An optical pickup is provided which can read information from a plurality of
recording
mediums having different wavelengths without the need for a mixing prism. The optical
pickup is comprised of a light emission part, a grating, a hologram and a light
receiving part. The light emission part emits first and second laser beams having
different wavelengths from each other. The grating generates a pair of sub-beams
from the laser beam emitted from the light emission part. The hologram generates
first and second high-order beams from the laser beam reflected by a recording
medium to guide the high-order beams to the light receiving part. The light receiving
part receives the first and second high-order beams generates a focus error signal
and a tracking error signal which enables the information to be correctly read
from the different recording mediums.