Optical-to-optical transceiver and methods of making and using the same

Abstract

An optical-to-optical (O2O) signal path, O2O and hybrid transceivers including the same, a network system or device including one or more of the transceivers, and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The O2O signal path generally includes first and second ports and an optical amplifier configured to receive an optical signal from a host or a network through the first port and provide an amplified optical signal for the other of the host and the network through the second port. In some examples, the O2O signal path further includes one or more optical isolators and/or clock and data recovery functions. The optical signals in the O2O signal path are processed entirely in the optical domain. The transceiver includes the O2O signal path and may include an optoelectronic signal path, a pass-through connector, or a second O2O signal path.