Objective lens and optical pickup apparatus

摘要

An objective lens for an optical pickup apparatus includes: one optical surface in an aspherical shape including a central area for converging the first and second light fluxes having a first area and the second area, and a peripheral area for converging the first light flux. The central area includes a first diffractive structure. The first diffractive structure faces an outer side of the objective lens in the first area and faces an inner side of the objective lens in the second area. The peripheral area is an optical surface which makes a light flux passing through the peripheral area reach to a position apart from the optical axis on an information recording surface of the second optical information recording medium when the optical pickup apparatus records or reproduces information on the second optical information recording medium using the second light flux.