A PMD emulator configured by connecting in this order: an input-side
optical fiber 71 for receiving light to be measured; a first polarization
rotating portion 73 including M DGD sections 76 (M is an integer equal to
or more than 2) concatenated by (M-1) polarization rotators 80, one DGD
section being arranged at each end of said first polarization rotating
portion; an arbitrary-arbitrary polarization controller 75 for changing
any state of polarization into any other state of polarization, a second
PMD rotating portion 74 configured in the same way as the first
polarization rotating portion 73 an output-side optical fiber for
outputting the light to be measured.