Astigmatic objective lens for optical head

An optical head for an optical disc drive, comprising:

• a first laser diode that emits a first laser beam;
• a second laser diode that emits a second laser beam, a wavelength of said first laser beam being shorter than a wavelength of said second laser beam;
• and
• an objective lens that converges said first and second laser beams on first and second optical discs, respectively, a protective layer of the first disc being thinner than a protective layer of the second optical disc,
• wherein said objective lens is compensated for astigmatism with respect to the first beam, which is incident on said objective lens as an off-axis beam at a predetermined incident angle, by providing on-axis astigmatism corresponding to wave front aberration greater than or equal to 0.01λ (rms),
• wherein said objective lens is configured such that coma is compensated better in a case where the first laser beam is converged on the first optical disc than in a case where the second laser beam is converged on the second optical disc, and
• wherein said first laser diode and said second laser diode are arranged such that converging points, on which said first laser beam and said second laser beam are converged by said objective lens, are aligned in a direction in which one of two focal lines, which would be formed when light fluxes parallel with the optical axis of the objective lens are incident on said objective lens, closer to said objective lens extends.

An optical disc drive, comprising:

• a spindle motor that is capable of rotating either one of a first optical disc and a second optical disc;
• an optical head, which includes:
• a first laser diode that emits a first laser beam;
• a second laser diode that emits a second laser beam, a wavelength said first laser beam being shorter than a wavelength of said second laser beam;
• and
• an objective lens that converges said first and second laser beams on first and second optical discs, respectively, a protective layer of the first disc being thinner than a protective layer of the second optical disc,
• wherein said objective lens is compensated for astigmatism with respect to the first beam, which is incident on said objective lens as an off-axis beam at a predetermined incident angle, by providing on-axis astigmatism corresponding to wave front aberration greater than or equal to 0.01λ (rms),
• wherein said objective lens is configured such that coma is compensated better in a case where the first laser beam is converged on the first optical disc than in a case where the second laser beam is converged on the second optical disc, and
• wherein said first laser diode and said second laser diode are arranged such that converging points, on which said first laser beam and said second laser beam are converged by said objective lens, are aligned in a direction in which one of two focal lines, which would be formed when light fluxes parallel with the optical axis of the objective lens are incident on said objective lens, closer to said objective lens extends;
• and
• a head driving mechanism that drives at least a part of said optical head in a radial direction of the one of said first and second optical disc,
• wherein an extending direction of said focal line closer to said objective lens coincides with a tangential line to said one of said first and second optical disc.