Patent ID: 7247826
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: G02B,G11B

Abstract:
1. An optical pickup apparatus comprising: light sources for emitting light rays having first, second and third wavelengths; an optical path coupling member for bringing light rays having said first to third wavelengths to be in a traveling direction in common; a light condensing member for condensing light from said optical path coupling member onto an optical information recording medium; a diffraction element for diffracting reflected light from said optical information recording medium; and a plurality of photodetectors for receiving diffracted light rays from said diffraction element, wherein said optical path coupling member aligns an optical axis directed to the light condensing member of the first wavelength light having a shortest wavelength with that of the third wavelength light having a longest wavelength, and said diffraction element condenses +2nd order diffracted light of the first wavelength light and +1st order diffracted light of the second wavelength light and third wavelength light into a first photodetector, and condenses the −2nd order diffracted light of the first wavelength light and −1st order diffracted light of the third wavelength light into a second photodetector, using ±2nd order diffracted light of the first wavelength light and ±1st order diffracted light of the second wavelength light and third wavelength light as signal light from said optical information recording medium.