Abstract: A lens-on-disc type optical scanner comprises a plurality of lenses of predetermined surface profile arranged on a disc along the circumferential direction of the disc. The disc is rotated so that a laser beam from a laser beam source passes sequentially through the lenses for optical scanning.

Abstract: A light scanning device for reading or writing information by irradiating laser light onto a scanning plane. The light scanning device comprising a light source for irradiating the scanning plane with laser light along an optical path, and a rotating disc with at least one lens having at least one aspheric surface disposed in the optical path of the laser light irradiated from the light source for providing a microlight spot forming a light scanning line on the scanning plane.

Abstract: An optical scanning system wherein a light beam from a laser source is reflected by a rotating polygonal mirror and focused by a scanning lens into a scanning beam spot on the drum surface. A cylindrical lens disposed between the scanning lens and the drum for correcting the unevenness of the scanning line pitch caused by the incline of the each facet of the polygonal mirror has a curvature in the scanning direction of the beam so that optimal focal points of the scanning beam spot align on a straight line.

Abstract: An optical system provided with a single optical scanner for separating a plurality of laser beams from each other and for leading the separated laser beams to different recording materials to record information thereon is disclosed in which cylindrical lenses are provided in front of the recording materials in such a manner that a predetermined number of ones among the laser beams pass through the cylindrical lenses, respectively.

Abstract: In a laser beam recording apparatus comprising a laser source, an optical modulator for modulating the intensity of the laser beam from the laser source in response to an electrical signal, an optical scanner for deflecting the modulated laser beam, a recording medium on which the deflected laser beam is recorded, and a optical system for guiding the emitted laser beam from the laser source to recording medium, an automatic focusing device is provided for vibrating a lens or mirror in the optical system in synchronism with the scanning provided by the optical scanner, thereby converging the deflected laser beam into a small spot at any position on the recording medium.

Abstract: In an optical information recording apparatus using as a recording light source a semiconductor laser array having a plurality of light emitting parts, the semiconductor laser array is positioned in an inclined disposition so that distance among light spots on the surface of a recording medium may be effectively small.

Abstract: An optical system has an objective lens for focussing on a dotted information carrying video disc the light emitted from a light source of semiconductor laser whose radiant region has different longitudinal and lateral dimensions, and a coupling lens disposed between the objective lens and the laser source for condensing the light from the laser source. The coupling lens has a magnification factor of not greater than 7.

Abstract: A hologram apparatus comprises a rotary plane with a plurality of holograms concentrically or spirally arranged thereon, a light emitting source, and at least one photodetector for reading out reconstructed images of the holograms. During rotation of the rotary plane, the optical path of a light beam from the light emitting source is controlled, whereby the reconstructed images from the respective holograms are focused on the photodetector in succession. Some or all of the holograms are substantially oblong, and the long side and the short side of each oblong extend radially about the axis of the rotary plane and substantially orthogonally to the radial direction respectively.