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Why light splits in a CD?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The laser light is reflected off of the CD and the returning light hits the 4 photodiode array. It not only picks up the information it helps track the bits. To do this it has to follow several paths. They use splitters, colminators and full mirrors.

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