Patent ID: 6606430
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: G02B,H04B

Abstract:
A fiber optic network, comprising:a central station including a first optical transceiver for transmitting analog and digital signals along an optical fiber at first and second wavelengths of light, respectively, and for receiving digital optical signals in burst mode from said fiber at a third wavelength of light; an optical networking unit coupled to an optical fiber including a second optical transceiver for transmitting digital optical signals to said central station in burst mode at said third wavelength of light and optical means for resolving the analog and digital signals from the central station, said optical means comprising optical components mounted via a radiation curable adhesive on a substrate at least a portion of which is transparent to the radiation; and a passive optical network node, coupled to plural optical fibers and configured between said central station and said optical networking unit, for directing said wavelengths of light between said central station and said optical networking unit.