Effects of an asymmetrically molded plastic objective lens on the push–pull tracking-error signal in an optical disk drive

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1309-1314

  Hung, Kai Man ^a,b  

^a Sony Electronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL DISK STORAGE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

PLASTIC OBJECTIVE LENSES;

PLASTIC LENSES;

EID: 0012687541     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.001309     Document Type: Article

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