An optical module for supplying pump light for amplifying to-be-amplified
light includes an pump light source, optical coupling means, and an
optical guide section. The optical guide section optically connects the
pump light source and the optical coupling means, and propagates the pump
light from the pump light source, in multi-transverse-mode. The optical
coupling means output the pump light from the optical guide section in
multi-transverse-mode, and at least one of (i) at least one of end faces
where the optical guide section and the optical coupling means are
connected, (ii) an area between the end faces, and (iii) the optical
guide section, has a loss medium of which transmission loss is greater in
a wavelength of the to-be-amplified light than in a wavelength of the
pump light. By this, an optical module which can stably supply the pump
light to the optical amplification fiber can be provided.