摘要 |
A method of cleaning an optical exit face of refractive element of a near field optical scanning apparatus for scanning an optical disc, the method comprising a contacting step, comprising bringing into mechanical contact the refractive element and a cleaning pad such that the optical exit face of the refractive element is non-parallel to a surface of the cleaning pad, the refractive element contacting the surface pad along a contact edge and a first cleaning step, comprising at least a relative movement of the cleaning pad relative to the refractive element at least along cleaning axis, wherein the cleaning axis is in the plane of the cleaning pad and substantially perpendicular to the contact edge. The invention also related to a near field optical scanning apparatus enabled to clean a refractive element according to the said method. |