A variable optical attenuator with tunable wavelength selectivity includes at
least
two reflectors disposed parallel to each other at a predetermined angle from an
optic axis and driving units connected to said at least two reflectors for allowing
the reflectors to move back and forth in a direction perpendicular or parallel
to the optic axis or to revolve centering on an axis perpendicular or parallel
to the optic axis. Since the variable optical attenuator of the present invention
serves as a variable optical attenuator and, at the same time, as a tunable wavelength
filter, problems of insertion loss and optical alignment that might be caused by
separately installing a variable optical attenuator and a wavelength filter can
be effectively prevented. Moreover, by implementing the variable optical attenuator
and the tunable wavelength filter by using a single device, the size of a system
using the optical attenuator can be reduced.