Patent ID: 6353587
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An optical pickup comprising:a first light source for emitting a laser beam having a first predetermined wavelength; a second light source disposed on an optical axis such that it is substantially perpendicular to the first light source, for emitting a laser beam having a second predetermined wavelength which is different from the first predetermined wavelength; a holographic beam splitter disposed at a point where the laser beams emitted from the first and second light sources are crossed with each other, the holographic beam splitter having one surface on which a hologram diffractive surface is formed and the other surface on which a coating layer for being penetrated by and reflecting the laser beams at a first predetermined ratio is formed in a manner such that the holographic beam splitter compensates an aberration with respect to one beam of the beams emitted from the first and second light sources which one be am is incident on the hologram diffractive surface and then allows the one beam to penetrate, and that the holographic beam splitter reflects the other beam of the beams emitted from the first and second light sources which the other beam is incident on the coating layer; a flat beam splitter arranged on a first path of the laser beams of the first and second light sources which are passed through the holographic beam splitter, for being penetrated by and reflecting the laser beams at a second predetermined ratio; a collimator lens arranged on a second path of the laser beams of the first and second light sources which are passed through the flat beam splitter, for shaping the laser beams emitted from the first and second light sources; an objective lens for focusing the laser beams shaped by the collimator lens upon an optical disc; and a photodiode arranged below the flat beam splitter, for reading out recorded information and an error from the laser beams which are focused and reflected upon and from the optical disc.