Patent ID: 7200098
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An optical pickup, comprising: a light source emitting an incident beam; an optical path changing unit altering an optical path of the incident beam; an objective lens, including a first transmitting portion at a near-axis region of an optical axis of the objective lens to divergently transmit the incident beam, a second transmitting portion facing the first transmitting portion to transmit the incident beam, a first reflecting portion formed around the second transmitting portion to condense and reflect the incident beam from the first transmitting portion, and a second reflecting portion formed around the first transmitting portion to condense and reflect the incident beam from the first reflecting portion towards the second transmitting portion, so as to focus the incident beam from the light source and to form a light spot on an optical disk; a photodetector receiving the beam reflected from the optical disk and passed through the objective lens and the optical path changing unit; and a detecting-correcting unit, including a relay lens to condense the incident beam and a correcting lens both of which are arranged on the optical path between the optical path changing unit and the objective lens, the detecting-correcting unit actuating the correcting lens toward and from the relay lens upon a detection of a thickness of the optical disk so as to correct an aberration caused by thickness variations of the optical disk.