A delay-line demodulator for demodulating a differential quadrature phase
shift keying (DQPSK) signal is provided. The demodulator includes two
Mach-Zehnder interferometers individually comprising two waveguides
having different lengths therebetween and through which a light signal
branched from the DQPSK signal propagates, respectively. A phase of the
light signal propagating at one of the waveguides is delayed as compared
to a phase of the light signal propagating at another one of the
waveguides, wherein a divergence amount of polarization is adjusted by
driving sets of heaters that are facing each other and sandwiching a half
wavelength plate therebetween.