Provided is an optical near-field recording and reproduction apparatus capable of adjusting the intensity of optical near-field and the amount of light bouncing off on the bottom of a slider around a scatterer and the surface of a medium and traveling back to a light source. A reflecting layer is formed above a structure for generating an optical near-field, and multiple beam interference is caused between the reflecting layer and the surface of the medium. The amount of returning above an optical near-field generator element is adjusted by adjusting the distance between the reflecting layer and the surface of the medium.