All-Fiber Variable Optical Attenuator for High-Power Applications

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E86-C, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 709-713

  Jeong, Yunsong ^a   Shin, Woojin ^a   Jeong, Hoon ^a   Oh, Kyunghwan ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fused fiber coupler; High power application; Monitoring tap; Variable optical attenuator; VOA

Indexed keywords

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FUSED SILICA; MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OPTICAL ATTENUATORS;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 0141972398     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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