Patent ID: 8589966

Claim:
An optical pickup comprising: an objective lens for condensing light onto an optical disc; a lens holder to which the objective lens has been attached; a focusing coil, a tracking coil, and a tilt coil, which have been attached to the lens holder; and a reflection mirror for reflecting light toward the optical axis of the objective lens, wherein the tilt coil is made to have a shape in which the tilt coil is not brought into contact with a side of the reflection mirror, the side being near to the objective lens, wherein part of the tilt coil on an end side of the reflection mirror, the end side being near to the objective lens, is assumed to be a first coil portion and of the tilt coil on the other end side thereof is assumed to be a second coil portion, and wherein the length of the second coil portion is larger than that of the first portion.