Has an object of providing an optical pickup capable of realizing tracking control or focus control at a higher level of precision even when relative positions of a light source and a light detector are shifted due to a change in the environmental temperature, long-term deterioration or the like. The optical pickup includes a base member; a light source, fixed to the base member, for emitting a laser beam; an objective lens for collecting the laser beam onto an optical disc; a light detector, fixed to the base member, for detecting the laser beam reflected by the optical disc; fixing means for fixing the light source and/or the light detector to the base member; and a light blocking section for blocking a central portion of the laser beam in a circular shape on an optical path between the collimator lens and the light detector.