An optical fiber device converts an input optical pulse having a
predetermined center wavelength into an optical pulse having a wavelength
bandwidth broader than that of the input optical pulse. The optical fiber
device includes a plurality of optical fibers connected in a cascaded
manner each having negative wavelength dispersion at the center
wavelength. The optical fibers have different relative refractive index
differences between a core region and a cladding region from each other.
The optical fibers are connected such that wavelength dispersions of
adjacent optical fibers at the center wavelength are different from each
other.