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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2005
Tohru Kimura, Hachioji, JP;
Junji Hashimura, Sagamihara, JP;
Tohru Kimura, Hachioji, JP;
Junji Hashimura, Sagamihara, JP;
Konica Minolta Opto, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multi-focal objective lens for use in an optical pickup apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information using a first light flux with a wavelength λon a first and second optical discs, includes a first optical surface including a first diffractive structure. The multi-focal objective lens converges a diffracted light flux with one of the m-th diffraction order and the n-th diffraction order on an information recording surface of the first optical disc for recording and/or reproducing information of the first optical disc, and converges a diffracted light flux with another of the m-th diffraction order and the n-th diffraction order on an information recording surface of the second optical disc for recording and/or reproducing information of the second optical disc.