Apparatus for scanning a laser beam including means for focusing a scale scanning beam and a read/write scanning beam on the same facet of a polygon scanning mirror

摘要

Apparatus for scanning a laser beam including a beam splitter for splitting a laser beam into a scale scanning beam and a read/write scanning beam, a modulator for applying information to the read/write scanning beam, lenses and mirrors, including a cylindrical lens for directing both beams onto the same facet of a rotating polygonal scanning mirror, and a lens for focusing the modulated beam to a spot on a scanned medium and for focusing the unmodulated beam through a scale onto a detector for providing timing pulses for the apparatus.