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CDT 3 BP
CDT 3 BP
CDT 3 BP
E F 1.2 mm
Readout Side
Objective Focus Coil
Information Lens
Layer (Pits) Tracking Coil moves
Permanent
side-side, not shown
N N Magnets
(T+,T-)
S S
Sled Movement F+
(S+,S-) F-
Quarter Wave Plate
Diffraction Grating
Laser Diode Package Collimating
Lens
LD
PD
COM
Turning Mirror
Laser Diode
Photodiode
Polarizing Beam Splitter
(Laser Power Return Beams
Control) Cylindrical Lens (at 45 degree angle)
Phododiode Array
Note: Commercial pickups may (Data Readout,
Focus, Tracking)
combine required functions into
fewer components. Focus Error = (A+D)-(B+C)
A B
E F Tracking Error = E-F
C D