Measurement

Instruments that measure the modal launch condition of a multimode source and test cord, expressed as Encircled Flux, so that loss measurements comply with IEC 61280-4-1, TIA-526-14-A and related standards.

Interferometers that inspect and quantitatively measure the surface quality, flatness and end angle of cleaved or polished fiber end faces in 2D and 3D.

Automated glass geometry systems that measure core and cladding diameter, non-circularity and concentricity of single fibers, and the core positions and pitch of fiber array units and MT ferrules.

S2-technique instrumentation that resolves the individual guided modes of few-mode and hollow core fiber and reports their differential group delay and multipath interference.

Refracted near-field profilers that recover the full 2D refractive index distribution across a fiber end face for design and process verification.

Camera-based aligners that set the rotational orientation of structured fibers such as hollow core, multi-core and PM fiber before splicing.

Multi-channel optical power meters for single mode and multimode fiber.

Parallel insertion loss, return loss and polarization dependent loss test platforms up to 48 channels.

Read-out hardware for FiberStrike FBG sensor networks: a rugged portable field interrogator and a rack-mount relay interface controller for optical switch networks.

Chromatic dispersion measurement for fiber and cable manufacturing. The brief's 'CD Test' family maps to the CD500, which the manufacturer groups under its 'CD, SPL and PMD Systems' category.

Polarisation mode dispersion measurement by scanning interferometry and dual-scan fixed analyser. The dedicated instrument is the PMD500; the CD500 can also be ordered with a PMD option.

Measurement of fiber physical dimensions - core, cladding and coating diameter, non-circularity and eccentricity - with NPL-traceable calibration.

Fiber curl measurement using a self-referencing dual-beam laser method, offered as a production QA tool.

Measurement of fiber loss against wavelength. The dedicated instrument is the SA500; the WS500 workstation and options on the OTDR600 and CD500 also produce spectral attenuation results.

Far-field scanning measurement of mode field diameter and effective area. The dedicated instrument is the MA500; the WS500 workstation also measures MFD and Aeff.

Simultaneous fiber elongation and attenuation measurement while a cable is under mechanical stress. The dedicated instrument is the SPL500; the CD500 and OTDR600 can also be ordered with strain options.

Optical time domain reflectometry for attenuation and length measurement on production fiber spools, built for factory and laboratory rather than field use.

Optical frequency noise analysis of laser sources as a power spectral density, separating 1/f noise from white noise and deriving Lorentzian linewidth. Matches the client brief family 'Noise Analyzer'; SYCATUS calls the product line 'Optical Noise Analyzer'.

Relative intensity noise measurement of laser diodes over wide bandwidth and wavelength range. Matches the client brief family 'RIN Analyzer'; SYCATUS calls the product line 'RIN Measurement System'.

Delayed self-heterodyne measurement of laser diode linewidth. Matches the client brief family 'LW (Linewidth) Analyzer'; SYCATUS calls the product line 'Laser Linewidth Measurement System'.

Real-time, oscilloscope-like observation of the optical frequency modulation waveform of FMCW LiDAR lasers. Not named in the client brief; found on the SYCATUS products page and included for completeness.