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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2008
James D. Franklin, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Luis Kil, Torrance, CA (US);
James D. Franklin, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Luis Kil, Torrance, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for handling an optical signal includes: an optical transmitting unit transmitting the optical signal from an input locus to an output locus. The optical transmitting unit includes a plurality of optical transmitting sections. Each respective optical transmitting section of the plurality of optical transmitting sections has a respective length and a respective attenuation gradient to establish a respective length-and-attenuation gradient configuration. Each respective optical transmitting section effects attenuation of the optical signal according to its respective length-and-attenuation gradient configuration.