After a wide-band DCF is wound around a bobbin to form an optical fiber coil
32, the latter is removed from the bobbin and placed into a bundle state
(the state where the increase in transmission loss in the wavelength band of 1.55
m caused by distortions in winding is reduced by 0.1 dB/km or more) released
from distortions in winding. A resin 42 is used as a coil-tidying member
so as to secure the optical fiber coil 32 to a storage case 40 at
four positions. Both ends of the optical fiber coil 32 are connected to
pigtail fibers at fusion-splicing parts 44, respectively. Even when the
storage case 40 is closed with a lid after the optical fiber coil 32
is secured to the storage case 40 with the resin 42, there remain
interstices within the bundle of the optical fiber coil 32 and a space between
the optical fiber coil 32 and the storage case 40. As a result, even
when the optical fiber coil 32 in a bundle state is accommodated in the
storage case 40, transmission loss and the like would not increase.