A compensating device includes at least one detector configured to detect intensity variation of the optical signal, at least one filter configured to extract a band where most of the optical phase distortion is generated from a component of the intensity variation of the optical signal, a control circuit configured to generate, based on the extraction with the at least one filter, a compensation signal exhibiting temporal intensity variation of the input optical signal, at least one compensation signal light source configured to output, based on the compensation signal of a controller, a compensation signal light exhibiting intensity variation in opposite phase to the temporal intensity variation of the input optical signal and having a different wavelength from a wavelength of the optical signal and an optical multiplexer configured to output to a transmission path a signal light formed by combining the optical signal and the compensation signal light.