Abstract: A monolithic red/infrared semiconductor laser device is joined to a blue-violet semiconductor laser device. The distance between a blue-violet emission point in the blue-violet semiconductor laser device and an infrared emission point in an infrared semiconductor laser device is significantly shorter than the distance between a red emission point in a red semiconductor laser device and the infrared emission point. A blue-violet laser beam, a red laser beam, and an infrared laser beam respectively emitted from the blue-violet emission point, the red emission point, and the infrared emission point are introduced into a photodetector after being incident on an optical disk by an optical system comprising a polarizing beam splitter, a collimator lens, a beam expander, a ?/4 plate, an objective lens, a cylindrical lens, and an optical axis correction element.

Abstract: An arrangement for detecting local light irradiation in an illegal attack attempt to intentionally induce a malfunction or faulty condition is formed on a small chip occupancy area so as to provide high detection sensitivity. In a region containing a logic circuit, a plurality of series-coupled detection inverters are distributively disposed as photodetector elements having a constant logical value of primary-stage input. When at least one of the series-coupled detection inverters is irradiated with light, an output thereof is inverted, thereby producing a final output through the series-coupled detection inverters. Based on the final output thus produced, local light irradiation can be detected.

Abstract: An optical pickup apparatus changes a propagation direction of luminous fluxes, out of a laser light reflected by a disc, in four luminous flux regions set about a laser optical axis so as to mutually disperse these luminous fluxes. A signal light region in which only a signal light is present appears on a detection surface of a photodetector. A plurality of sensors for a signal light are placed at positions irradiated with the signal light within the region. When an arithmetic process is performed on a detection signal outputted from each sensor, a DC component occurring in a tracking error signal is suppressed.

Abstract: Provided is an optical pickup device capable of suppressing an increase in the number of parts and complication of an optical system while a diffraction grating is used as an optical axis correcting element. Three kinds of blue, red, and infrared laser light beams are emitted from laser element provided in the same CAN package. A blue light emitting point (wavelength: 405 nm) and an infrared light emitting point (wavelength: 780 nm) are arranged in a layer forming direction of the laser elements such that an interval (d2) between the light emitting points becomes shorter than an interval (d1) between each of the light emitting points and a red light emitting point. An optical axis of the laser light beam emitted from the red light emitting point (wavelength: 650 nm) is aligned with an optical axis of the laser light beam emitted from the blue or infrared light emitting point by using the diffraction grating.

Abstract: A monolithic red/infrared semiconductor laser device is joined to a blue-violet semiconductor laser device. The distance between a blue-violet emission point in the blue-violet semiconductor laser device and an infrared emission point in an infrared semiconductor laser device is significantly shorter than the distance between a red emission point in a red semiconductor laser device and the infrared emission point. A blue-violet laser beam, a red laser beam, and an infrared laser beam respectively emitted from the blue-violet emission point, the red emission point, and the infrared emission point are introduced into a photodetector after being incident on an optical disk by an optical system comprising a polarizing beam splitter, a collimator lens, a beam expander, a ?/4 plate, an objective lens, a cylindrical lens, and an optical axis correction element.

Abstract: A monolithic red/infrared semiconductor laser device is joined to a blue-violet semiconductor laser device. The distance between a blue-violet emission point in the blue-violet semiconductor laser device and an infrared emission point in an infrared semiconductor laser device is significantly shorter than the distance between a red emission point in a red semiconductor laser device and the infrared emission point. A blue-violet laser beam, a red laser beam, and an infrared laser beam respectively emitted from the blue-violet emission point, the red emission point, and the infrared emission point are introduced into a photodetector after being incident on an optical disk by an optical system comprising a polarizing beam splitter, a collimator lens, a beam expander, a ?/4 plate, an objective lens, a cylindrical lens, and an optical axis correction element.

Abstract: A blue-violet emission point, an infrared emission point, and a red emission point in a semiconductor laser apparatus are arranged so as to be arranged in this order on a substantially straight line along a first direction. A blue-violet laser beam emitted from the blue-violet emission point and a red laser beam emitted from the red emission point are incident on an optical disk by an optical system comprising a polarizing beam splitter, a collimator lens, a beam expander, a ?/4 plate, an objective lens, a cylindrical lens, and an optical disk, is returned from the optical disk, and is introduced into an photodetector. The infrared laser beam emitted from the infrared emission point is incident on the optical disk by the optical system, is returned from the optical disk, and is introduced into the photodetector.

Abstract: In a beam irradiation device of the present invention, laser beams emitted from a semiconductor laser impinge on an irradiation lens supported by a lens actuator. The laser beams that have passed through the irradiation lens change in outgoing angle in the direction of a y-z plane as the lens actuator is driven. A laser beam scan in the target region is thus performed. A part of the laser beams that have passed through the irradiation lens is reflected and separated by a beam splitter. The separated beams are converged on a PSD through a converging lens. A DSP control circuit monitors a scan position of the laser beams that have passed through the irradiation lens based on a signal from the PSD. When an irradiation position has deviated from a scan trajectory, the DSP control circuit controls an actuator driving circuit to draw the irradiation position back onto the scan trajectory. This beam irradiation device can realize a smooth and stable beam scan operation with a simple construction.

Abstract: A Bragg-grating-based liquid crystal element is disposed on an optical axis of a first objective lens with a tilt angle of more than 45° with respect to the optical axis of the first objective lens. By inputting a laser beam to the Bragg-grating-based liquid crystal element in such a manner that a reflection direction of the light beam by the Bragg-grating-based liquid crystal element is in parallel with a short axis of a shape of the laser beam, the reflected laser beam has a shape whose dimension is elongated in the short axis direction.

Abstract: Provided are an optical pickup device, which is capable of detecting and correcting spherical aberration while suppressing an increase in the number of construction elements and without increasing outer dimensions of a pickup device main body, and a recording and/or reproducing device having the optical pickup device built therein. A lens is designed such that when the thickness of a disk protective layer is greater than an optimum value, returning light (reflection light) from a disk is condensed on a sensor. The sensor is arranged at a condensing point and has a shape with which around 50% of the returning light is received when the thickness of the protective layer assumes the optimum value. With this construction, the quantity of light received by the sensor is increased when the thickness of the protective layer is greater than the optimum value, and is conversely reduced when the thickness of the protective layer is smaller than the optimum value.

Abstract: A blue-violet emission point, an infrared emission point, and a red emission point in a semiconductor laser apparatus are arranged so as to be arranged in this order on a substantially straight line along a first direction. A blue-violet laser beam emitted from the blue-violet emission point and a red laser beam emitted from the red emission point are incident on an optical disk by an optical system comprising a polarizing beam splitter, a collimator lens, a beam expander, a ?/4 plate, an objective lens, a cylindrical lens, and an optical disk, is returned from the optical disk, and is introduced into an photodetector. The infrared laser beam emitted from the infrared emission point is incident on the optical disk by the optical system, is returned from the optical disk, and is introduced into the photodetector.

Abstract: A monolithic red/infrared semiconductor laser device is joined to a blue-violet semiconductor laser device. The distance between a blue-violet emission point in the blue-violet semiconductor laser device and an infrared emission point in an infrared semiconductor laser device is significantly shorter than the distance between a red emission point in a red semiconductor laser device and the infrared emission point. A blue-violet laser beam, a red laser beam, and an infrared laser beam respectively emitted from the blue-violet emission point, the red emission point, and the infrared emission point are introduced into a photodetector after being incident on an optical disk by an optical system comprising a polarizing beam splitter, a collimator lens, a beam expander, a ?/4 plate, an objective lens, a cylindrical lens, and an optical axis correction element.

Abstract: Provided is an optical pickup device capable of suppressing an increase in the number of parts and complication of an optical system while a diffraction grating is used as an optical axis correcting element. Three kinds of blue, red, and infrared laser light beams are emitted from laser element provided in the same CAN package. A blue light emitting point (wavelength: 405 nm) and an infrared light emitting point (wavelength: 780 nm) are arranged in a layer forming direction of the laser elements such that an interval (d2) between the light emitting points becomes shorter than an interval (d1) between each of the light emitting points and a red light emitting point. An optical axis of the laser light beam emitted from the red light emitting point (wavelength: 650 nm) is aligned with an optical axis of the laser light beam emitted from the blue or infrared light emitting point by using the diffraction grating.

Abstract: An illuminating device (1) is formed of a light source (12) in which LED chips (11) are arranged in an array shape and lens cells (14) are arranged on a light-emission side of each of the LED chips (11), and a pair of fly's eye lenses (13) that integrates and guides to a liquid crystal panel (3) the light emitted from each of the LED chips (11) and collimated by the lens cells (14). The LED chip (11) and the lens cell (14) are formed in a square shape, and an aspect ratio thereof corresponds to that of the liquid crystal display panel (3). In addition, the lens cells (14) are arranged separately from one another in such a manner to have wall surfaces (air gaps), and the wall surfaces serve as reflective surfaces.

Abstract: In a beam irradiation device of the present invention, laser beams emitted from a semiconductor laser impinge on an irradiation lens supported by a lens actuator. The laser beams that have passed through the irradiation lens change in outgoing angle in the direction of a y-z plane as the lens actuator is driven. A laser beam scan in the target region is thus performed. A part of the laser beams that have passed through the irradiation lens is reflected and separated by a beam splitter. The separated beams are converged on a PSD through a converging lens. A DSP control circuit monitors a scan position of the laser beams that have passed through the irradiation lens based on a signal from the PSD. When an irradiation position has deviated from a scan trajectory, the DSP control circuit controls an actuator driving circuit to draw the irradiation position back onto the scan trajectory. This beam irradiation device can realize a smooth and stable beam scan operation with a simple construction.

Abstract: Provided are an optical pickup device, which is capable of detecting and correcting spherical aberration while suppressing an increase in the number of construction elements and without increasing outer dimensions of a pickup device main body, and a recording and/or reproducing device having the optical pickup device built therein. A lens is designed such that when the thickness of a disk protective layer is greater than an optimum value, returning light (reflection light) from a disk is condensed on a sensor. The sensor is arranged at a condensing point and has a shape with which around 50% of the returning light is received when the thickness of the protective layer assumes the optimum value. With this construction, the quantity of light received by the sensor is increased when the thickness of the protective layer is greater than the optimum value, and is conversely reduced when the thickness of the protective layer is smaller than the optimum value.

Abstract: A magneto-optical disk apparatus includes a magnetic head in a position opposed to an objective lens included in an optical head with a magneto-optical record medium therebetween. The magneto-optical disk apparatus includes a magnet for cancelling a first magnetic field emitted toward the magnetic head from a magnet for focus servo-control or tracking servo-control of the objective lens. The magnet emits a second magnetic field in a direction toward the magnetic head. The second magnetic field is opposite in direction to the first magnetic field, and has the same intensity as the first magnetic field. Consequently, the signal can be accurately reproduced from the magneto-optical record medium while removing a magnetic influence from the magnet included in the optical head.

Abstract: An optical pickup device includes a semiconductor laser, a collimater lens, an optical member, a halfmirror, an objective lens, a collecting lens and a photodetector. The collimator lens collimates a laser beam from the semiconductor laser. The optical member diffracts the laser beam which has been collimated by the collimator lens outward along the direction of the shorter diameter of the laser beam, and emits a laser beam having a prescribed aspect ratio. The halfmirror passes the laser beam from optical member and reflects one half the light reflected from a signal recording surface of an optical disk to the photodetector. The objective lens focuses the laser beam on the signal recording surface. The collective lens collects the laser beam from the halfmirror. The photodetector detects the laser beam.

Abstract: An injection blow molding system includes an injection molding station (22), a first delivery section (24), a cooling station (26), a heating station (30), a second delivery section (32) and a plurality of blow molding stations (34). The station (22) simultaneously injection molds M rows of N preforms (36) arranged in a second direction (B) perpendicular to a first direction (A) in which the preforms (36) are carried. The first delivery section (24) removes the M rows of preforms (36) using a removing mechanism (102) in their upright state while decreasing the pitch in the rows. The preforms 36 are inverted with the column pitch changed by an inverting mechanism (104) before delivery to the cooling station in their inverted state. The cooling and heating stations (26), (30) cool and heat one row of N preforms (36) while parallel carrying them along a first carrying chain (200). The second delivery section (32) delivers the preforms (36) to two blow molding stations while in their inverted state.

Abstract: In an optical pickup device (10) including a laser light source (1) and an objective lens (7), an optical device (6) is provided that transmits a laser beam of 635 nm in wavelength emitted from a first semiconductor laser (1A) straightforwardly into the objective lens (7) while maintaining its incident intensity, and that selectively diffracts a laser beam of 780 nm in wavelength emitted from a second semiconductor laser (1B) to a desired direction while maintaining its incident intensity and directs only the predetermined center portion of the laser beam into the objective lens (7). The optical pickup device (10) records or reproduces a signal onto or from a plurality of types of optical disks differing in substrate thickness while directing a laser beam of sufficient intensity onto a signal recording plane.