• DocumentCode
    712430
  • Title

    Field reliability of silica-based PLC splitter for FTTH

  • Author

    Aratake, Atsushi

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Device Innovation Center, NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Silica-based planar lightwave circuits (PLCs) are widely used as the key components in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) systems because of their various advantages. This paper reviews the reliability of the PLC-type 8-branch optical splitter for outdoor plant.
  • Keywords
    optical beam splitters; optical fibre subscriber loops; reliability; FTTH; PLC-type 8-branch optical splitter; fiber-to-the-home systems; field reliability; silica-based PLC splitter; silica-based planar lightwave circuits; Humidity; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical waveguides; Passive optical networks; Reliability; Vibrations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7121781