attenuator

attenuator definition - telecom
A passive optical component used to intentionally decrease the level of optical power propagating in an optical fiber.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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