An optical power monitor capable of being reduced in size even when
designed as a multi-channel monitor, and having a reduced light
transmission loss is disclosed. The optical power monitor has two optical
fibers provided on the light transmission upstream and downstream sides
and having cores, the end surfaces which are opposed to each other with
the core optical axes offset from each other, and which are
fusion-spliced to each other in a fusion splicing portion, a light
reflection surface which faces a portion of the upstream-side optical
fiber core end surface offset to protrude from the downstream-side
optical fiber core end surface in the fusion splicing portion, and which
is provided in the downstream-side optical fiber cladding layer, and a
photo-diode positioned opposite from the light reflection surface with
respect to the downstream-side optical fiber core. Third-order or
fourth-order lights strengthening each other in lights leaked into the
downstream-side optical fiber cladding layer from the upstream-side
optical fiber core end surface are reflected by the reflection surface
provided in the cladding layer and detected with the photo-diode.