A guide shaft and a guide portion movably guide a lens holder for holding
a collimator lens (i.e. correction lens) in an optical axis direction. A
stepping motor rotates a screw shaft arranged in parallel to the optical
axis direction. A nut member converts a rotating movement of the screw
shaft into a rectilinear movement of the optical axis direction. An
urging spring urges the lens holder against the guide shaft and the guide
portion. The lens holder is driven in the optical axis direction along
the guide shaft by the stepping motor, with a first contact portion and a
second contact portion of the lens holder being contacted with the guide
shaft, and a third contact portion of the lens holder being contacted
with the guide portion by an urging force of the urging spring. The
optical pickup device having the above arrangement allows for stable
driving of a correction lens.