In a dispersion slope compensator of the invention, angular dispersion of
a WDM light in which the angular dispersion is already performed in a
first direction (Y-axis) with a VIPA plate is performed in a second
direction (X'-axis) perpendicular to the first direction with a
diffraction grating, and the WDM light is reflected from a
three-dimensional mirror and returned to the VIPA plate side. At this
point, the three-dimensional mirror is mounted on a rotating stage while
placed on a linear-moving stage, which moves the three-dimensional mirror
in parallel in the second direction. Thereby, the rotating stage can
adjust an angle of a reflection plane of the three-dimensional mirror
with respect to an optical axis of the light focused with a lens, which
allows optical axis shift of the reflected light to be corrected in the
three-dimensional mirror according to setting of a chromatic dispersion
compensation amount. Accordingly, chromatic dispersion compensation and
dispersion slope compensation can be realized over a wide signal band.