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Optical system of optical information recording/reproducing apparatus

Assignee: Pentax Corp
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Filing: 1995-09-14
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Granted: 1997-07-01
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Expires: 2015-09-14
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Abstract

Abstract An optical system of an optical information recording/reproducing apparatus includes an objective lens for converging a generally parallel luminous flux. A chromatic aberration correction element for correcting chromatic aberration of the objective lens is provided and has substantially no power. The chromatic aberration correcting element comprises a positive lens and a negative lens positioned in the generally parallel luminous flux. The positive and negative lenses of the chromatic aberration correcting element have substantially the same refractive index and different Abbe's number.

Inventors

  • 👤 Koichi Maruyama
  • 👤 Makoto Iwaki

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 18:51
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/12; G11B7/135; G11B7/1372; G02; G02B; G02B27/00; G02B27/0025; G11B7/1378; G11B7/1392; G11B7/13922

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 80 words
An optical system of an optical information recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: an objective lens for converging a generally parallel luminous flux; a chromatic aberration correcting element for correcting chromatic aberration of said objective lens, said chromatic aberration correcting element having substantially no power; said chromatic aberration correcting element, comprising a positive lens and a negative lens positioned in the generally parallel luminous flux, and said positive lens and said negative lens having substantially the same refractive index and different Abbe's numbers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 80 words
An optical system of an optical information recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: an objective lens for converging a generally parallel luminous flux; a chromatic aberration correcting element for correcting chromatic aberration of said objective lens, said chromatic aberration correcting element having substantially no power; said chromatic aberration correcting element, comprising a positive lens and a negative lens positioned in the generally parallel luminous flux, and said positive lens and said negative lens having substantially the same refractive index and different Abbe's numbers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 21 words
The optical system according to claim 1, further comprising a collimator for providing the generally luminous flux to said objective lens.

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