The present invention relates to a wavelength-division multiplexed passive
optical network. In particular, it relates to a technology for minimizing
the optical loss at a wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical
network based on wavelength-locked light source Thereby it improves the
transmission quality and increases the transmission distance.A 4-port
optical path setting device of the present invention increases the amount
of light injected into an optical transmitter and thereby improves the
wavelength-locking characteristic of a light source. In addition, it can
decrease the optical transmission loss in an optical transmission path,
and by an optical amplifier being inserted therein; it can also
compensate the optical loss in an optical transmission path.In the
present invention, a 4-port optical path setting device having the
characteristics described above and a method for fault recovery without
an additional optical loss are presented.