The dual wavelength semiconductor laser source for an optical pickup includes:
two semiconductor laser elements outputting laser beams having oscillating wavelengths
different from each other; and a multiplexing waveguide, formed inside of a photonic
crystal having a photonic band gap, having one output end outputting laser light
at one end surface and two input ends at the other end surfaces. Output beams of
the two semiconductor laser elements are coupled to the respective two input ends
of the multiplexing waveguide and the two beams are outputted from the one output
end of the multiplexing waveguide.