摘要 |
An optical pickup device includes an optical isolator provided in a beam path of an optical system for modulating the laser beam radiated from an end face of a semiconductor laser device and returning it to an end face of the semiconductor laser device, and a detector for detecting changes in an output of the return beam from the other face of the semiconductor laser device. The optical isolator transmits a beam component having the same plane of polarization as that of the laser beam. The magneto-optical recording medium may be reproduced by an optical system without employing a differential optical system.
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