It is an object of the present invention to record to and reproduce
different types of optical disks using light beams with different
wavelengths. In an optical head device for recording to and reproducing
high-density optical disks using an objective lens with a large NA, a
sawtooth-shaped hologram is used for recording to and reproducing
conventional optical disks such as DVDs. For blue light, a sawtooth
height is the light path length 2.lamda., and second-order diffraction
light is used. Red light generates first-order diffraction. The hologram
is blazed and has convex lens function, and corrects chromatic aberration
of the refractive lens. A relay lens is disposed between an infrared
laser light source and the objective lens, and the light beam that is
emitted from the infrared laser light source is substantially converged
by the relay lens, and then, as it diverges once again, it is incident on
the objective lens, which focuses the light beam into a spot on the
recording surface of an optical disk after passing through an
approximately 1.2 mm substrate.