A driving method of a semiconductor laser having an active layer region, a phase adjustment region and a distributed Bragg reflector region includes the steps of: calculating an average value of multipulse modulation currents modulated between a peak current and a bottom current input to said active layer region; calculating a difference between the average value of the multipulse modulation currents and a bias current input to the active layer region; and applying a first compensation current to the phase adjustment region when the multipulse modulation current is input to the active layer region, and applying a second compensation current corresponding to the difference to the phase adjustment region when the bias current is input to the active layer region.