In order to prevent a spectrum of a wavelength channel from becoming
narrower, a device according to the present invention includes a light
dividing section capable of dividing a wavelength spectrum in an input
light beam and outputting a plurality of divided light beams, which are
spatially separated and have wavelength spectrum portions different from
each other, and a wavelength-to-special-position-converter capable of
spatially multiplexing the wavelength spectrum portions of the plurality
of divided light beams from the light dividing section.