Abstract: A diffractive optical element includes a first optical part and a second optical part bonded to each other with a bonded surface therebetween configured as a diffraction surface. In this diffractive optical element, the diffraction order of diffracted light with the largest quantity of light out of diffracted light for one of a plurality of kinds of laser beams obtained on the diffraction surface is different from the diffraction order for at least another laser beam.

Abstract: In order that thickness reduction, weight reduction, and mass productivity improvement should be achieved in an objective lens even in the case where NA is high, an objective lens according to the present invention is a bi-convex single lens having at least one aspheric surface, and satisfies conditions: (1) 3.5<DH-S/DH-H?<4.3; (2) 3.5<DH?-T2/DT1-H<50; (3) 0.9<d/f<1.1 (NA?0.85).

Abstract: An optical system for optical pickup, which optical system is used for performing recording, reproducing, and/or erasing of information on an optical recording medium and has a simple configuration, is provided. An optical pickup device 1 includes a collimator lens system 23, a beam expander 33, and an objective lens system 34 that includes an S-SIL element 27b. The beam expander 33 includes a lens element 33c that is supported so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis. By moving the lens element 33c in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, a coma aberration of a spot on a recording layer can be compensated in a state where the interval between a surface of an optical recording medium 28 and the S-SIL element 27b opposed thereto is maintained constant.

Abstract: The present invention provides an afocal lens for an optical head that can ensure WD while satisfying NA, the optical head, an optical disk apparatus, a computer, an optical disk player, and an optical disk recorder. Using a blue-violet laser beam source with wavelength of about 400 nm, and in an optical head compatible to optical disks having different protective substrate thickness, an afocal lens that expands a diameter of light flux of light from a collimating lens and emits the light as substantially parallel light to an objective lens is provided between the collimating lens and the objective lens. The configuration makes it possible to ensure WD while satisfying NA.

Abstract: In order that thickness reduction, weight reduction, and mass productivity improvement should be achieved in an objective lens even in the case where NA is high, an objective lens according to the present invention is a bi-convex single lens having at least one aspheric surface, and satisfies conditions: (1) 3.5<DH-S/DH-H?<4.3; (2) 3.5<DH?-T2/DT1-H<50; (3) 0.9<d/f<1.1 (NA?0.85).

Abstract: An optical system for optical pickup, which optical system is used for performing recording, reproducing, and/or erasing of information on an optical recording medium and has a simple configuration, is provided. An optical pickup device 1 includes a collimator lens system 23, a beam expander 33, and an objective lens system 34 that includes an S-SIL element 27b. The beam expander 33 includes three lens elements 33a to 33c. By moving in an optical axis direction, the two lens elements 33a and 33b included in the beam expander 33 adjust a focal point of a spot formed within an optical recording medium 28, and compensate a spherical aberration caused by the difference in depth between recording layers.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention is to provide a flexible printed wiring board which has a simple structure, which can be produced at low cost, and which can effectively dissipate heat generated by semiconductor chips, and to provide a semiconductor device employing the flexible printed wiring board. The flexible printed wiring board of the invention has an insulating substrate, and a wiring pattern formed of a conductor layer and provided on one surface of the insulating substrate, wherein the wiring pattern includes inner leads for mounting a semiconductor chip and outer leads for input and output wire connection, and a metal layer is adhered to the wiring pattern via an insulating adhesion layer.

Abstract: A diffractive optical element includes a first optical part and a second optical part bonded to each other with a bonded surface therebetween configured as a diffraction surface. In this diffractive optical element, the diffraction order of diffracted light with the largest quantity of light out of diffracted light for one of a plurality of kinds of laser beams obtained on the diffraction surface is different from the diffraction order for at least another laser beam.

Abstract: Provides an objective lens, an optical head and an optical disc apparatus (drive) capable of compensating for various types of aberrations including wavelength changes for a plurality of types of optical discs including high density optical discs, DVDs and CDs with a good wavelength dispersion compensation ability and thus capable of providing good recording or reproduction characteristics. The objective lens according to the present invention includes a first lens and a second lens substantially in close contact with each other such that optical axes thereof match each other, and acts as a convex lens as a whole. Each lens includes a central portion including the optical axis and a peripheral portion located in a periphery of the central portion. The central portion of the first lens acts as a convex lens; and the central portion of the second lens acts as a concave lens. Where the refractive index of the first lens at d line (wavelength: 587.

Abstract: A light source device includes: a microwave power source which outputs a microwave; a light-emitting tube with an emission space where a light-emitting material, which emits light by input of the microwave, is filled; a first electrode which is provided at one side of the light-emitting tube and is electrically connected to the microwave power source; a second electrode which is provided at the other side of the light-emitting tube, the emission space being interposed between the first and second electrodes; and a reflecting plate which is electrically connected to the second electrode and which reflects the microwave such that an antinode of the amplitude of a standing wave of a high-frequency current is positioned in the emission space by making the microwave resonate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical element and, more particularly relates to an optical element having at least one surface in which an antireflection concave-convex structure is formed. The present invention provides an optical member in which the generation of diffraction light and reflection is sufficiently suppressed and which has a structure that can be formed in a simple manner. On a first lens surface (10) of a lens 1, an antireflection concave-convex structure (11) including a plurality of cone convex portions (12) regularly arranged is formed. The antireflection concave-convex structure (11) is for suppressing reflection of light having a wavelength equal to or larger than a cycle of the cone convex portions (12). The antireflection concave-convex structure (11) is formed so that the cycle and/or a height of the structure units differ among regions of the first surface (10).

Abstract: Provided are an optical pickup device which is compatible with a plurality of disc standards, and can stably monitor the outputs from light sources, and an objective lens system used in the optical pickup device. An optical pickup device 50 includes a light source 1 emitting light of a first wavelength of a red band and light of a second wavelength of an infrared band; a light source 10 emitting light of a blue-violet band for BD 10; a collimating lens 4; mirrors 5, 7 each transmitting a portion of a light beam outputted from the collimating lens 4 while folding an optical path of the other portion of the light beam; objective lenses 6, 8 each converging the light beam folded by the mirrors 5, 7 on a recording layer of an optical disc; and a light-receiving element 15 detecting an intensity of the light beam transmitted through the mirrors 5, 7.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide an optical head, an optical disc device and an information processing device capable of suppressing the amount of third-order astigmatism created upon recording or reproducing information on or from a multi-layer optical disc including at least three information recording surfaces.

Abstract: An optical pickup (1) includes a light source (6) capable of emitting laser beams of various wavelengths and an objective optical system (2). The objective optical system (2) includes at least two wavefront conversion surfaces (13a) and (16a) and an objective lens (10). The at least two wavefront conversion surfaces (13a) and (16a) convert a wavefront of any laser beam entered therein into a different wavefront in response to the kind of an optical information recording medium (3) corresponding to the laser light. The objective lens (10) focuses the laser beam came out of the wavefront conversion surface (16a) on an optical information recording surface (3R). The optical pickup (1) satisfies the following condition for every wavelength of the corresponding laser beams: |SCMAX|<0.036??(1) wherein SCMAX is the maximum value of an offence against the sine condition of the objective optical system (2).

Abstract: A backsheet for photovoltaic module superior in hydrolysis resistance and thus in durability. To attain the object, the has backsheet for photovoltaic module has a hydrolysis-resistant film and a resin film laminated on the hydrolysis-resistant film. The hydrolysis-resistant film is made of a polyester resin having a carboxy end-group content of 15 equivalent/ton or less, and the resin film is made of a polypropylene resin.

Abstract: Provides a coupling lens which, when used in combination with an objective lens for a plurality of types of optical discs such as a high density disc, DVD, CD or the like, is capable of compensating for various types of aberrations including those caused by wavelength changes and thus providing good recording or reproduction characteristics with a good wavelength dispersion compensation ability; and an optical head and an optical disc apparatus (drive). A coupling lens is incorporated into an optical head for collecting laser light emitted from a plurality of light sources and having different wavelengths on an information recording face of different types of optical information recording mediums respectively. The coupling lens comprises a first lens and a second lens which are substantially in close contact with each other such that optical axes thereof match each other and designed such that the laser light having different wavelengths are refracted by the close contact face.

Abstract: An optical head device compatible to different types of optical discs and capable of guaranteeing a sufficiently wide dynamic range for a low density optical disc, and the like are provided. The optical head device includes a plurality of light sources switchably usable; an objective lens for converging light emitted from one of the plurality of light sources to an information recording layer of an optical disc; and a light detector for receiving the light reflected by the information recording layer and outputting an electric signal based on the amount of the received light. The plurality of light sources include a first light source for emitting light having a first wavelength and a second light source for emitting light having a second wavelength shorter than the first wavelength.

Abstract: In order that thickness reduction, weight reduction, and mass productivity improvement should be achieved in an objective lens even in the case where NA is high, an objective lens according to the present invention is a bi-convex single lens having at least one aspheric surface, and satisfies conditions: (1) 3.5<DH-S/DH-H?<4.2; (2) 3.5<DH?-T2/DT1-H<50; (3) 0.9<d/f<1.1 (NA?0.85).

Abstract: An encapsulant for a photovoltaic module, which may inhibit the encapsulant from clouding when a hot spot phenomenon is caused. The encapsulant for a photovoltaic module includes: a resin for an encapsulant containing a silane-modified resin obtained by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated silane compound and polyethylene for a light stabilizer, a thermal stabilizer and polyethylene for use in a mater batch. The polyethylene for polymerization and the polyethylene for use in a master batch are metallocene based linear low density polyethylene having a density in the range of 0.895 g/cm3 to 0.910 g/cm3.

Abstract: An optical pickup 1 includes a collimator lens 13 for changing the shape of a laser light by moving on the optical axis AX from a base point. An objective lens 15 is set so as to form a spot of which size, when the collimator lens 13 is located at the base point, is minimum at a point apart from the light source side surface of an information recording medium 20 by a distance of Lc defined by an expression (1): Lc=(L0+Ln)/2??(1), wherein Lc is named as a thickness to the designed center; L0 is a distance between the light source side surface of the information recoding medium and an information recording face located nearest to the light source side surface; and Ln is a distance between the light source side surface of the information recording medium and an information recording face located farthest from the light source side surface.