Patent ID: 8125877

Claim:
An optical pickup comprising: a light emitting component including a laser diode configured to emit light, a package housing the laser diode, the package having a positioning recess formed in an outer peripheral face of the package, and a holder holding the package in a fitting hole of the holder, the holder having a protrusion component that is formed in an inner peripheral face of the fitting hole of the holder with the protrusion component being fitted to the positioning recess of the package to position the package with respect to the holder, and a guide component that extends from the protrusion component such that the guide component protrudes outside of the fitting hole by a first specific height with respect to an end face of the holder with the end face of the holder defining a peripheral edge of an insertion opening of the fitting hole, the protrusion component having a width in a peripheral direction of the fitting hole that is at least equal to a width of the positioning recess of the package in a peripheral direction of the package; an optical component arranged to guide the light emitted by the light emitting component to a disk and receive the light reflected on the disk; and a support base arranged to support the light emitting component and the optical component.