Integrated fiber tap monitors with variable optical attenuators where light from an input fiber is reflected to the output fiber and a tap is generated from measuring transmission at the reflection.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional application Ser. No. 10/726,026 filed Dec. 1, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,346,240, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/439,077 filed Jan. 8, 2003, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.