Patent ID: 7324731

Claim:
A fiber optic communications system, comprising: a transmitter operable to transmit an optical signal; at least one receiver operable to receive an optical signal; and a fiber optic splitter assembly including a concave optical reflector and a fiber optic bundle, the fiber optic bundle including a first optic fiber coupled to the transmitter and a plurality of second optic fibers proximate to the first optic fiber and coupled to at least one receiver, wherein respective terminal ends of the first optic fiber and the plurality of second optic fibers are spaced apart from the concave optical reflector, the concave optical reflector being operable to receive optical signals from the first optical fiber and to reflect the optical signals towards the plurality of second optic fibers, wherein a first portion of the plurality of second optic fibers have an attenuator coupled to each of their respective terminal ends and a second portion of the plurality of second optic fibers remain non-attenuated at their respective terminal ends.