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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2001
Applicants:
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Jorrit Ernst DE Vries, Eindhoven, NL;
Sjoerd Stallinga, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Jorrit Ernst De Vries, Eindhoven, NL;
Sjoerd Stallinga, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B007/00 ; G02B027/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical scanning device for scanning a dual-layer optical record carrier with dual orthogonally polarized radiation beams. The device having a spherical aberration compensation optical subsystem including a switchable liquid crystal cell of birefringent material for altering different optical paths lengths provided by a phase structure of stepped annular zones.