In case you missed our August webinar on the topic of fiber optics, you can sign up to view the archived version here. The webinar is available free, on-demand for one year.

Our presenter, Bennett Liles, was able to answer most of the audience questions during the Q&A following the presentation, but we ran out of time before getting to one last question. The question was, "What is the best way to split an optical single-mode broadband RF signal to several destinations?"

Following the presentation, Bennett emailed me this response:

The best way to split optical signals is to use an optical distribution amplifier or an OEO optical router. Optical distribution amplifiers can input a signal on one wavelength and output it on another wavelength (wavelength remapping) and replicate the signal up to eight times. Such devices can also be configured with single-mode inputs and multimode outputs, or vice versa.

If you have any other questions for Bennett, please post them here and we'll do our best to follow up.

Thanks!