| 摘要 |
A variable optical attenuator with a first optical fiber has a mirror reflecting a light beam emitted from the end face of the first fiber; a second optical fiber arranged parallel to the first fiber, on which second fiber the emitted light beam reflected by the mirror is incident; and a position adjustment unit for adjusting the distance between the mirror and the end face of the first fiber. The structure includes a beam-converging lens between the end face and the mirror for converging the light beam emitted from the end face onto the mirror. The position adjustment unit includes a cylinder housing the mirror and having screws on the outer diameter portion thereof; and a box-shaped member housing the first fiber and the second fiber and having screws with which the cylinder is fitted onto the inner diameter portion. The distance between the mirror and the first fiber is adjustable by rotating the cylinder. An optical signal source for wavelength-multiplexed optical transmission systems includes multiple optical signal sources emitting light beams having different wavelengths; multiple variable optical attenuators arranged before multiple optical signal sources; and a photo-coupler composing light beams from the variable optical attenuators.
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