Fiber Optic Couplers, Switches and Isolators reviews the broad family of coupler products and technologies. Learn how optical components can split, tap, direct, multiplex, demultiplex and guide light. In the transparent optical networks of the future, couplers, switches and isolators are the components that will allow for true optical flexibility.

Topics:

• What are fiber optic couplers, switches and isolators
• How do they work
• Applications

• Couplers
• Splitters
• Wavelength division multiplexers
• Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
• Bi-directional couplers
• Star couplers
• Switches
• Applications
• Types
• Loss issues
• Methods
• Issues
• Isolators
• Applications
• Functions