24.7.2020 | Attenuation
The loss of optical power, whether caused intrinsically (absorption, scattering and microbends), or by extrinsic components such as connectors, splices, splitters and other optical components. External stresses such as microbends and macrobends result in fiber attenuation. The term can also be used synonymously with attenuation coefficient, which is expressed in dB/km.
