PLC Splitter for FTTH Network

Optical splitter is one of the important FTTH optical devices, which plays an important role in

passive optical networks (PON). The optical splitter is usually installed between the OLT

(Optical line terminal) of the PON and the ONT (Optical network terminal). The fiber optical

splitter is mainly used to split the light in to numerous parts ,allowing a single PON interface

to be shared among many subscribers. It splits the fiber optic light to some ratio and it is

most important in the networks of PON FTTX.

The main function of the optical splitter is to achieve the splitting of the optical signal.

According to the principle of splitting, the optical splitter can be divided into two types: FBT

optical splitter and Planar Waveguide (PLC type). Except for the manufacturing process and

parameters, the big difference of the FBT splitter and PLC splitter is that the FBT optical

splitter can get the unequal light splitting ratio by controlling the torsion Angle and

stretching length of the optical fiber. As for the PLC optical splitter, the signal can be

assigned to users averagely.

In applications where the volume and wavelength of light are not very sensitive, especially in

the case of less splitting (such as 1×2, 1×4, etc.), the choice of FBT optical splitter is more

affordable; PLC splitter is widely used in FTTH network, which is suitable for different

transmission wavelength, spectral uniformity, and for multiplex splitting(such as 1×16, 1×32,

1×64, etc.).

The most common optical splitters deployed in a PON system is a uniform power splitter

with a M:N splitting ratio, where M is the input ports and N is the number of output ports. In

FTTx system, M can be 1 or 2, and N can be 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc. The PON splitting may

be achieved by centralized splitting(one-level) or by cascaded splittings (two-level or more).

The centralized splitting mode means that the optical splitters are distributed in the optical

fiber distribution box, and the single optical fiber is directly connected to the OLT of the

central office, and the other end is connected to multiple ONTs of the user end through

multiple optical fibers. A centralized approach typically uses a 1x32 or 1×64 splitter located

in a fiber distribution hub (FDH).

The cascaded splitting mode means that two sets of optical splitters are connected between

the OLT and the ONU by cascading. This splitting method has two splitting levels: a first

splitting level and a secondary splitting level. The first-level splitting point is usually located

near the central office. 1×4 splitter residing is mostly used. The secondary splitting level is

generally installed at the user end (such as inside the corridor). Each of the four fibers leaving

this lever 1 splitter is routed to an access terminal that houses a 1x8 level 2 splitter.

With the large-scale construction of FTTH, the market demand for PLC optical splitter as the

core component of FTTH continues to grow. It has the advantages of large bandwidth, good

stability, good uniformity and compact structure.

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