What is fiber optic PLC splitter?

A fiber optic splitter is a passive optical device that can split or separate an incident light beam into two or more light beams. These beams may or may not have the same optical power as the original beam, based on the configuration of the splitter.

How does FTTH splitter work?

A fiber-optic splitter, also known as a beam splitter, is based on a quartz substrate of an integrated waveguide optical power distribution device, similar to a coaxial cable transmission system. The optical network system uses an optical signal coupled to the branch distribution.

What is PLC splitter used for?

PLC splitter, also called Planar Waveguide Circuit splitter, is a device used to divide one or two light beams to multiple light beams uniformly or combine multiple light beams to one or two light beams.

Can you split a fiber line?

A single fiber can be split into many branches to support multiple end users. The strain on the fiber backbone can be greatly decreased through the application. To sum up, fiber optic splitter provides a solution for improving the efficiency of optical infrastructures.

How a 1×8 optical splitter is fabricated?

An integrated optical 1×8 power splitter has been designed and fabricated using large cross-section single-mode rib waveguides (input/output) in SOI substrate. The fabricated devices have been characterized in terms of excess loss, insertion loss and uniformity in transmitted powers at each of the output ports.

What is typical optical loss for 1×8 splitter?

Optical insertion loss