REPRODUCING APPARATUS

摘要

A reproducing apparatus for reproducing information from recording elements formed with very small pits on a planar surface. The reproducing apparatus includes a probing unit (1) positioned at a very small distance apart from the surface of the recording element (2) and a scanning unit (3, 5) for scanning the probing unit at a very small distance apart from the surface of the recording element (2). The reproducing apparatus also includes a detecting unit (7) connected to the probing unit and the recording element respectively, for detecting interactions generated between the probing unit and the surface of the recording element and a regeneration unit (8) connected to the detecting unit for inputting a signal output from the detecting unit and for regenerating information by detecting a pattern of the pits by the input signal.