Passive Optical Splitters are the components that split the fiber and its signal. These are completely passive networking components, meaning they require no power, no climate control, and no maintenance whatsoever.
A signal from the Aggregation Switch is sent along a run of fiber. When it reaches a Passive Optical Splitter, mirrors and glass in the component split the light into two, or three, or more fiber strands.
The splitter uses the optical power of the incoming signal to equally divide the light between multiple output fibers. The splitter is used in many applications, such as connecting multiple optical receivers, distributing signal to multiple locations, or connecting a single transmitter to multiple receivers.
Fiber optics have revolutionized the telecommunications industry in the past few decades. Optical splitter has played an important role in passive optical networks (like EPON, GPON, BPON, FTTX, FTTH, etc. – types of PONs) by allowing a single PON interface to be shared among many subscribers.
Understanding Fiber Optic Splitters
Passive optical splitters are a cost-effective and reliable solution for many fiberoptic applications. Fiber optic splitter, also referred to as optical splitter, fiber splitter or beam splitter, is an integrated waveguide (they provide wide bandwidth and ensure the least amount of loss in a high-frequency application) optical power distribution device that can split an incident light beam into two or more light beams, and vice versa, containing multiple input and output ends.
Optical fibers represent a special kind of optical waveguide. A waveguide is a material structure that guides light, i.e., lets it propagate while preventing its expansion in one or two dimensions. Fibers are waveguides that guide in two dimensions and can effectively be used as flexible pipes for light.
