Patent ID: 9608720
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G02B,H04B

Claim:
1. An optical splitter assembly comprising: a splitter housing; a passive optical power splitter positioned within the splitter housing; and a plurality of splitter output pigtails that extend outwardly from the splitter housing, each one of the plurality of splitter output pigtails including an optical fiber structure having a first end optically coupled to the passive optical power splitter and a second end spliced inside a fiber optic connector to a fiber stub supported within a ferrule of the fiber optic connector, each one of the fiber stubs of the plurality of splitter output pigtails having a different fiber cut-off wavelength as compared to the other fiber stubs such that each one of the plurality of splitter output pigtails have a unique test characteristic and are individually identified during optical network testing.