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.