An optical pickup is provided which is capable of minimizing an
astigmatism thereof with a simple configuration. The optical pickup
includes a collimate lens for transferring optical beams outputted from a
laser diode to parallel light, and an objective lens for collecting the
optical beams transferred to parallel light with the collimate lens and
applying the optical beams to an optical disk, wherein mounting angles of
the collimate lens and the objective lens are adjusted so that
astigmatisms of the collimate lens and the objective lens may be offset
by each other. Thus the astigmatism of the optical pickup can be
minimized with a simple configuration without need for separately
providing an element for correcting aberration.