US Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army

International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation

Wanda S Hutchison

Anne B Bussard

Clyde E Lance

A multiple fiber linear array comprising a pair of spaced apart plate members separated by spacers having a diameter no greater than the diameter of the largest fiber in the array and defining a passageway in which the fibers are inserted such that the fibers terminate adjacent one end of the passageway and are parallel and contiguous throughout a substantial portion of their length in the passageway.

Multiple fiber linear array and method of making same

A device in a fiber optic system for variably attenuating the signal between optical fibers consisting of two fixedly mounted optical fibers and a moveably mounted reflective surface disposed therebetween. Light emitted from the face of the first fiber strikes the reflective surface and is redirected toward the collecting face of the second fiber. That amount of redirected light which will fall incident upon the face of the second fiber, within a predetermined angle to the optical axis of the second fiber will be transmitted through the fiber and be measured by a light detector. By moving the reflective surface calibrated amounts with respect to the faces of the fixed fibers, the amount of light incident on the face of the second fiber, and thereby transmitted, can be varied, measured and controlled.

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Salem, VA, United States of America

Wanda S Hutchison