This work designed and fabricated an optical pickup system based on optical films using the roll-to-roll process. The design combined the advantages of the stacked and planar optical pickup system. Two blazed gratings were used as beam splitters for bending the optical path, while a cylindrical lens was used for astigmatic focus-error detection. The proposed design effectively reduces overall system configuration, component cost, and fabrication complexity.

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Appl. Opt.

• J. Jahns and A. Huang, “Planar integration of free-space optical components,” Appl. Opt. 28(9), 1602–1605 (1989). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• T. Shiono and H. Ogawa, “Planar-optic-disk pickup with diffractive micro-optics,” Appl. Opt. 33(31), 7350–7355 (1994). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

IEEE Trans. Magn.

• H. F. Shih, C. L. Chang, J. Lee, and C. S. Chang, “Design of optical head with holographic optical element for small form factor drive systems,” IEEE Trans. Magn. 41(2), 1058–1060 (2005). [CrossRef]

Opt. Eng.

• C. H. Lee, Y. Chiu, and H. P. Shieh, “Astigmatic diffractive optical element for swing-arm-type optical pickup head,” Opt. Eng. 48(7), 075201 (2009). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

• C.-H. Lee, Y. Chiu, and H.-P. D. Shieh, “Micro actuated grating for multi-beam optical pickups,” Opt. Express 15(4), 1408–1414 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• H. B. Kim, G. Hobler, A. Steiger, A. Lugstein, and E. Bertagnolli, “Simulation-based approach for the accurate fabrication of blazed grating structures by FIB,” Opt. Express 15(15), 9444–9449 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• H. H. Lin, C. H. Lee, and M. H. Lu, “Dye-less color filter fabricated by roll-to-roll imprinting for liquid crystal display applications,” Opt. Express 17(15), 12397–12406 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

• C. C. Lee, Y. C. Chang, C. M. Wang, J. Y. Chang, and G. C. Chi, “Silicon-based transmissive diffractive optical element,” Opt. Lett. 28(14), 1260–1262 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• L. Y. Lin, J. L. Shen, S. S. Lee, and M. C. Wu, “Realization of novel monolithic free-space optical disk pickup heads by surface micromachining,” Opt. Lett. 21(2), 155–157 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

• J. Turunen, and F. Wyrowski, “Diffractive Optics for Industry and Commercial Applications,” 1st.ed. (Berlin: Akademi. Verlag, 1997)

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