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Abstract

An optical pickup device that can reduce interlayer crosstalk, without changing the configuration of the optical system, and without excessively increasing the size of the optical system. The optical pickup device reproduces a signal from a multilayered optical information recording medium having a plurality of information recording layers. The optical pickup device uses a collimating lens unit as a collimating optical system that collimates light from a light source, and the collimating lens unit includes a first and second lens group arranged at a predetermined distance from each other so as to form a converged light spot in the interior of the collimating lens unit, and an optical element provided between the first lens group and the second lens group so as to form a light spot at a position defocused from the position of the converged light spot, thereby decreasing quantity of light passing through the collimating lens unit.

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