A photonic crystal fiber having a plurality of holes arranged in quartz of the optical fiber in three concentric hole layers of hexagonal shapes along a longitudinal direction, wherein in a cross section, a hole ratio which is an area of the holes per unit area is larger in a central side than in an outer side in a portion corresponding to a cladding, characterized in that a distance A at hexagonal apices of a first hole layer and a second hole layer, the first hole layer comprising 18 holes at a same adjacent distance Λ1 between adjacent holes in the central side, the second hole layer comprising 18 holes at a same adjacent distance A2 between the adjacent holes outside the first hole layer and a third hole layer comprising 12 holes being all positioned adjacently at a distance A3 and outside the second hole layer satisfies Λ 1 / Λ = 0.67 , Λ 2 / Λ = 1.0 , Λ 3 / Λ = 2.0 , a diameter d of all the holes are the same, and, when the distance A is represented in a horizontal axis and d/A is represented in a vertical axis, the distance A and the diameter d of all the holes are in a region where respective regions represented by mathematical formulas C3 overlap, an effective cross-sectional area is 500 μm 2 or more, a loss in an LP02 mode is 0.1 dB/m or more so that the LP02 mode is not propagated, at light of a wavelength range of 1.05 μm or more to 1.07 μm or less, and a bending loss of a basic mode is 1 dB/km with a bending radius of 500 mm or less in the wavelength range. [Mathematical Formulas C3] d / Λ ≤ 0 .22 Λ − 2.01 Λ ≦ 10.9 μ m d / Λ ≤ − 0 .000769 Λ + 0.398 10.9 μ m ≦ Λ ≦ 16.1 μ m d / Λ ≤ 0 .004 Λ + 0.32 Λ ≥ 16.1 μ m d / Λ ≥ 0 .00172 Λ + 0.322 Λ ≦ 15.2 μ m d / Λ ≥ 0 .0064 Λ + 0.250 Λ ≥ 15.2 μ m in a cross section, a hole ratio which is an area of the holes per unit area is larger in a central side than in an outer side in a portion corresponding to a cladding, characterized in that a distance A at hexagonal apices of a first hole layer and a second hole layer, the first hole layer comprising 18 holes at a same adjacent distance Λ1 between adjacent holes in the central side, the second hole layer comprising 18 holes at a same adjacent distance A2 between the adjacent holes outside the first hole layer and a third hole layer comprising 12 holes being all positioned adjacently at a distance A3 and outside the second hole layer satisfies Λ 1 / Λ = 0.67 , Λ 2 / Λ = 1.0 , Λ 3 / Λ = 2.0 , a diameter d of all the holes are the same, and, when the distance A is represented in a horizontal axis and d/A is represented in a vertical axis, the distance A and the diameter d of all the holes are in a region where respective regions represented by mathematical formulas C3 overlap, an effective cross-sectional area is 500 μm 2 or more, a loss in an LP02 mode is 0.1 dB/m or more so that the LP02 mode is not propagated, at light of a wavelength range of 1.05 μm or more to 1.07 μm or less, and a bending loss of a basic mode is 1 dB/km with a bending radius of 500 mm or less in the wavelength range. [Mathematical Formulas C3] d / Λ ≤ 0 .22 Λ − 2.01 Λ ≦ 10.9 μ m d / Λ ≤ − 0 .000769 Λ + 0.398 10.9 μ m ≦ Λ ≦ 16.1 μ m d / Λ ≤ 0 .004 Λ + 0.32 Λ ≥ 16.1 μ m d / Λ ≥ 0 .00172 Λ + 0.322 Λ ≦ 15.2 μ m d / Λ ≥ 0 .0064 Λ + 0.250 Λ ≥ 15.2 μ m <EOS>