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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1992
Yasuaki Morimoto, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Friedheim Zucker, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Christian Buchler, Marbach, DE;
Heinz-Jorg Schroder, Marbach, DE;
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
An optical pick-up for selectively reading and writing an optical and magneto-optical recorded medium, in which light projected on the recorded medium is reflected therefrom and directed onto one of two photodetectors, depending on the polarization of the light. The recorded medium has magnetic domains for storing data and a magneto-optical signal is generated from the difference between the two photo voltages from the two photodetectors. The magneto-optical signal represents the data stored in the magnetic domains. The recorded medium also stores data in pit forms, and an optical signal is generated from the sum of the photovoltages of the two photodetectors, to represent the data stored in the pit forms. The arrangement is suitable for reading out simultaneously the optical signal and the magneto-optical signal.