Micro lens actuator and polymer objective lens for optical pickup

Pei Li; Longfa Pan; Hans Zappe

doi:10.1117/12.2014720

24 January 2013 Micro lens actuator and polymer objective lens for optical pickup

Pei Li, Longfa Pan, Hans Zappe

Proceedings Volume 8782, 2012 International Workshop on Information Storage and Ninth International Symposium on Optical Storage; 87820W (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2014720
Event: 2012 International Workshop on Information Data Storage and Ninth International Symposium on Optical Storage, 2012, Shanghai, China

Abstract

Lens actuator is one of the most important components in an optical pickup system, which decides the performance of the disc readout system. A significant advance in technical capability has recently been achieved in the fabrication of integrated micro lens actuators of optical pickup by microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. A comb-drive tracking and focusing integrated lens actuator fabricated on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer has been reported. Twodimensional tuning of the objective lens is generated by the integrated comb structures. Large displacements of about ±24.6μm in tracking direction and 5.7μm in focusing direction are demonstrated. The device has a high sensitivity and an ignorable coupling between the two dimensional driving movements. The small-form-factor device provides an excellent performance and size reduction. Furthermore, high quality polymer micro-lenses with high numerical aperture (NA) are fabricated on a pre-patterned hydrophobic glass substrate by liquid dispensing. The surface profiles are adjusted by the patterned diameter and the volume of the dispensed polymer, which is controlled by the dispensing time. This extremely low cost, high NA and easily fabricated lens represents an important step for further integration of the pickup system, thus expands the application area of optical storage.

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Pei Li, Longfa Pan, and Hans Zappe "Micro lens actuator and polymer objective lens for optical pickup", Proc. SPIE 8782, 2012 International Workshop on Information Storage and Ninth International Symposium on Optical Storage, 87820W (24 January 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2014720

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