The invention relates to an adjustable
optical attenuator (VOA) in the field of photo-communication, which adopts a three-layer structure, wherein the first layer is a cover plate (8), and a liquid injecting hole (9) which corresponds to a
small hole (3) of a gas-liquid chamber (2) is remained on the cover plate; the second layer is a
waveguide layer (4) which comprises an emergent
optical fiber collimator (6), a
square waveguide (1), an electromagnetic driving device (11), a receiving
optical fiber collimator (5) and a wire receiving hole (12); the third layer is a flat-plate base (20); a narrow gas-liquid chamber (2) which is along the
diagonal direction of the
square waveguide is arranged on the
square waveguide (1), the upper end of the gas-liquid chamber is sealed, the
small hole (3) is remained on the gas-liquid chamber, the lower end of the gas-liquid chamber is connected with the electromagnetic driving device (11) in a sealing way by a
pipe (10), and one side of the square
waveguide (1) is coated with a
black light absorbing material (7); the cover plate, the
waveguide layer and the base are connected with one another in the manner of auxiliary bonding by plasmas; and the
light intensity coupling efficiency between the
optical fiber collimators can be controlled by adjusting the height of index-matching fluid in the gas-liquid chamber (2), so that the optical controllable attenuation adjustment can be realized.