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A number of three-port single-mode fiber couplers are used in the fabrication of a ladder coupler with 16 output ports. The three-port couplers each have an excess loss of 0.2 dB along with a splice loss of 0.1 dB at the interconnection of each stage. Determine the excess loss.

a.

1.9 dB

b.

1.4 dB

c.

0.9 dB

d.

1.1 dB

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Answer: (d).1.1 dB

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