OPTICAL WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXER/DEMULTIPLEXER

A broadband optical wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer is provided that can satisfy a transmission band required for a high-speed modulation scheme without an increase in channel interval. Two waveguides are arranged such that, in a case where a connection position where one of the two waveguides is connected to a first slab waveguide is set closer to the other waveguide by a channel frequency interval Δf, a central position between the two waveguides aligns with a central position on a connection end surface of the first slab waveguide, and two waveguide groups of an output waveguide are arranged such that a central position between the two waveguide groups aligns with a central position of a second slab waveguide, and an interval between a connection position where the other waveguide is connected to the first slab waveguide and the central position on the connection end surface of the first slab waveguide is set equal to an interval between a connection position where the waveguide groups are connected to the second slab waveguide and a central position on a connection end surface of the second slab waveguide, and an interval between adjacent waveguides in each of the two waveguide groups is set double the channel frequency interval.