It is an optical fiber tandem device with many input and output terminals, especially applicable to a passive optical network (EPON, GPON, BPON, FTTX, FTTH etc. A “splitter” is a power splitter. A splitter is not a filter like a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM). Rarely, there can be two inputs to provide potential redundancy of route. Light power goes in and light power coming out. A fiber optic splitter is a passive optical component that divides a single incoming optical signal into two or more outgoing signals, or combines multiple incoming signals into one. This capability forms the foundation of point to multipoint network design, which is widely used in FTTH and campus fiber deployments. The fiber optic. Optical splitters and couplers split or combine light—distributing signals injected into a single fiber strand to multiple fibers, enabling point to multi-point communication in Fiber To The Home (FTTH) networks based on ITU. T PON standards such as GPON, XGS-PON and new 25 and 50G standards. No power needed, just precision waveguides or fused fiber structures.
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