An optical head enabling a size reduction so that the optical head can be
stored in an opening of a cartridge for a disk and enabling an
improvement in the dynamic performance as the density and transfer rate
are increased is provided. In a two-axis actuator optical head capable of
driving an objective lens (102) along the Z axis in the focus direction,
that is, vertical to the surface of the optical disk and along the X axis
in the tracking direction, that is, the radial direction of the optical
disk. The objective lens (102) is disposed in the center of the coil
bobbin (101), a focusing coil (103) is disposed around the coil bobbin
(101) and is wound around the X axis, and tracking coils (104a and 104b)
are disposed on both ends of the coil bobbin (101) in the X axis
direction and are wound around the X axis. Pairs of magnets (107a to
107d) are disposed plane-symmetrically with the Z-Y plane including the Z
axis aligned with the optical axis of the objective lens (102) and the Y
axis and with the Z-X plane including the Z axis and the X axis.