WO2006025142A1 - 光集積ユニット及び光ピックアップ装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an optical pickup device and an integrated unit used in an optical disc apparatus that optically records or reproduces information on an information recording medium such as an optical disc.
- optical discs are capable of recording a large amount of information signals at high density, and thus are being used in many fields such as audio, video, and computers.
- various integrated pick-ups have been proposed in response to the demand for smaller and thinner devices! RU
- Patent Document 1 JP 2001-273666 A (published date: 20001). October 5)).
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an optical integrated unit described in Patent Document 1.
- the light emitted from the light source 32 of the optical integrated unit 31 is a sum of a main beam that is 0th-order diffracted transmitted light and two sub-beams that are first-order diffracted light by a diffraction grating 34g.
- the light After being divided into three beams, the light passes through the polarization beam splitter surface 33a of the beam splitter 33 and is irradiated onto an optical disk (not shown).
- the light reflected by the optical disc is reflected by the polarization beam splitter surface 33a of the beam splitter 33, then reflected by the reflecting surface 33b and incident on the hologram 34h.
- the ⁇ 1st order diffracted light of the main beam and sub beam diffracted by the hologram 34h is incident on the photodetector 35.
- the light detector 35 detects an RF signal (information signal) and a servo error signal by the first-order diffracted light.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the relationship between the hologram and the light detection unit that constitute the optical integrated unit described in Patent Document 1.
- the hologram 34h is divided into three regions, a region 34AB, a region 34C, and a region 34D. ⁇ 49.
- the light in region 34AB enters the light detection regions 43, 44, and 48
- the light in region 34C enters the light detection regions 41, 42, and 49
- the light in region 34D enters the light detection regions 45, 46, and 47.
- the + first-order diffracted light diffracted on the right side is indicated by a solid arrow
- the first-order diffracted light diffracted on the left side is indicated by a dotted arrow.
- the light detection areas 41 to 46 detect + first-order diffracted light of the hologram 34h
- the light detection areas 47 to 49 detect first-order diffracted light of the hologram 34h.
- the direction indicated by the white arrow in FIG. 9 indicates the track direction of the optical disk.
- a differential push-pull signal (hereinafter referred to as a DPP signal) is generally used as a tracking signal.
- the DPP signal is a differential signal between the PP signal of the main beam and the PP signal of the sub-beam.
- the conventional optical integrated unit 31 it is incident on the region 34C and the region 34D of the hologram 34h.
- the DPP signal is obtained by calculating the signal based on the reception of the light beam.
- FIGS. 10 (a) to 10 (c) are schematic diagrams for explaining a mechanism in which a tracking error signal is generated in a conventional optical integrated unit.
- FIG. 10 (a) shows an outline of a light path between the optical integrated unit and the optical disc.
- the surface of the disk is contaminated.
- the light intensity of incident light incident on the recording layer of the optical disk is partially reduced.
- the incident light is reflected by the surface of the recording layer of the optical disk, and when the disk surface force is also emitted as reflected light, the reflected light is affected by the surface contamination of the disk. For this reason, the light intensity of the reflected light partially decreases even when the light is emitted from the disk surface.
- FIG. 10 (b) is a diagram showing the positional relationship of the light intensity distribution in the emitted light and the reflected light. As shown in the figure, comparing the intensity distribution of the reflected light after the incident light is reflected on the recording layer of the optical disc and the intensity distribution of the incident light, it can be seen that the vertical and horizontal positions of both are inverted. . For this reason, in the reflected light reflected by the recording layer of the optical disc, two regions where the intensity is lower than the region where there is no surface contamination appear on the diagonal line. As shown in Fig. 10 (c), the effect of dirt on the disk surface when incident light is incident on the optical disk extends to the area where the incident light is inverted vertically and horizontally.
- FIG. 11 (a) is a front view showing a hologram pattern of a hologram 34h divided into four regions [1] to [4], with a straight line in a direction perpendicular to the track direction indicated by an arrow as an axis.
- the upper half area and the lower half area are divided into two, and the PP signal is calculated only in each divided area.
- Fig. 11 (b) was received in half the area of the hologram 34h shown in Fig. 11 (a) when the surface of the optical disc had large scratches or dirt due to fingerprints, as described above. It shows the result of computing the PP signal based on light.
- the conventional optical integrated unit calculates the PP signal based on half the area of the reflected light received by the hologram, and therefore provides the disk surface state force S tracking of the optical disk. A large impact. Therefore, there is a problem that tracking control becomes unstable when there are many scratches and fingerprints on the disk surface.
- the present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above problems, and an optical integrated unit capable of realizing stable tracking control even when there is surface contamination on the disk surface of the optical disk. And an optical pickup device. Disclosure of the invention
- an optical integrated unit of the present invention includes a laser light source, a separation element that separates outgoing light emitted from the laser light source and reflected light reflected by the optical disc, and a separation element.
- a hologram element that separates the reflected light separated by + into first-order diffracted light, first-order diffracted light, and zero-order diffracted transmitted light and guides it to a photodetector; and a photodetector that receives the light guided by the hologram element;
- the optical detector includes: a first light receiving unit that receives either the + first-order diffracted light or the first-order diffracted light; and any one of the + first-order diffracted light or the first-order diffracted light. And a third light receiving unit for receiving the 0th-order diffracted transmitted light.
- the reflected light from the optical disk is separated by the separating element, and also reaches the hologram element.
- light detection is performed.
- the vessel Since the hologram element guides the 0th-order diffracted light in addition to the ⁇ 1st-order diffracted light, the photodetector detects the 0th-order diffracted transmitted light in addition to the ⁇ 1st-order diffracted light. be able to.
- information detected by the first to third light receiving portions of the photodetector can be used for tracking control.
- the photodetector outputs a first signal for obtaining a first tracking signal based on light reception by the first and second light receiving units, and A second signal for obtaining a second tracking signal calculated by an equation different from the first tracking signal may be output based on the light received by the third light receiving unit.
- the first and second tracking signals can be obtained using equations according to the properties of ⁇ first-order diffracted light and zero-order diffracted transmitted light. For this reason, since the influence on the tracking due to the non-uniformity of the intensity of the reflected light can be further suppressed, the tracking accuracy of the optical integrated unit can be improved.
- the third light receiving portion is divided into a third (1) light receiving portion and a third (2) light receiving portion by a dividing line parallel to the track direction.
- the photodetector is divided into two parts, the first light receiving signal based on the light received by the first light receiving unit and the third (1) light receiving based on the light received by the third (1) light receiving unit.
- the first connection part for electrically connecting the first light receiving part and the third light receiving part, and the first light receiving part and the third light receiving part are provided. It is preferable that a second connection part for electrical connection is provided in the optical integrated unit.
- the number of signal lines for extracting a signal based on light reception from the photodetector can be reduced, so that the optical integrated unit can be reduced in size. That is, When determining the racking signal, the first addition signal, which is the sum of the first received light signal and the third (1) received light signal, and the second added signal, which is the second received light signal and the third (2) received light signal. The sum signal is used. For this reason, the signal lines from the first light receiving unit and the third light receiving unit can be made common, and the signal lines from the second light receiving unit and the third light receiving unit can be made common. As a result, the number of signal lines can be suppressed, so that the optical integrated unit can be downsized. In this case, if the connection part for electrically connecting the light receiving parts having a common signal line is provided in the light collecting unit, the signal line can be easily shared.
- the hologram element has a transmittance power of its 0th-order diffracted transmitted light that is greater than the diffraction efficiency of its + 1st-order diffracted light and 1st-order diffracted light.
- the hologram element may be divided into three regions having different diffraction angles. With this configuration, each of the three diffracted lights diffracted by the three regions having different diffraction angles of the hologram element can be assigned different functions. Therefore, the degree of freedom in design as an optical integrated unit is increased, and optimization of its performance becomes easy.
- the above-described optical integrated unit of the present invention includes a diffraction grating that separates the emitted light into at least three beams on a path before the emitted light from the laser light source reaches the separating element. It is good also as a composition.
- the optical pickup device of the present invention includes the above-described optical integrated unit of the present invention and a condensing unit that condenses the laser light emitted from the optical integrated unit on an optical disc. And an actuator means for driving the light condensing means in the focus direction and the tracking direction.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a hologram and a light detection unit of an optical integrated unit as one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an optical integrated unit as one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another schematic configuration of an optical integrated unit provided as an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a photodetecting unit provided in the optical integrated unit as one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 (a) is a diagram for explaining the influence of the dirt on the tracking signal when the disk surface on the optical disk is dirty.
- Hologram hologram divided into two by a straight line perpendicular to the track direction indicated by the arrow It is a front view which shows a pattern.
- FIG. 5 (b) This diagram explains the effect of the dirt on the tracking signal when the disc surface on the optical disc is dirty.
- the disc surface of the optical disc is contaminated with large area scratches or fingerprints.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing the result of calculating a PP signal based on the disc reflected light received by V in all areas of the hologram shown in FIG. 5 (a) in some cases.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a connection relationship when the light receiving parts of the photodetector are connected to suppress the number of output pins of the light detecting part force.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an optical pickup as an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional optical integrated unit.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a relationship between a hologram and a photodetecting portion that constitute a conventional optical integrated unit.
- FIG. 10 (a) is a schematic diagram for explaining a mechanism for generating a tracking error signal in a conventional optical integrated unit when the optical disk is soiled. It is the figure which showed the outline of the path
- FIG. 10 (b) is a schematic diagram for explaining a mechanism in which a tracking error signal is generated in a conventional optical integrated unit when the optical disk is dirty, and shows the light intensity distribution of the emitted light and the reflected light. It is the figure which showed these positional relationships.
- FIG. 10 (c) is a schematic diagram for explaining a mechanism in which a tracking error signal is generated in a conventional optical integrated unit when the optical disk is contaminated.
- the optical disk is affected by the dirt on the disk surface. It is the figure which showed the area
- FIG. 11 (a) is a diagram for explaining the effect when the surface of the disk on the optical disk is dirty, and is a front view showing the hologram pattern of the hologram divided into two by a straight line perpendicular to the track direction indicated by the arrow It is.
- FIG. 11 (b) This is a diagram for explaining the effect when the surface of the disc on the optical disc is contaminated.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing a result of calculating a PP signal based on disk reflected light received in a half region of the hologram shown in FIG.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of an optical integrated unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the optical integrated unit 1 of this embodiment includes a semiconductor laser (laser light source) 2, a beam splitter (separating element) 3, a diffraction grating 4g, a hologram (hologram element) 4h, and a light detection unit. 5 is provided.
- the semiconductor laser 2 irradiates the optical disc with laser light, and is configured to emit a laser beam (light beam) having a wavelength of 650 nm, for example.
- the wavelength of the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser 2 is not particularly limited, and may be a wavelength of 405 nm, for example, other than the above 65 Onm.
- the beam splitter 3 includes a reflecting surface 3a and a polarizing beam splitter surface (separating element) 3b.
- the reflection surface 3a reflects the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser 2 and guides it to the polarization beam splitter surface 3b.
- the polarization beam splitter surface 3b is a reflective surface 3a. The reflected light is reflected and guided to an optical disc (not shown), and the reflected light from the optical disc is transmitted and guided to the hologram 4h.
- the present optical integrated unit 1 may be configured as shown in FIG. In this case, the role of the beam splitter 3 is different from the previous case.
- the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser 2 is transmitted through the polarization beam splitter surface 3b and guided to the optical disk (not shown), and the reflected light of the optical disk is reflected from the disk.
- the polarizing beam splitter is configured to be reflected by the surface 3b and led to the reflecting surface 3a.
- the reflecting surface 3a is configured to reflect the outgoing light from the polarizing beam splitter surface 3b and guide it to the hologram 4h.
- the diffraction grating 4g converts laser light (emitted light) emitted from the semiconductor laser 2 into 0th-order diffracted transmitted light (hereinafter referred to as "main beam” as appropriate), + first-order diffracted light, and first-order diffracted light. (Hereinafter referred to as “sub-beam A” and “sub-beam B” where appropriate, they are referred to as “sub-beams” if they are not distinguished from each other.) These are divided into a total of three light beams. It is provided on the route to The photodetector 5 detects light received via the hologram 4h, and obtains a focus signal and a tracking signal based on the detection result of the light received by the photodetector 5.
- the laser light (emitted light) emitted from the semiconductor laser 2 is divided into a total of three beams of 0th-order diffracted light and ⁇ 1st-order diffracted light by the diffraction grating 4g, and then the reflecting surface 3a of the beam splitter 3 And is reflected by the polarization beam splitter surface 3 b and emitted from the optical integrated unit 1. Then, it passes through a ⁇ 4 plate (not shown) arranged in the optical path of the light emitted in this way, becomes circularly polarized light, and enters an optical disk (not shown).
- the laser light incident on the optical disk after being divided into three beams by the diffraction grating 4g is reflected by the recording layer of the optical disk.
- the reflected disk reflected light is again transmitted through the ⁇ / plate, so that its polarization direction becomes linearly polarized light rotated 90 degrees with respect to the incident light, and returns to the beam splitter 3 in this state.
- the disc reflected light passes through the polarization beam splitter surface 3b and enters the hologram 4h.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the detailed configuration of the hologram 4h and the light detection unit 5 of the optical integrated unit 1 of the present embodiment.
- the reflected light (disc reflected light) of an optical disk having a single recording layer is shown.
- the direction of the double-sided arrow in the figure indicates the track direction of the optical disc.
- the hologram 4h provided in the optical integrated unit 1 is a hologram divided into three regions as shown in FIG. Specifically, the hologram 4h is divided into two with a straight line in a direction perpendicular to the track direction as a dividing line, and one of the divided half circles (the lower half in the figure). Is further divided into three regions by dividing the straight line in a direction parallel to the track direction into two as dividing lines.
- the upper half area of FIG. 1 is the area 4AB
- the left half area of the lower half area is the area 4C
- the right half of the lower half area is the right side.
- the region is called region 4D.
- Photodetector 5 determines whether the disk reflected light is received in any one of areas 4AB, 4C, and 4D of hologram 4h, and its light power S main beam or sub beam. With light receiving parts 11 to 15 designed to receive predetermined light.
- the optical integrated unit 1 of the present embodiment is configured such that, for example, the + first-order diffracted light of the main beam having the region AB force of the hologram 4h is received by the light receiving unit (first light receiving unit) 11 and the light receiving unit.
- the first-order diffracted light of the main beam from the region 4D enters the light-receiving unit (first light-receiving unit) 13 and the first-order diffracted light of the main beam of region 4C It is designed to be incident on the light receiving part (second light receiving part) 14.
- ⁇ 1st order diffracted light of hologram 4h is used.
- only + 1st order folded light may be used or only 1st order diffracted light may be used.
- the + 1st-order diffracted light of the main beam from region 4D is incident on the light receiving unit (first receiving unit) 13 and the + 1st-order diffracted light of the main beam of region 4C is received by the receiving unit (second receiving unit).
- Incident 14 It may be designed as follows.
- the optical integrated unit 1 of the present embodiment is designed such that the 0th-order diffracted transmitted light that has passed through the hologram 4h is incident on the light receiving part (third light receiving part) 15 of the photodetector 5 !, The
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the light detection unit 5 provided in the optical integrated unit 1 according to the present embodiment.
- the light receiving unit 15 of the photodetector 5 is composed of three sets (a set of 15a and 15b, a set of 15c and 15d, and a set of 15e and 15f).
- the light receiving unit is divided into two regions, with a straight line in the direction parallel to the track direction indicated by a double-sided arrow in the figure. That is, the light receiving unit 15 has three sets of light receiving units having two region forces, and is divided into six regions in total (6 divisions).
- the 0th order transmitted light of the main beam transmitted through hologram 4h is incident on 15d
- light receiving part (third- (2) light receiving part) 15a and light receiving part (first 3— (1) light-receiving part) 15b is incident on the 0th-order transmitted light of sub-beam A that has passed through hologram 4h
- light-receiving part (3- (2) light-receiving part) 15e and light-receiving part third- ( The 0th order transmitted light of the sub beam B that has passed through the hologram 4h is incident on the light receiving portion 15f of 1).
- the main beam or the sub beam is designed to be divided into two in the direction parallel to the track direction by the dividing lines of each of the three sets of the light receiving unit 15.
- the outputs of the light receiving units 15a to 15f based on the reception of the 0th-order transmitted light are sequentially denoted as S 15a to 15f.
- the DPD method (Differential Phase Detection) is generally used for reproduction, and the DPP method (Differential Push-Pull) is generally used for recording. Resulting force calculated based on 2) When recording, the values (DPD, DPP) obtained by the calculation based on the following equation (3) are used.
- the DPD signal (first tracking signal) is calculated based on the + first-order diffracted light from the hologram 4h and the outputs (first signal) of the light-receiving unit 13 and the light-receiving unit 14 that have detected the first-order diffracted light. is doing.
- the DPD signal for tracking used by the optical integrated unit 1 is based on an output obtained by detecting the half of the disk reflected light incident on the hologram 4h by the photodetector 5.
- the DPD method detects the phase difference of the AC signal, not the DC signal, so it is not affected by the intensity distribution of the reflected disk light caused by contamination on the disk surface. For this reason, even if the calculation based on the DPD method is based on half of the disk reflected light, stable tracking control can be realized by using the DPD signal obtained by the calculation. .
- the DPP signal (second tracking signal) obtained by the calculation based on the above equation (3) will be described below.
- the DPP signal is obtained by calculating the output (second signal) based on the result of receiving the 0th-order diffracted transmitted light of the main beam from the hologram 4h by the detectors 15a to 15f. That is, the signals (outputs) of S15a to S15f in the above equation (3), which is the calculation formula of the DPP signal, are based on the disk reflected light (light beam) received on the entire surface of the hologram 4h. .
- the benefits of calculating the DPP signal based on the result of receiving and detecting the entire reflected disk light will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b).
- FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b) are diagrams for explaining the influence of the dirt on the tracking signal when the disk surface on the optical disk is dirty, and FIG. 5 (a) shows an arrow.
- Fig. 5 (b) is a front view showing a hologram pattern of a hologram 4h divided into two by a straight line A-A 'perpendicular to the track direction shown in Fig. 5 (b).
- 6 is a graph showing the result of calculating the PP signal based on the disc reflected light received in the entire area of the hologram 4h when there is dirt.
- a straight line BB 'parallel to the track direction in Fig. 5 (a) divides the hologram 4h into two in a direction perpendicular to the straight line A-A'.
- the following description is based on the assumption that the hologram 4h has a pattern divided into four areas by orthogonal A—A ′ and B—B.
- FIG. 5 (b) shows a state where the semiconductor laser 2 is applied to the optical disk surface in a state where tracking control is not performed when the surface of the optical disk is flawed due to large scratches or fingerprints. This shows the result of calculating the PP signal when the emitted light (beam) is scanned in the disk radial direction.
- the PP signal calculated based on the result of the photodetector 5 receiving the half-power light of the region that received the optical disk reflected light of the hologram 4h is contaminated.
- the PP signal is disturbed in part W.
- the optical disk reflected light of hologram 4h was received. Even if the PP signal calculated based on the result of the photodetector 5 receiving the light of the full power of the area is contaminated on the disk surface of the optical disk, the influence of the dirt on the PP signal is canceled during the calculation. It can be seen that a stable PP signal can be obtained.
- the DPP signal is detected using a signal based on reception of the 0th-order diffracted transmitted light of the hologram element force, and
- the DPD signal is detected using a signal based on the reception of ⁇ first-order diffracted light from the hologram element, it is possible to prevent the tracking signal from being affected by dirt such as scratches on the optical disk or adhesion of fingerprints. Therefore, stable tracking control can be realized without being affected by the state of the optical disk surface.
- the present invention can also be configured as the following optical integrated unit.
- a laser light source a branch element that guides the beam emitted from the laser light source to the optical disk, a hologram element that guides reflected light of the optical disk power to the photodetector through the branch element, and the photodetector.
- the photodetector receives the 0th-order transmitted light and the 1st-order diffracted light of the hologram element by separate detectors, detects a tracking signal from the 0th-order transmitted light, and detects the 0th order.
- the first integrated optical unit that detects another tracking signal from the first-order diffracted light, using a different calculation formula from the transmitted light.
- the hologram element is preferably divided into three regions having different diffraction angles! /.
- the tracking signal different from the DPD signal and the DPPP signal is calculated based on the outputs from the plurality of light receiving units 13 to 15. This leads to an increase in the number of signals output from the photodetector 5. For this reason, the number of output pins from the light receiving section may increase, and the size of the optical integrated unit 1 may increase.
- the number of output pins involved in tracking control is as follows: the light receiving unit 13, the light receiving unit 14, the light receiving unit 15c, the light receiving unit 15d, and the light receiving unit 15a + 15e.
- the number of light receiving sections 15b + 15f (these are connected to each other) is six in total.
- the conventional optical integrated unit usually uses two output pins, two for the main beam differential output and two for the same sub-beam differential output. As a result, the number of output pins of the optical integrated unit 1 described above is increased by two compared to the conventional case.
- the optical integrated unit of the present embodiment is configured to detect the DPD signal and the DPP signal from the same output as different from the separate outputs as the photodetector. It is different from the vessel.
- the number of output pins can be set to four, which is the same as a conventional optical integrated unit.
- FIG. 6 specifically illustrates the connection relationship when connecting the light receiving units of the photodetector 18 in order to suppress the number of output pins from the light detection unit 18.
- the light receiving part 13 and the light receiving part 15d are electrically connected by a connecting part (first connecting part) 21, and the light receiving part 14 and the light receiving part 15c are connected by a connecting part (first connecting part). (Second connection part) 22.
- the light receiving part (first light receiving part) 13 and the light receiving part (third- (1) light receiving part) 15d connected by the connection part 21 are connected to the common connection pin 17, and the connection part 17
- the light receiving unit (second light receiving unit) 14 and the light receiving unit (3- (2) light receiving unit) 15c connected by 22 can be connected to a common connection pin 16. Therefore, the number of output pins from the photodetector 5 can be reduced by two.
- the number of output pins from the photodetector 5 can be reduced from six to two, which is the same as the conventional optical integrated unit, so that the number of output pins can be increased.
- the size (outer shape) of the optical integrated unit 1 can be prevented from increasing.
- the following is a connection in which the output based on the light reception of the light receiving unit 13 (first light reception signal) S13 and the output based on the light reception of the light receiving unit 15d (3- (1) light reception signal) S15d are added.
- the output (first addition signal) output from pin 17 is called S17.
- the output based on the light reception of the light receiving unit 14 (second light reception signal) S14 and the output based on the light reception of the light receiving unit 15c (third (2) light reception signal) S15c are output from the connection pin 16.
- the output (second addition signal) is called S16.
- the tracking error signal is obtained by the following equations (4) and (5).
- the third light receiving signal one (1) and the third light receiving signal one (2) based on the light receiving unit 15 receiving the 0th-order diffracted transmitted light in the entire area of the optical disk reflected light transmitted through the hologram 4h.
- DPD Phase ([l] + [3]) one ([2] + [4]).
- Phase [1] Phase [3]
- Phase [2] Phase [4]
- the disc reflected light reflected by the optical disc is transmitted through the ⁇ 4 plate again to become linearly polarized light whose polarization direction is rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the incident light, and returns to the beam splitter 3 in this state.
- DPP signal equation (5) the effect of contamination on the optical disk surface is canceled between S15c and S15d, but is not canceled between S13 and S14.
- the signals S 13 and S from the light receiving unit 13 and the light receiving unit 14 are affected by the dirt on the optical disk surface. 14 will be disturbed.
- the transmittance of the 0th-order diffraction transmission from the hologram 4h (0th-order transmission) 1S + 1st-order diffraction transmission diffraction efficiency (+ 1st-order diffraction efficiency) and 1st-order diffraction transmission light diffraction efficiency ( It is preferable to be larger than the first-order diffraction efficiency. If the 0th-order transmittance> ⁇ 1st-order diffraction efficiency is set, it is possible to further suppress the influence of flaws on the disk surface, adhesion of fingerprints, etc. on the DPP signal after calculation.
- the tracking signal is detected from the addition signal of the 0th-order diffracted transmitted light and the 1st-order diffracted light, an increase in the number of output pins required for the photodetector 18 can be suppressed. A small optical integrated unit can be obtained.
- the hologram 4h is designed so that the 0th-order transmittance> ⁇ 1st-order diffraction efficiency, the influence on the tracking signal due to dirt on the optical disk surface can be suppressed, thus realizing stable tracking control. can do.
- the present invention can be configured as the following optical integrated unit.
- a laser light source a branch element that guides the beam emitted from the laser light source to the optical disk, a hologram element that guides reflected light of the optical disk power to the photodetector through the branch element, and the photodetector.
- the photodetector receives the 0th-order transmitted light and the ⁇ 1st-order diffracted light of the hologram element by separate detectors, and the tracking signal is transmitted between the 0th-order transmitted light and the ⁇ 1st-order diffracted light.
- Second optical integrated unit that detects from the sum signal.
- the hologram element of the second optical integrated unit is such that 0th order transmitted light> ⁇ 1st order diffracted light. It is preferable to have such diffraction efficiency.
- the hologram element of the second optical integrated unit is configured such that a 0th-order transmitted light receiving unit that detects a tracking signal and a ⁇ 1st-order diffracted light receiving unit are connected within the unit, It is preferable that the addition signal of the first-order diffracted light is output.
- an optical pickup device equipped with the optical integrated unit of the present invention will be described.
- the optical integrated unit of the present invention enables stable tracking control even when the surface of the optical disk is flawed due to scratches of a large area or fingerprints. Therefore, the optical pickup device provided with the optical integrated unit of the present invention is capable of stable tracking control like the optical integrated unit of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the optical pickup according to the present embodiment.
- the optical pickup device 25 drives the optical integrated unit 1, the condensing means 26, and the condensing means 26 in the focus direction and the tracking direction.
- Actuator means 27 for controlling the system is provided.
- the condensing means 26 condenses the laser light (emitted light) emitted from the optical integrated unit 1 onto an optical disc (not shown), and may be constituted by, for example, a collimator lens or an objective lens. it can. Further, the actuator means 27 can be constituted by any conventionally known means as long as it can drive the light collecting means 26 based on the servo control signal output from the optical integrated unit 1.
- optical pickup 25 of the present embodiment is equipped with the integrated unit of the present invention, it is possible to perform stable tracking control against dirt on the optical disc, and it is small, thin and small in size. Can be.
- the first light receiving unit that receives either + first-order diffracted light or first-order diffracted light
- the second receiver that receives either + first-order diffracted light or first-order diffracted light. Since the optical detector and the photodetector having the third light receiving portion for receiving the 0th-order diffracted transmitted light are provided, the detection result of the entire region of the reflected light received by the hologram element can be used for tracking. it can. As a result, an optical integrated unit capable of stable tracking control can be realized even when the surface of the optical disc has large area scratches or dirt due to fingerprints.
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