second region 41 is r 0.68, and the zero-cross point that almost satisfies Expression (12)
- the calculation is performed under the condition that the deviation is small. As can be seen from Fig. 11, even when spherical aberration of the same magnitude is present, the amplitude degradation of the defocus detection signal tends to increase as I ⁇ - ⁇ I increases. The amplitude degradation is improved compared to the case of the detection method.
- Figure 12 shows that when I jS-a
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a change in the amplitude of a defocus detection signal when the robot is deflected.
- the horizontal axis represents the intermediate radius r
- the vertical axis represents the normalized signal amplitude of the defocus detection signal FES2.
- reduce r that is, move the second region 41 toward the inner circumference side.
- Irrespective of 0 degradation of signal amplitude can be improved compared to the conventional detection method. Also, as I
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a shift amount of a zero cross point of the focus shift detection signal FES2 corresponding to the horizontal axis of the signal amplitude characteristic of FIG.
- the horizontal axis represents the intermediate radius r
- the vertical axis represents
- the vertical axis indicates the distance at which the beam is most condensed.
- an intermediate radius r of the second area 41 is set near the intersection of the horizontal axis in FIG.
- Detection signal FES2 can be obtained.
- ⁇ and ⁇ of the hologram element 17 are the magnitude of spherical aberration assumed to be generated in the optical disk device 301 equipped with the optical head device 201 of the first embodiment, and are allowed in the entire system of the optical disk device 301. It may be optimized based on the amount of deterioration of the signal amplitude of the defocus detection signal.
- the intersection where the shift amount of the zero-cross point is eliminated is located at a position slightly smaller than 1Z 2 ( ⁇ 0.7071) derived from the equation (13), and the position of the intersection is the second position.
- the width Ij8— ⁇ I of the region 41 has a tendency to become smaller as it increases.
- the deviation amount of the zero cross point can be made closer to zero more accurately than desired.
- the following describes how to set OC and ⁇ that are optimal.
- This method as set as close as possible to the alpha and j8 sought, can set the optimal intermediate radius r corresponding to the width I beta-alpha I in the second region 41
- the intermediate radius r of the second region 41 can be expressed by ⁇ as in the following expression (16).
- the hologram element 17 having the divided pattern shown in FIG. 2 divides the light beam into two annular light beams (second light beam U2 and third light beam U3) and one circular light beam (first light beam U1).
- a division pattern in which the number of divisions is further increased in the radial direction may be used. In this case, it is necessary to increase the number of light receiving sections of the photodetector 19 according to the number of divisions of the light beam in the radial direction!].
- the first factor is the existence of non-negligible high-order spherical aberration other than the third-order spherical aberration that occurs the most.
- Each lens surface shape of the objective lens group 13 is designed to be able to form the spot necessary for recording and reproducing the information recorded on the optical disk.However, due to differences in the design specifications and design methods, this occurs due to differences in the transparent substrate thickness of the optical disk. However, in some cases, higher-order spherical aberration also occurs.
- the objective lens group 13 is not limited to the force described in the configuration in which a plurality of lenses are combined, but may be a single lens.
- the fifth-order spherical aberration is generally calculated by the following equation (13). It is the sum of the third-order spherical aberration expressed by Here, W is the sixth-order coefficient of the fifth-order spherical aberration.
- W is the sixth-order coefficient of the fifth-order spherical aberration.
- the coefficient W and the fifth-order spherical aberration W have the same sign or different signs depending on the sign relationship.
- the zero-cross point of the second defocus detection signal FES2 moves leftward or rightward in FIG. 10 and, for example, the position of the modulation component MC of the RF reproduction signal and the zero-cross point ZC The positional relationship is shifted as shown in Fig. 14 (b).
- the second factor is that when there is spherical aberration, the light beam reflected by the optical disc 14 is at a minimum.
- the defocus aberration component to be corrected because the light beam is also modulated is affected by the spatial frequency of the recording surface structure of the optical disc 14, the intensity distribution of the light beam 2 incident on the objective lens group 13, and the like.
- Non-Patent Document 2 ( Figure A.6 on page 341).
- Figure A.6 of Non-Patent Document 2 shows the best defocus amount at which modulation occurs most for each spatial frequency when a certain amount of spherical aberration exists.
- the condition under which a relatively large modulation occurs is that the best defocus amount (best focus) B * is in the range of about 0.4 to 1.4, and the spherical aberration As the difference value increases, the lower limit value 0.4 of the above range further decreases.
- the lower limit of the best defocus amount B * is a change that approaches a certain value.
- the equation of spherical aberration represented by the equation (10) is equivalent to the equation of spherical aberration represented in the case of the best defocus amount B * force.
- the movement of the zero-cross point of the second defocus detection signal FES2 caused by the first and second factors is based on the assumption that the intermediate radius of the second region 41 is the third-order spherical aberration.
- the zero-cross point of can be moved arbitrarily.
- the correction is performed so that the position where the modulation component of the RF reproduction signal or the sum signal of each of the diffracted lights divided by the hologram element 17 is the maximum and the position of the zero cross point coincide.
- the light beam on the optical disk when the focus servo is operated with the zero-cross point as the servo operating point can be brought close to a good focusing state.
- the position where the modulation component becomes the maximum can exist between the position where the second defocus detection signal FES 2 has the maximum peak and the position where the second peak has the minimum peak.
- 15A shows the RF signal output from the reproduction signal detection circuit 33 and the second defocus detection signal FES2 output from the defocus detection signal circuit 30, and FIG. 15B shows the defocus detection signal circuit. It shows the waveforms of the first defocus detection signal FES1 and the third defocus detection signal FES3 output from 30 and both show a state where spherical aberration exists.
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the spherical aberration detection circuit 32.
- the RF signal is appropriately set in the slice circuit 150, and is converted into a rectangular signal S as shown in FIG. 15C by a voltage.
- the second defocus detection signal FES2 is The signal is converted into a waveform F2 z, ero by a positive / negative binary circuit 151 for converting an H (high) level and a negative to an L (low) level. Then, the edge of the waveform F2 was detected by the differentiating circuit (dZdt) 152.
- the second defocus detection signal FES2 By multiplying the waveform F2 by the rectangular signal S, the second defocus detection signal FES2 A rectangular waveform F2 representing only the zero-cross point position is obtained. From the rectangular waveform F1 and the rectangular waveform F3 obtained by multiplying the rectangular waveform F2 by the first ero 3 Zero 3 defocus detection signal FES1 and the third defocus detection signal FES3, the following equation (17) is used. Sphere
- the spherical aberration correction means is controlled so that the level value becomes zero. That is, the output level of another defocus detection signal (here, FES1 or FES3) at the zero-cross point of any of the first, second, and third defocus detection signals FES1, FES2, and FES3 (here, FES2)
- FES1 or FES3 the output level of another defocus detection signal
- the spherical aberration compensating means is controlled so as to drive the detection level to zero.
- the spherical aberration compensating means may be controlled at once based on a conversion coefficient or a conversion table for converting the level value of the spherical aberration detection signal SSA obtained in advance into a control amount of the spherical aberration compensating means.
- spherical aberration detection and spherical aberration compensation may be performed as follows. First, the focus servo is operated based on the second defocus detection signal FES2. If there is a servo operating point near the zero-cross point of the second defocus detection signal FES2 when there is spherical aberration, the signal levels of the first defocus detection signal FES1 and the third defocus detection signal FES3 become It does not become zero. Therefore, the signal level of each of the first defocus detection signal FES1 and the third defocus detection signal FES3, or the difference signal between the first defocus detection signal FES1 and the third defocus detection signal FES3 is used as the spherical aberration. The spherical aberration correction means may be controlled so that the level of the spherical aberration detection signal becomes zero as the detection signal.
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- the light beam is controlled in the radial direction under the condition that the light amounts of the two light beams are equal.
- the method is fundamentally different from the light beam dividing method described in the first embodiment of the present invention.
- a signal for controlling the position of the objective lens group in the optical axis direction uses a defocus detection signal detected with all light beams. Therefore, the effect of Embodiment 1 of the present invention cannot be obtained.
- Embodiment 1 of the present invention has been described as an optical configuration using the astigmatism method for defocus detection.
- defocus detection for detecting with a converged light flux is performed.
- the detection method when the phase distribution as shown in FIG. 9 is present, the imaging positions of the light beams of the respective radii come and go and cancel each other out, so that the defocus detection signal is similarly degraded.
- the first embodiment may have a configuration in which detection is performed by, for example, the knife edge method or the beam size method.
- the sensor optical element 18 does not need to have astigmatism. Therefore, the tangential direction and the radial direction DR do not interchange on the photodetector due to the effect of astigmatism, and the direction in which the difference is obtained by the arithmetic expression for tracking error detection may be set to the X direction in FIG. Further, by making the diffraction grating in each region of the divided pattern of the hologram element 17 curved, a lens function can be added. In that case, the sensor optical element 18 may be removed.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram showing a waveform of the second defocus detection signal FES2 or the third defocus detection signal FES3 in the optical head device 201 according to Embodiment 1.
- the horizontal axis represents the defocus amount DE on the optical disc
- the vertical axis represents the defocus detection signal.
- Figure 17 shows the characteristics of the calculated waveforms in Figures 5, 6, and 10.
- the secondary waveform WF exists on both sides of the defocus detection signal. These secondary waveforms are not necessary for defocus detection, and if their amplitudes become too large, there is a risk that these secondary waveforms may cause the focus servo to operate erroneously.
- the secondary waveform is caused by the fact that the luminous flux divided into annular zones in the second area 41 and the third area 42 in Fig. 2 is the light receiving area A2 and the light receiving area as shown in Fig. 18 (a). This is because there is a state where almost no light enters C2 and light enters the light receiving areas B2 and D2. Conversely, there is a state where almost no light enters the light receiving areas B2 and D2, and light enters the light receiving areas A2 and C2.
- FIG. 18A shows the second light receiving portion P2, and the same phenomenon occurs in the third light receiving portion P3. Therefore, the shape described above can be prevented by forming each light receiving area into a shape in which the corner of each light receiving area is cut or divided as shown in FIGS. 18 (b) and 18 (c). Generation of the next waveform can be suppressed.
- FIG. 19 shows an optical head device 201a and an optical disk device 301 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a figure showing the basic composition of the modification of a.
- a hologram element 101 having a division pattern similar to that of the hologram element 17 of FIG. 1 is arranged between the second lens 10 and the third lens 11.
- the hologram element 101 is a polarization hologram so that the hologram element 101 functions only with respect to the light beam that also reflects the power of the optical disk 14, and a quarter-wave plate 102 is provided between the hologram element 101 and the third lens 11. Place.
- the light use efficiency may be improved by using the deflection prism 8 as a polarization type prism.
- the hologram element 101 and the quarter-wave plate 102 in FIG. 19 may be integrated. Further, the hologram element 101 and the quarter-wave plate 102 in FIG. 19 may be mounted on the two-dimensional actuator 14 together with the objective lens group 13.
- the other points are the same as those in FIG.
- the optical head device and the optical disk device occur when spherical aberration exists according to the conventional defocus detection method performed using the entire luminous flux.
- Focus servo operation can be performed stably, and there is no need to re-adjust the gain of the servo circuit that performs the focus servo operation, or spherical aberration can be prevented. Even if the correction of the correction is incomplete, the focus jump and the radial seek can be performed without errors, so that the operation speed can be improved.
- the amplitude of the defocus detection signal does not deteriorate, so that cost reduction can be achieved.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of an optical head device 202 and an optical disc device 302 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. 20, components that are the same as or correspond to those in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals.
- the optical head device 202 according to the second embodiment differs from the optical head device 202 in that the liquid crystal phase correction element is used as a spherical aberration correction unit, and the spherical aberration correction is performed by changing the distance between the first lens and the second lens. 1 (FIG. 1).
- the liquid crystal phase correction element according to Embodiment 2 has a configuration in which a liquid crystal is sandwiched between glass substrates in which a transparent electrode is shaped in a wavefront shape and is divided into a plurality of divided regions, and a voltage is applied between the electrodes of the liquid crystal phase correction element. Is applied, spherical aberration can be given to the light beam transmitted therethrough.
- the light beam 2 emitted from the semiconductor laser 1 is split into a plurality of diffracted lights by the diffraction grating element 6, converted into parallel light beams by the collimator lens 7, and then the elliptical intensity distribution is formed by the beam shaping prisms 120 and 121. Is converted into a circular intensity distribution. Thereafter, the light beam is deflected by the deflecting prism 8 in the direction of the liquid crystal phase correction element 122, and after passing through the liquid crystal phase correction elements 122 and 123, the light beam 2 is circularly polarized by the quarter-wave plate 124. Then, the light is focused on the optical disk 14 by the objective lens group 13.
- the liquid crystal phase correction elements 122 and 123 can change the phase of transmitted light by applying a voltage, and have an appropriate electrode pattern capable of correcting spherical aberration.
- the light beam reflected by the optical disk 14 is a circularly polarized light.
- the light beam passes through the quarter-wave plate 124 again, so that the light beam 90 It is converted into a light beam having a polarization direction rotated by degrees.
- the liquid crystal phase correction element 122 Since the liquid crystal has a phase modulation effect only in a certain polarization direction, the liquid crystal phase correction element 122 has a phase modulation effect only on the forward path and the liquid crystal phase correction element 123 has a phase modulation action only on the return path.
- the optical axes for phase modulation of the liquid crystal phase correction elements 122 and 123 are rotated by 90 degrees with each other so as to cause the liquid crystal phase correction.
- the wavefront aberration can be corrected for the light beams on both the reciprocating paths, similarly to the spherical aberration correcting means in FIG. If the deflection prism 8 is a polarizing prism, the light use efficiency can be improved.
- the light beam transmitted through the liquid crystal phase correction element 123 is transmitted through the deflection prism 8 and then split by the deflection prism 20.
- the light beam transmitted through the deflecting prism 20 as it is is split and split by the hologram element 21 and collected on the photodetector 22 by the sensor optical element 18. Is lighted.
- a part of the light beam amount is reflected by the reflection film 20 a provided inside the deflection prism 20, and is converged on the photodetector 24 by the condenser lens 23.
- the photodetector 24 has a light receiving area pattern having at least one division line in each of the tangential direction and the radial direction DR, and has a configuration capable of detecting a push-pull tracking deviation or a phase difference tracking detection.
- astigmatism defocus detection may be employed as in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, but in the second embodiment described below, the knife edge method is used. An example in which focus shift detection is applied will be described.
- FIG. 21 is a plan view schematically showing a division pattern of hologram element 21 in optical head device 202 according to the second embodiment.
- the division pattern of the hologram element 1 shown in FIG. 21 corresponds to the hologram element 17 of FIG. 2 divided into two in the tangential direction by adding a division line in the radial direction DR.
- the lattice spacing of the diffraction grating in each region, the groove depth of the lattice, and The grid direction is optimized.
- FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram showing a light receiving area pattern of the light detector 22 in the optical head device 202 according to Embodiment 2, and a light beam on each light receiving unit.
- the photodetector 22 includes a light receiving portion (a pair of light receiving regions a11 and a12, a pair of light receiving regions bll and bl2, a light receiving region cll cl2 pair, light receiving area dl l and dl2, light receiving area el l and el2 pair, light receiving area f11 and f12 pair, light receiving area a21 and a22 pair, light receiving area b21 and b22 pair, light receiving area c21 c22, light receiving areas d21 and d22, light receiving areas e21 and e22, and light receiving areas f21 and f22).
- the plurality of two-divided light receiving regions of the photodetector 22 receive each of the divided light beams.
- FIG. 22 does not show higher-order diffracted light.
- the zero-order diffracted light beam can be almost eliminated by optimizing the groove depth of the grating.
- FIG. 22 schematically shows a light beam in a state where spherical aberration exists.
- the knife-edge method defocus detection signal detected by each light beam can be obtained by the following equations (18) to (20).
- FES1 (all + dll + a21 + d21)-(cl2 + fl2 + c22 + f22)
- FES2 (bll + ell + b21 + e21)-(bl2 + el2 + b22 + e22)
- FES3 (cll + fll + c21 + f21)-(al2 + dl2 + a22 + d22)
- the conventional knife-edge method defocus detection signal based on the total light flux can be obtained by the following equation (21).
- One of the defocus detection signals FES1, FES2, FES3, and FES is input to the focus servo circuit 34 as a control signal for the two-dimensional actuator 15.
- the reproduction signal RF can be obtained by combining output signals received for all light beams, that is, by the following equation (22).
- the spherical aberration detection signal SSA is obtained by a method similar to the embodiment of FIG. 1 using the first defocus detection signal FES1 and the third defocus detection signal FES3, that is, (23).
- the spherical aberration detection signal SSA is input to the spherical aberration compensation circuit 36 as a control signal for the liquid crystal phase correction elements 122 and 123 of the spherical aberration correction means.
- the optical head device 202 and the optical disk device 302 according to the second embodiment the same effects as those of the optical head device 201 and the optical disk device 301 according to the first embodiment can be obtained.
- the other points are the same as those in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of an optical head device 203 and an optical disk device 303 according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- the optical head device 203 according to the third embodiment employs a configuration in which aberration is corrected only on the outward path, and corrects spherical aberration generated on both the outward path and the return path with the reflection surface of the optical disk 14 as a boundary.
- Embodiment 2 (FIG. 20) is different from the related optical head device 202.
- astigmatism detection is applied using the hologram element 17 and the photodetector 19 mounted on Embodiment 1 in FIG.
- the knife edge method detection used in the embodiment of FIG. 20 is applied.
- the light beam in which the spherical aberration generated on the return path remains remains is received by the photodetector.
- the defocus detection is performed by the light beam having the same spherical aberration phase distribution as shown in FIG. .
- ⁇ and j8 of the hologram element 17 are set by Expressions (12), (15), and (16) in the same manner as in Embodiment 1, whereby the zero-cross point of the defocus detection signal is obtained.
- the displacement can be suppressed, and the same effects as those of the optical head device 201 and the optical disc device 301 according to the first embodiment can be obtained.
- a liquid crystal phase correction element for correcting the spherical aberration on the return path is not required, so the number of components is smaller than that of the configuration in which the liquid crystal phase correction element is required on the return path. This has the effect of reducing costs.
- Embodiment 4 The optical head device and the optical disk device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention are the optical head device 201, 201a, 202, 203 and the optical disk devices 301, 3 Ola, 302, 303 according to the first to third embodiments of the present invention.
- the basic configuration is the same.
- the focus operation selecting means 34a controls the control of the focusing spot moving means 15 by the focus servo circuit 34 by a sum signal of the first light beam detection signal and the third light beam detection signal. Switching is performed by using either the FES 13 or the second light flux detection signal FES2. Further, the amplitude of the sum signal FES13 of the detection signal of the first light beam and the detection signal of the third light beam selected by the focus operation selection means 34a or the amplitude of the detection signal FES2 of the second light beam is adjusted. A gain adjusting means may be provided.
- FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of an optical head device 201b and an optical disc device 301b according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- the optical disc device 301b according to the fourth embodiment adds the focus operation selecting means 34a to the optical disc device 301 of the first embodiment, and performs the focus servo operation on the multilayer recording disc by using the defocus detection signal FES13. It is used as a determination signal for extracting a recording layer (hereinafter, referred to as a target layer).
- a target layer a recording layer
- the optical disc device 301b according to Embodiment 4 determines whether or not the amplitude A M of the defocus detection signal FES13 is greater than a predetermined threshold level TH.
- a focus operation selecting means is provided. This focus operation selecting means is included, for example, in the focus servo circuit 34 (FIG. 1, 19, 20, or 23) (see reference numeral 34a in FIG. 24).
- the predetermined threshold level TH is detected in the target layer
- the amplitude of the defocus detection signal of each recording layer must be set.
- the difference is important. Therefore, in order to make a determination using the amplitude difference of the defocus detection signal, from the viewpoint of securing a determination margin, it is more advantageous that the difference between the amplitude of the defocus detection signal detected in the target layer and the amplitude of the defocus detection signal is larger. . That is, it is desired that the defocus detection signal is less likely to be detected in the layers other than the target layer than in the target layer.
- Embodiment 4 of the present invention if the spherical aberration is substantially corrected for the target layer, the amplitude of the defocus detection signal FES13 of the target layer does not deteriorate, whereas the amplitude of the defocus detection signal FES13 of the target layer does not deteriorate.
- the amplitude of the detected defocus detection signal FES13 can be reduced, and the focus servo operation on the target layer can be performed more accurately.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a result of calculating an example of the waveform of the defocus detection signal FES13 according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- the horizontal axis indicates the defocus amount DE m on the optical disk
- 0 indicates the case where the focal position is on the target layer of the optical disk
- the right side (plus side) indicates a case where the focal position is closer to the target layer of the optical disc
- the left side (minus side) indicates a case where the focal position is farther from the target layer of the optical disc.
- Figure 25 shows that ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ . 65, ⁇
- the amplitude of the defocus detection signal FES13 in the fourth embodiment can be made smaller than that of the conventional defocus detection signal FES, and the defocus detection signal FES13 is used. This is advantageous in terms of the amplitude difference. Further, if the set values of ⁇ and ⁇ are determined according to the target specifications of the optical head device according to the fourth embodiment in accordance with the same concept as that applied to the device described in the first embodiment, the defocus can be obtained. The amplitude of the detection signal FES13 can be efficiently degraded.
- the amplitude of the defocus detection signal FES13 of the fourth embodiment is smaller than that of the conventional defocus detection signal FES due to the spherical aberration generated due to a difference in substrate thickness or the like. From a predetermined threshold level ⁇ , which
- the defocus detection signal FES13 is generated by the defocus detection circuit 30 (FIGS. 1, 19, 20, or 23) and input to the focus servo circuit 34 in the same manner as in the first to third embodiments of the present invention.
- the target method is determined by the above method
- the focus servo circuit 34 can be configured to allow focus servo operation only when
- the reliability of the focus servo operation can be improved as follows.
- Defocus detection signal having an amplitude equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold level TH.
- a gate signal is generated in which the section until the second peak on the minus side is detected is set to the H (high) level, and the other sections are set to the zero level. I do.
- the gate signal is not limited to the above method.
- a section in which the level of the sum of all received light amounts is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold level may be generated as an H (high) level.
- a multiplication signal obtained by multiplying the gate signal by the defocus detection signal FES13 is generated. Since the multiplication signal is detected only in the target recording layer, if it is used as a focus servo control signal, the focus servo can be reliably operated in the target layer.
- the focus servo may come off due to external shock load or servo instability.
- the servo circuit ignores the determination of the target layer and unexpectedly moves to a portion other than the target layer.
- the servo operation may start at the same time.
- the defocus detection signal itself is not output from the target layer other than the target signal as described above, there is no fear that the servo may suddenly jump to a position other than the target layer as described above.
- the focus servo operation to the layer is naturally guaranteed.
- the hologram element 17 (FIG. 2) is concentrically divided into three regions, but may be configured to be concentrically divided into at least four regions.
- the first region 40 is concentrically and concentrically and satisfies the condition of equation (12).
- R 0, that is, the innermost circular light flux U 11 including the center point 51 and the outer side of the circular light flux U 11
- the circular light beam U11 and the annular light beam P12 are divided into four light receiving areas by at least two intersecting division lines similar to the second light beam U2 and the third light beam U3. This corresponds to a configuration in which the light is received by the four divided light receiving units PI1 and P12 and the defocus detection signal FESl1 and the defocus detection signal FES12 can be detected.
- FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram showing a light receiving area pattern when the light detector in the optical head device according to the fourth embodiment has four light receiving units, and a light beam on each light receiving unit.
- Fig. 26 is a schematic diagram showing the pattern of the light receiving area of the photodetector and the luminous fluxes U11, U12, U2, and U3 irradiated on the respective light receiving sections Pll, P12, P2, and P3 of the photodetector. It is.
- the luminous flux split or split into four light beams by the hologram element is applied to light receiving portions P11, P12, P2, and P3 of the photodetector in FIG.
- the division boundaries Ll la, L12a, L2a, and L3a of the light receiving sections Pll, P12, P2, and P3 are substantially parallel to the tangential direction of the optical disk 14 (the y-axis direction in FIG. 1).
- the dividing lines LI lb, L12b, L2b, and L3b of Pll, P12, P2, and P3 are substantially parallel to the radial direction DR of the optical disk 14 (the x-axis direction in FIG. 1). Place.
- the light receiving section P11 has four light receiving areas All, Bl1, Cll, and D11 divided by the division boundaries L1 la and Llib.
- the light receiving section P12 has four light receiving areas A12, B12, C12, and D12 divided by the division boundaries L12a and L12b.
- the light receiving portion P2 has four light receiving regions A2, B2, C2, and D3 divided by the division boundaries L2a and L2b, and the light receiving portion P3 is divided by the division boundaries L3a and L3b. It has four light receiving areas A3, B3, C3, and D3.
- the focus operation selecting means (corresponding to reference numeral 34a in FIG.
- the annular light flux U12 and the light flux U3 are used, that is, the focus shift obtained by the sum of the focus shift detection signal FES12 and the third focus shift detection signal FES3.
- the detection signal FES13 it is possible to cause the amplitude to be further deteriorated due to the occurrence of spherical aberration.
- the optical beam reflected by the optical disc 14 is concentrically split into light beams, and at least one circular light beam and two orbicular light beams are generated.
- a plurality of defocus detection signals and a plurality of tracking error detection signals detected by the light receiving units respectively. Since it is a common configuration in that a signal and a plurality of total light amount signals by each of the light receiving units are obtained, for example, at least a circular light flux Ul1, an annular light flux U12, a second light flux U2, and a third light flux U3 are provided.
- the hologram 17 By optimally designing the hologram 17 so that it can be obtained at the same time, it is possible to configure any one of the first to third embodiments of the present invention and the fourth embodiment of the present invention into a common optical system. That is, the second defocus detection signal FES2 whose amplitude deterioration is relatively small due to the spherical aberration described in the first to third embodiments of the present invention, and the amplitude deterioration caused by the spherical aberration described in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. A relatively large defocus detection signal FES13 or a defocus detection signal FES123 can be simultaneously detected. This simplifies the optical system.
- a switching circuit capable of selectively switching or combining a plurality of defocus detection signals, a plurality of tracking error detection signals, and a plurality of total light amount signals detected by the light receiving unit and outputting the signals.
- the input signals to the focus servo circuit 34, the tracking servo circuit 35, the spherical aberration compensating circuit 36, the disc discriminating circuit 37, and the recording layer number counting circuit 38 are switched according to the operation state of the optical head device.
- a configuration may be further provided through a gain adjustment circuit that can convert the signal level so that the signal level of the input signal does not greatly change.
- the means for splitting the light beam reflected from the optical disk 14 concentrically and generating at least one circular light beam and two annular light beams is not limited to the hologram element 17.
- a liquid crystal type aperture element which is constructed by combining a liquid crystal element and a polarizing plate capable of switching between a transmissive area and a non-transmissive area by an external voltage, can be used instead of the liquid crystal element.
- the configuration described in the first to fourth embodiments may be selectively switched.
- the division of the light beam may be performed using a liquid crystal type aperture element.
- the maximum position of the modulation component of the RF reproduction signal is the maximum peak position and the minimum position of the defocus detection signal, as in the first to third embodiments.
- the liquid crystal aperture element may be formed in a shape that can exist between the peak positions. In the configuration in which the light beam is divided by using a liquid crystal aperture element, the light beam can be partially transmitted or blocked, so that any one of the plurality of light receiving units can be shared, and the configuration of the light receiving unit can be simplified. There is an advantage in power cost.
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