beamsplitter

beamsplitter definition - telecom
Also known as a splitter. In a fiber optic transmission system (FOTS), a passive device that divides an optical signal into two or more signals. See also FOTS, passive, and splitter.

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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