Lightwave articles from March 2005

Lightwave archives from March 2005

M&A divorce rate is on the rise.(Industry)
March 1, 2005... The mergers and acquisitions (M&A) scene recently has been more remarkable for the deals that have crumbled than those that have been consummated. Component companies Infineon Technologies and Finisar, for example, announced an acquisition...

Compact CWDM devices offer performance, economic advantages.(crossband wave division multiplex)
March 1, 2005... CWDM systems are considered a low-cost alternative to DWDM systems. They take advantage of low-cost, uncooled distributed feedback (DFB) lasers and less stringent wavelength multiplexing and demultiplexing components. Individual CWDM...

Commissioning Ethernet for voice over IP deployment.(voice over Internet protocol)
March 1, 2005... As Ethernet services grow in popularity with enterprises, the rapid deployment of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) is a top priority for many service providers. And when customers switch from private voice lines to VoIP, their expectations...

Molex.(about the fiber cables)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Molex (Lisle, IL) added copper and fiber cables to its structured cabling systems in the U.S. market. The fiber cable is available in several performance grades, including OM1, OM2, OM3, and OS1 variants. Molex has sold its own cable throughout...

Cox Communications (Atlanta) adopted the Fujitsu Flexible Architecture for Subscriber Service Termination (FASST) strategy.(North America)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... COX Communications (Atlanta) adopted the Fujitsu Flexible Architecture for Subscriber Service Termination (FASST) strategy. Cox has completed deployment of Atrica's (Santa Clara, CA) optical Ethernet products, a key component of the FASST...

Infinera (Sunnyvale, CA), provider of digital optical-networking systems, announced that freenet (Hamburg, Germany) is operating a nationwide network of Infinera DTNs.(data transmission network )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Infinera (Sunnyvale, CA), provider of digital optical-networking systems, announced that freenet (Hamburg, Germany) is operating a nationwide network of Infinera DTNs. This network serves as the backbone of freenet's IP service offerings. The...

Calient Networks (San Jose, CA) announced that its DiamondWave photonic-switching and GMPLS network-control systems have been deployed in the UltraLight 10 Gigabit Grid network.(generalized multi-protocol label switching )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Calient Networks (San Jose, CA) announced that its DiamondWave photonic-switching and GMPLS network-control systems have been deployed in the UltraLight 10 Gigabit Grid network. The network is operated by a consortium of U.S. universities, with...

Infonet Services (Oakbrook Terrace, IL), provider of global communications services for multinationals, chose Acterna's (Germantown, MD) ANT-5 SDH access tester and the FST-2510A TestPad.(North America)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Infonet Services (Oakbrook Terrace, IL), provider of global communications services for multinationals, chose Acterna's (Germantown, MD) ANT-5 SDH access tester and the FST-2510A TestPad, a DS-1 to OC-192/STM-64 tester, to support the delivery...

Verrillon (North Grafton, MA) acquired certain business assets of the 3M (St. Paul, MN) specialty fiber product line, including equipment and exclusive access to certain intellectual property.(Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Verrillon (North Grafton, MA) acquired certain business assets of the 3M (St. Paul, MN) specialty fiber product line, including equipment and exclusive access to certain intellectual property. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The...

Polaris Networks (San Jose, CA), provider of next generation cross-connects, entered a three-year agreement with McLeodUSA (Cedar Rapids, IA).(North America)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Polaris Networks (San Jose, CA), provider of next generation cross-connects, entered a three-year agreement with McLeodUSA (Cedar Rapids, IA), one of the nation's larger independent competitive telecom services providers, for the purchase of...

Cegetel (Paris), the French alternative telecom carrier, will deploy Ciena's (Linthicum, MD) CoreStream Agility for increased capacity and flexibility in its core network.(Europe)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Cegetel (Paris), the French alternative telecom carrier, will deploy Ciena's (Linthicum, MD) CoreStream Agility for increased capacity and flexibility in its core network to support the adoption of high-capacity services at the network edge.

T-Com, the broadband/fixed-network business field of Deutsche Telekom (Munich), signed a three-year framework contract with Siemens Communications (Munich) for optical transmission technology for use in its WAN.(Europe)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... T-Com, the broadband/fixed-network business field of Deutsche Telekom (Munich), signed a three-year framework contract with Siemens Communications (Munich) for optical transmission technology for use in its WAN. This technology, incorporated...

Norrsken, a regional operator in Sweden, selected Transmode Systems (Stockholm) and Lidendata (Enkoping, Sweden) to upgrade its backbone network using WDM to support Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) services.(Europe)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Norrsken, a regional operator in Sweden, selected Transmode Systems (Stockholm) and Lidendata (Enkoping, Sweden) to upgrade its backbone network using WDM to support Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) services. Lidendata and Norrsken installed Transmode's...

OFS (Avon, CT) licensed its air-clad microstructured fiber patents and its broad family of fundamental optical-fiber grating manufacturing patents to NKT subsidiary Koheras A/S (Birkerod, Denmark).(NKT Holding A/S)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... OFS (Avon, CT) licensed its air-clad microstructured fiber patents and its broad family of fundamental optical-fiber grating manufacturing patents to NKT subsidiary Koheras A/S (Birkerod, Denmark). Microstructured fibers are being used to...

Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, CA) formed Agilent Technologies China Holding Co., based in Shanghai, to consolidate its entities in China.(Asia)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, CA) formed Agilent Technologies China Holding Co., based in Shanghai, to consolidate its entities in China. Agilent's businesses in China employ 1,100 people and are centered in Beijing and Shanghai, with other...

LG Electronics (Seoul, Korea) and Nortel Networks (Brampton, Ontario) will establish a joint venture for providing telecom equipment and networking solutions to Korea and other markets globally.(Asia)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... LG Electronics (Seoul, Korea) and Nortel Networks (Brampton, Ontario) will establish a joint venture for providing telecom equipment and networking solutions to Korea and other markets globally. Nortel expects the proposed joint venture will...

After the bickering reported last month, Finisar (Sunnyvale, CA) and Infineon Technologies (Munich) amended their acquisition agreement.(Hotpick)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... After the bickering reported last month, Finisar (Sunnyvale, CA) and Infineon Technologies (Munich) amended their acquisition agreement. Finisar now will acquire only Infineon's optical-transceiver business, leaving the latter with its...

Edmonton Economic Development instaled Canada's first Canon (Lake Success, NY).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Edmonton Economic Development instaled Canada's first Canon (Lake Success, NY) Canobeam DT-130 to provide gigabit connectivity via free-space optics between its newly renovated offices.

Transceiver tales.(forecast)(Editorial)
March 1, 2005... Transceivers and transponders are probably the most ubiquitous device in optical networking; after all, the fiber has to plug into something, regardless of what the box is supposed to do with the light once it receives it. Therefore, as...

Variable optical power splitters create new apps.(Focus on)
March 1, 2005... Optical power splitters based on fused-biconic-taper (FBT) and planar-lightwave-circuit (PLC) technologies have become highly developed over the last few decades. Due to the widely increasing deployment of optical MAN, fiber to the home (FTTH),...

ROADM subsystem choices abound.(Tech Trends)(reconfigurable optical-add/drop-multiplexer)
March 1, 2005... The reconfigurable optical-add/drop-multiplexer (ROADM)-subsystem market has seen a flurry of recent activity as vendors try to determine which architecture or technology best fits what application. To date, the only certainty is that there is...

Telecom infrastructure for data centers.(Standards Watch)
March 1, 2005... The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) recently approved TIA-942 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers. This standard provides requirements and guidelines for the design of data centers and their related...

Emcore betters LX4 with extended-reach EX4.(Product Profile)
March 1, 2005... Many enterprise networks feature 1-Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) multimode-fiber (MMF) links that are longer than 300 m between buildings and central offices, and that legacy fiber must be upgraded to 10-GbE to support new applications. The only way...

Metro DWDM wavelength services manager.(Systems)
March 1, 2005... The Metropolis wavelength services manager helps service providers deliver optical bandwidth directly to their customers' premises in the metro access, interoffice, and regional application spaces and increase the capacity of their...

Triple-play, VoIP packet ADM.(Systems)
March 1, 2005... The CM-100 packet ADM fuses together SONET/SDH technologies such as virtual concatenation, GFP, and LCAS, with packet technologies, including resilient packet ring, Ethernet and MPLS, for next generation data-aware services. The optical...

Multiservice core transport system.(Systems)
March 1, 2005... The Vx7 ROADM system provides an automated optical layer for SONET/SDH, Ethernet, and wavelength services in metro/regional networks that fundamentally changes the way optical networks are built and operated. It provides any-to-any wavelength...

Distortion-tolerant DWDM transponder.(Subsystems)
March 1, 2005... The widely tunable 10-Gbit/sec adaptive distortion-tolerant transponder provides a compact MSA 300-compliant high-performance DWDM interface that suits the needs of different system architectures. It is optimized for operation on optical...

Micro optical amplifier.(Subsystems)
March 1, 2005... The EOA-[micro] ultra-small credit-card-sized EDFA with full control electronics features high gain and low noise figure. It uses conventional erbium fiber as the gain medium to produce full amplification in the C- or L-band. Powerful, yet with...

All-optical 2R regenerator.(Subsystems)
March 1, 2005... The TASR-1000 all-optical signal regenerator provides transparent 2R optical-signal regeneration, all-optical wavelength conversion, and/or optical dispersion compensation in a single subsystem module. Kailight Photonics, Dallas,...

Carrier class hardware reference design.(Subsystems)
March 1, 2005... The Mx-40 hardware reference design is a complete carrier class OC48/OC-192 SONET/SDH ADM system in a 2-rack-unit design. Easily customizable for different interface cards, it incorporates ADM-on-a-chip and overhead-processor components. Along...

Multimode optical matrix switch.(Subsystems)
March 1, 2005... The 16x16 multimode optical matrix switch provides excellent reliability and optical performance using same direct beam steering technology. It is available in a 1U (1.75-inch) rack-mount tray. Polaris, Cambridge, UK, www.polatis.com ...

Extended-temperature CWDM transceiver.(Subsystems)
March 1, 2005... High-performance CWDM SFP transceiver operates over a temperature range of -40[degrees] to +85[degrees]C at a reach of 80 km for OC-48 and 120 km for Gigabit Ethernet. It enables the deployment of long-reach CWDM links in harsh environments...

10G widely tunable transponder.(Subsystems)
March 1, 2005... This 10-Gbit/sec widely tunable transponder incorporates advanced electronic distortion compensation technology to increase dispersion tolerance to >[+ or -] 2,000 psec/nm. It is designed for use in both dynamic network applications where the...

4-32-channel low-loss VOA.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The 4-32-channel low-loss VOA array features electro-optically controlled silica PLC technology, allowing operation with significantly less PDL than thermo-optically controlled PLCs. This highly miniaturized design also draws many times less...

Optical power limiter.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The passive Optical Power Limiter can be used at the input to power-sensitive equipment, at the output of high-power systems such as amplifiers, or wherever power regulation is required. It can also serve as a protection device. Under normal...

Laser driver, limiting amplifier.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The VSC7965 integrated burst-mode DFB/FP laser driver and limiting amplifier supports data rates of 125 Mbits/sec to 1.25 Gbits/sec. It is designed for use in BPON, EPON, and GPON optical-network-unit modules as well as 155- and 622-Mbit/sec...

FTTP PLC triplexer module.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The three-wavelength triplexer module for FTTP from the company's PLC transceiver platform is fully compliant with ITU G.983.3 BPON and G984.2 GPON requirements. All optical functions are performed in the PLC layer with no external filters; the...

Polarization-maintaining fiber coupler.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The PMCC polarization-maintaining fiber coupler with connectors offers high extinction ratios of 35 dB typically if the product is connected to the instruments on its own. Even at a random connection with an adapter between the products,...

High-precision SONET, GbE APDs.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The AP1050C avalanche photodiode with high-precision process control is for SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, FTTX, PON applications up to 10 Gbits/sec. It is available in bare-die form and ROSA form for 1.25- and 2.5-Gbit/sec...

Single-channel EDFA booster amplifier.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The CFA-20HS compact single-channel micro-EDFA booster amplifier comes in a half-MSA-sized package (70x45x12 mm). It uses fluoride EDF technology combined with an uncooled mini-DIL pump laser and provides high optical output of 10-16 dBm. Low...

XFP 10G serial transceiver.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The 10-Gbit/sec 1310-nm XFP serial transceiver features case temperature range from -5[degrees] to +85[degrees]C, reflecting improvement up to 10[degrees] hotter. The MSA-compliant hot Z-pluggable includes an XFI electrical interface to...

32-channel integrated PLC ROADM.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The 32-channel integrated planar-lightwave-circuit ROADM provides complete passive functionality, fast recognition switching between add and express paths, optical mux/demux, per-channel tap monitors, and VOAs. It has integrated control...

Integrated 802.3ah EPON chipsets.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The highly integrated 802.3ah EPON chipsets directly address the fundamental problems of building and operating multiservice FTTH networks. They provide single-device functionality that includes media access control, dynamic bandwidth...

10G 1310-nm FP TOSA.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The AC3430 10-Gbit/sec 1310-nm Fabry-Perot TOSA offers more than 11 GHz of bandwidth, -0.5-dBm output power, and a flex interface circuit for attachment to XFP and other transceiver PCBs. It provides excellent performance in temperatures...

SFP GbE bidirectional transceiver.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The SFP bidirectional transceiver meets the IEEE 802.3ah Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-BX10 specification for 10-km point-to-point Ethernet in the First Mile applications. It consists of an upstream SFP module (TRPBG1LXDBBSH) and a downstream SFP...

AlSiC metal matrix packing composite.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The aluminum silicon carbide (AlSiC) metal matrix packaging composite provides reliability for the housing, interconnection, and thermal management of microelectronic, optoelectronic, power electronic, and high-flux LED products. AlSiC enables...

FSAN integrated triplexer transceiver.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The FSAN integrated triplexer transceiver is for triple-play PON applications. LuminentOIC, Chatsworth, CA, www.luminentoic.com NOMINEE NO. COMP 14

Industrial CWDM GBIC transceiver.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The FTR-1621T-xx industrial-temperature CWDM GBIC for data transport systems deployed in uncontrolled temperature environments can withstand temperature extremes of -40[degrees] to +85[degrees]C. With digital diagnostics, APD receiver, and CWDM...

High-precision linear, 2D fiber arrays.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The high-precision fiber arrays come in linear and 2D form. They accommodate singlemode or multimode fiber, 250-[micro]m and larger pitch dimension. Fiber positional accuracy is Arrayed Fiberoptics, Santa Clara, CA,...

SFF tunable dispersion compensator.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The Glassic small-form-factor tunable chromatic dispersion compensator is suited for integration in 300-pin MSA transponders. As a standalone component, it provides any dispersion value ranging from--1,700 psec/nm to +1,700 psec/nm. It is...

3.125G single-chip integrated transceiver.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The SRL3101NST 3.125-Gbit/sec single-chip optical transmitter and receiver for very-short-reach applications integrate a transimpedance amplifier, limiting amplifier, and VCSEL driver onto a 2.7x2.7-mm die. It provides digital and analog...

4-channel, 10-nm polymer OADM chip.(Components)
March 1, 2005... For FTTH applications in optical access networks, the compact four-channel 10-nm polymer-based OADM chip measures just 15x2 mm. It demonstrates a crosstalk of about -30 dB and an insertion loss below 4 dB. Fraunhofer Institute for...

C+L-band tunable multiplexer.(Components)
March 1, 2005... For labs or testing applications, the tunable MICE multiplexer enables multiplexing of 16 arbitrarily spaced laser sources on the C+L band. A polarization-maintaining option is available. Kylia, Paris, www.kylia.com NOMINEE NO. COMP 20...

Discrete-mode laser diodes.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The discrete-mode laser diodes foroptical access and enterprise applications provide ease of use, optical feedback insensitivity, wide temperature operating range, and performance consistency. They come in three wavelengths--1310,1490, and 1550...

High-bandwidth transceivers, cable assemblies.(Components)
March 1, 2005... Para-Optix transceivers and interconnect cables provide flexibility in configuring optical systems and are designed to operate to 300 m with 50/125-[micro]m fiber. Transceivers are available in 16, 24, 32, 48, and 72 channels at 2.7 and 3.125...

2.5G TO-can laser.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The ML-T-1310-X-2G5 laser provides excellent reliability combined with 2.5-Gbit/sec transmission at elevated temperatures. It comes with flat window, ball lens, or aspheric lens, depending on coupling efficiency requirements. Low-profile...

Very-high-speed polarization controller.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The low-loss, very-high-speed (10-100-nsec) electro-optic lithium niobate polarization controller module with insertion loss of Eospace, Redmond, WA, www.eospace.com NOMINEE NO. COMP 24

XFP chipset, reference design.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The chipset consists of a dual XFP signal conditioner with jitter performance exceeding XFP specifications; a low- power back- match laser diode driver that achieves optical eye margins of Analog Devices, Norwood, MA, www.analog.com ...

FSAN/ITU BPON ONU triplexer.(Components)
March 1, 2005... Built using a surface-mount photonics platform, the triplexer for BPON ONU applications (FSAN/ITU G.983) has flex-circuit leads to lower manufacturing and assembly cost by simplifying the PCB attachment process and ensuring optimal RF...

Multirate transimpedance amplifier.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The PHY1094 SFF/SFP multirate transimpedance amplifier is used in conjunction with multirate transceiver ICs and designed for applications up to 4.25 Gbits/sec--suitable for Gigabit Ethernet, OC-48, 1X, 2X, and 4X Fibre Channel. Phyworks,...

SFF MSA PON transceivers.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The SFF MSA-compliant EPON (GEPON) OLT transceiver with 29-dB link budget is based on avalanche-photodiode receiver and burst-mode transimpedance amplifier. It provides sensitivity of -28 dBm, a 2x10 SFF package, low power consumption, and...

SFP CWDM transceivers.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The SFP CWDM transceivers transmit up to 80-km reaches and are designed to work at various data rates up to 2.5 Gbits/sec over wavelengths from 1270 to 1610 nm at 20-nm channel spacing. Multirate operations and MSA 8472 digital-diagnostic...

1310/1490/1550-nm PON WDM.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The xMux WDM is for 1310/1490/1550-nm PON applications. Proprietary fabrication technology ensures long, stable life in uncontrolled PON environments. Lightel Technologies, Kent, WA, www.lighteltech.com NOMINEE NO. COMP 30

10G dual-CDR with EDC.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The S19233 dual-CDR with electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) supports 10-Gigabit Ethernet/Fibre Channel/SON ET/SDH/FEC transmission standards at data rates from 9.9 to 11.3 Gbits/sec. The dual CDRs provide fully integrated clock recovery...

Liquid--crystal VOA.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The liquid-crystal VOA's no-moving-parts-adjusting scheme guarantees unaffected attenuations under environmental vibrations, continuous tuning, high resolution, and excellent repeatability. Driven by the amplitude of voltage, the...

Compact fiber-optic cleaning card.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The QuikSwipe2 compact fiber-optic cleaning card helps solve the problem of increasing product returns and field failures due to dirty connectors. Neptec Optical Solutions, Fremont, CA, www.nepopt.com NOMINEE NO. COMP 33

10-Gbit/sec SONET TOSA/ROSAs.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The NX8341 1310-nm TOSAs are fabricated using an aluminum oxidation-free all-selective MOPVE without semiconductor etching. Single-ended and differential models with 25-[ohms] matching are available. The NX3311 PIN+TIA ROSAs combine high...

10-GbE XENPAK extended-reach module.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The EEX-8100-XEN 10G-EX4 module enables extended-reach 10-Gigabit Ethernet transport and links up to 1 km of multimode fiber and 40 km of singlemode fiber. The versatile module bridges the distance gap between longer installed legacy fibers and...

All-glass, lead-free WDM.(Components)
March 1, 2005... The all-glass WDM is lead-free and complies with the RoHS directive. It significantly improves temperature performance and offers low insertion loss and ultra-low TDL. It is an ideal component for FTTX, metro-network, and cable TV applications....

Fiber-optic power meter.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... The FPM-8210 fiber-optic power meter's patented design delivers [+ or -] 0.001-dB typical polarization-dependent response and [+ or -] 0.003-dB measurement repeatability. It comes with a single input port for connectorized and bare fiber...

Photonic-switching subsystem.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... The Directlight low-loss, high-performance photonic-switching subsystem provides integrated switching, attenuation, and power-monitoring capabilities, enabling significant efficiency enhancements in automated test and monitoring environments...

Optical backscatter reflectometer.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... With the frequency-domain reflectometer failure-analysis tool designers and manufacturers of optical components, modules, and assemblies can measure minute reflections with 125-dB sensitivity, 60-dB dynamic range, and 40-[micro]m spatial...

Network performance tester.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... The MP1590B supports a comprehensive set of network protocols and interfaces in a portable network tester. SONET/SDH/OTN transport side tests up to 10.7-Gbits/sec operate simultaneously with multiport Ethernet/IP client/ applications side tests...

Broad-wavelength plug-in module.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... The 86105C Infiniium DCA-J plug-in module offers broad wavelength and optical filter coverage for SONET/SDH and datacom/enterprise technologies up to 11.3 Gbits/sec. With this capability, optical-component and equipment manufacturers can...

Passive-component PDL, IL analyzer.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... The CA2000 passive-component analyzer measures polarization-dependent loss and insertion loss simultaneously as a function of wavelength. It provides highly accurate and fast measurements and is easy to operate, so measurement time is greatly...

40-GHz picosecond fiber laser.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... The PSL-40 emits transform-limited 40-GHz RZ pulse streams for research, development, and deployment of ultra-fast network products and services. Features include wavelength tunability over the C-band, 2.5~45-GHz repetition rate adjustment,...

Waveguide optical frequency comb generator.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... The WR-250-03C waveguide optical frequency comb generator generates more than 1,000 sidebands with a span of more than 10 THz. It is a hermetically sealed, high-reliability, low-RF-power, Fabry-Perot, electro-optic modulator module designed for...

Automatic calibration interferometers.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... The DAISI and DAISI-MT interferometers are easy to use in a production environment. With the devices' one-button operation, fast auto-focus, and automatic calibration, any operator with little training can obtain fast, accurate, and repeatable...

88/44-channel power, wavelength tilt monitor.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... The Mosquito CTM 1050 channel tilt monitor reports power and wavelength for 88 channels on 50-GHz channel spacing or 44 channels on 100-GHz spacing. It provides feedback to optical power-adjusting subsystems such as ROADMs, DGEs, gain tilters,...

Multiwavelength DWDM laser source.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... For optical test and measurement, the TM3100C multiwavelength laser source generates 40 wavelengths simultaneously on a single output fiber. It is the size of an industry-standard 2U rack, and all wavelengths are internally locked to the ITU-T...

High-res optical power meter.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... The model 4100 power meter captures optical data at 100,000 readings per second. It is very accurate, with repeatability of dBm Optics, Lafayette, CO, www.dbmoptics.com NOMINEE NO. TEST 12

Fully automated test station.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... The industry-standard 8000 OTDR and 2800 high-speed chromatic dispersion test station's measurement performance combined with fiber handling automation enables a single test station/operator to process more than 30 spools/hour and over 60...

Ultra-broadband light source.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... The UWS-1000 broadband light source emits supercontinuum light and has an ultra-wide output spectrum of 1200-2000 nm. The output has similar properties to laser light and can be easily focused, has a uniform spectral output, and has high...

Integrated fiber-analysis test module.(Test Equipment)
March 1, 2005... The STT-FAM integrates all the necessary tools for installing, characterizing, and maintaining optical fibers into a single test module. Combining an OTDR, visual fault locator, VOA, laser source, and power meter ensures all the test...