Passive PLC Splitter Overview

Fiber optic PLC splitter (Planar Lightwave Circuit) adopts technology of integrated optics with splittering chip and lithography to make lightwave circuit on Si based Silicon block or glass block, to distribute or combine optical signals. It is widely used in FTTH, CATV, GPON, Test equipments. PLC splitter provides a low cost light distribution solution with small form factor and high reliability.

PLC Splitter contain no electronics and use no power

It is the network element that put in passive optical network and are available in a variety of split ratios, including 1:8, 1:16, and 1:32. Passive Optical Network (PON) splitters play an important role in Fiber to the Home (FTTH) networks by allowing a single PON network interface to be shared among many subscribers.

Feature:
-Lower polarization loss
-Lower insertion loss
-Higher directivity
-Higher stability and reliability
-Smaller in size

Application:
-Telecommunication Networks
-Fiber optic CATV
-Testing Equipment
-Local area Networks
-FTTX
-EPON
-Optical Signal Distribution

PLC splitters based on planar lightwave circuit technology and precision aligning process can divide a single/dual optical input(s) into multiple optical outputs uniformly, and offer superior optical performance, high stability and high reliability to meet various application requirements.

PLC Splitters are installed in each optical network between the PON Optical Line Terminal (OLT) and the Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) that the OLT serves. Networks implementing BPON, GPON, EPON, 10G EPON, and 10G GPON technologies all use these simple optical splitters. In place of an optical splitter, a WDM PON network will use an Arrayed WaveGuide (AWG).

PLC splitters include 1XN to 64 and 2XN to 64 types, they are with a wide range of working wavelength from 1260nm to 1620nm. Sourcing all types of PLC splitters on en.OFweek.

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