A multiplexing optical system includes collimator lenses, a first
condensing lens, a second condensing lens and an optical fiber. The
collimator lenses collimate divergent laser beams that have been emitted
from semiconductor lasers. The first condensing lens condenses laser
beams transmitted through the collimator lenses in only one of a plane
including the stripe width direction of the semiconductor lasers and a
plane including a direction perpendicular to the stripe width direction.
The second condensing lens condenses laser beams transmitted through the
first condensing lens. The optical fiber is arranged in such a manner
that the condensed laser beams enter the optical fiber. In the
multiplexing optical system, an anamorphic lens is used as the second
condensing lens, and the anamorphic lens condenses the laser beams in the
two planes in cooperation with the first condensing lens.