An optical fiber includes: a first core portion doped with rare earth
ions; a second core portion having a lower refractive index than that of
the first core portion, provided along an outer circumference of the
first core portion, and doped with the rare earth ions; and a clad
portion having a lower refractive index than that of the second core
portion and provided along an outer circumference of the second core
portion, and is configured such that a concentration of the rare earth
ions added to the second core portion is higher than that to the first
core portion. With this configuration, it is possible to suppress an
amount of FWM crosstalk in an optical amplification by decreasing the
length of a fiber while alleviating efficiency deterioration due to
concentration quenching.