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Honer et al., 2005 - Google Patents

High-Speed Multimode-Fiber Variable Optical Attenuator

Honer et al., 2005

Document ID
8735679688428964306
Author
Honer K
Godil A
Publication year
Publication venue
National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

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There has been recent interest in high speed variable optical attenuators (VOAs) that can work with multimode fiber. The applications for such VOAs include laser range-finding systems, instrumentation and telecommunication links using free-space optics (FSO). In the …
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