Optical Test Sets
Customer-defined optical test sets built, integrated and tested to a specification, combining Bola instruments with third-party optical components. Targeted at manufacturing transceiver test in O-band, C-band and 850 nm.
Technical overview
Each set is configured rather than catalogued: the manufacturer combines its own fiber optic switches, tunable and fixed lasers, dynamic optical filter arrays with OCMs, variable optical attenuators and optical power meters with non-Bola elements such as ASE sources, optical amplifiers, polarization controllers, tunable filters and mux/demux. The four published capability areas are Sources (tunable, fixed, ASE), Routing (switching, mux/demux), Conditioning (filtering, amplification, attenuation, polarization, mux/demux) and Measuring (OSNR, optical power, eye diagram, BER). Control can be manual front panel, GPIB, USB or custom, and housings, fiber type and connectors are customer-specified. Available in rack mount or bench top.
Features
- Integrated, tested and delivered to your requirements
- Full range of high-quality components
- Configurable to meet your unique needs
- Ideal for manufacturing test
- Ideal for O-band Transceiver test (CWDM4, CLR4, LR4, ER4, LR8, ERP)
- Ideal for C-band Transceiver OSNR Control for BERT, Eye Diagram, and other tests
- Increased performance
- High reliability
- Easily scalable
- Small size
Specifications
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Sources (capability) | Tunable, Fixed, ASE |
| Routing (capability) | Switching, Mux/DeMux |
| Conditioning (capability) | Filtering, Amplification, Attenuation, Polarization, Mux/DeMux |
| Measuring (capability) | OSNR, Optical Power, Eye Diagram, BER |
| Bola components available | Tunable and Fixed Lasers; Fiber Optic Switches; Dynamic Optical Filter Arrays with OCMs; Variable Optical Attenuators; Optical Power Meters |
| Non-Bola components available | ASE Sources; Optical Amplifiers; Polarization Controllers; Tunable Filters; Mux/DeMux |
| Control Interface | Manual front-panel, GPIB, USB or custom |
| Mechanical | Rack mount or bench top |
Applications
- Manufacturing transceiver test
- O-band transceiver test (CWDM4, CLR4, LR4, ER4, LR8, ERP)
- C-band transceiver OSNR control for BERT, eye diagram and other tests
- 850 nm transceiver test
- Replacement for home-built test platforms
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