Mode scrambler
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In telecommunications, a mode scrambler or mode mixer is a device for inducing mode coupling in an optical fiber. Mode scramblers are used to provide a modal distribution that is independent of the optical source, for purposes of laboratory or field measurements or tests.
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This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. (in support of MIL-STD-188).