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The development of fiber optic splitters has made it possible for users to maximise the efficiency of optical network circuits in today’s optical network topologies.
A fibre optic splitter, also known as an optical splitter, fiber splitter, or beam splitter, is an integrated waveguide optical power distribution device with numerous input and output ends that can divide an incident light beam into two or more light beams and vice versa.
In passive optical networks (like EPON, GPON, BPON, FTTX, FTTH, etc.), optical splitters are crucial because they enable multiple users to share a single PON interface.
In general, the light energy cannot be completely concentrated in the fiber center when a light signal travels through a single mode fiber. The cladding of the fiber will disperse a tiny amount of energy.
In other words, if two fibers are sufficiently near to one another, transmitting light from one optical fiber can enter the other. As a result, the optical signal reallocation method can be implemented in multiple fibers, giving rise to the fiber splitter.
The Global Optical splitter market accounted for $XX Billion in 2023 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2024 to 2030.
At the FTTH Conference , Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. unveiled what it calls the industry’s first clever optical splitter for passive optical networks (PON). According to the manufacturer, operators using this novel optical splitter can automatically detect and produce topological maps of optical distribution networks (ODN) for fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks.
According to Huawei, the widespread installation of FTTH networks makes it difficult for operators to handle massive amounts of optical fibers. Operators had to manually report the network topology during the building phase, which was a time-consuming and labor-intensive process that wasn’t always accurate, which had an impact on operations and maintenance. (O&M).
Additionally, during the operational phase, the optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR)-based fault finding process detects faults based on the signal intervals returning from various branches, but this method fails when optical fiber branches have the same length, necessitating occasionally the dispatch of engineers to homes for reverse fault diagnosis.
As a result, client satisfaction suffers because it takes longer to identify and fix errors.
