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Fibre length, overall signal attenuation for an optical link, coupling loss exam, what are these?

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Non-medical: These are terms out of fiber optic technology relating to the signal loss related to length of the fiber, loss jumping the gap between two fibers juxtaposed and loss from characteristics of the optical fiber.

Answered 7/20/2014

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