Attenuation devices

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H04J 14/02 (2006.01) G02B 6/26 (2006.01) G02F 1/01 (2006.01) H04B 10/18 (2006.01) G02B 6/34 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2412040

In one embodiment of the invention, an optical attenuation device has an input/output 6 on which a multiplexed optical input stream is received. A multiplexer/de- multiplexer (MUX/DEMUX) 2 separates the received stream into individual optical signals on individual channels and has an output/return path 12 from the MUX/DEMUX 2 for each of the channels. Reflector means 4 in each output/return path 12 reflects all or a proportion of the optical signal on the respective channel back along the output/return path 12 to the MUX/DEMUX 2. At the MUX/DEMUX, the optical signals are combined into a multiplexed stream which is output on the input/output 6. In an alternative embodiment, the device has first and second MUX/DEMUX 2, 20, an output path 12 from the first MUX/DEMUX 2, attenuation means 40 at the end of each output path l2 and return paths 120 from the attenuation means 40 to the second MUX/DEMUX 20. The attenuation means attenuates the optical signals on the respective channels, and the attenuated signals are combined into a multiplexed stream at the second MUX/DEMUX 20. Both embodiments achieve attenuation of multiplexed optical streams by attenuating the component optical signals of the stream in parallel.

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