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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Toyokazu Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Hineno, Kanagawa, JP;
Toyokazu Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Hineno, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
The present invention is relative to an objective lens () for an optical pickup, having a numerical aperture not less than 0.8, and adapted for correcting the chromatic aberration at an image point on an optical axis for light with a wavelength within several nm about a reference wavelength which is not larger than 420 nm. This objective lens is made up by a first lens set GR, having a compound surface Sof a refractive surface Sand a diffractive surface S, and a second lens set GR, having a positive refractive power, looking from the light source side. The compound surface of the first lens set is formed by adding the diffractive surface having the positive refractive power to the refractive surface which is an aspherical surface having the negative refractive power. The lens forming the second lens set is a single lens including at least one aspherical lens. This objective lens is small-sized, permits effective correction of chromatic aberration and enables the laser light to be converged to close to the diffraction threshold.