The present invention provides an optical member and a method for manufacturing the same, the method comprising: a removal step for partially removing an antireflection film having a multilayer structure in which a low-refractive-index layer and a high-refractive-index layer are laminated, the antireflection film being formed so as to cover an
optical surface of an optical substrate, by
irradiation with an ultra-
short pulse laser light, and performing non-
heat processing on the antireflection film by
irradiation with an ultra-
short pulse laser light to form an antireflection film having a multilayer structure in which a low-refractive-index layer and a high-refractive-index layer are laminated; the pulse width of the ultra-
short pulse laser is 0.1
picosecond or more and less than 100 picoseconds, and in the removal step, the ultra-short pulse
laser is irradiated to remove the low
refractive index layer, which is the outermost layer of the multilayer structure, or the low
refractive index layer, which is the outermost layer, and the conductive layer, which is a layer immediately adjacent to the low
refractive index layer. The non-heating
processing is a
processing for suppressing
thermal damage to the high refractive index layer, which is a lower layer of the conductive layer, and the
processing for suppressing
thermal damage is a processing in which the ratio t1 / t2 of the thickness t1 of a portion removed by the removal step to the thickness t2 of a portion not removed in the high refractive index layer is within the range of 0.90-1.00.