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News Release from: Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering | Subject: IQS-1700 and OHS-1713-UH
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New from EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering are the IQS-1700 high-performance optical power meter and OHS-1713-UH ultra-high-power optical remote heads.
New from EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering are the IQS-1700 high-performance optical power meter and OHS-1713-UH ultra-high-power optical remote heads for production floor and development lab applications The IQS-1700 high-performance power meter, an interface module contained inside the new IQS Cortex platform, is available in various configurations to connect one, two or four optical remote heads to devices under test
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 14 Dec 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Chromatic dispersion can be characterised with high accuracy from a single fibre end and testing polarisation mode dispersion from a single end is also possible.
The OHS-1713-UH is the first in a series of remote test heads that can handle up to 40dBm through a patent-pending integrating cavity design.
It also allows easy testing of bare and connectorised fibres.
"As data transmission rates and DWDM channel counts increase to accommodate the growing demand for bandwidth, it dramatically increases power levels in transmission systems and components", said Mario Larose, Vice-President of Marketing at EXFO.
"These technological trends have created a concurrent need for high-performance optical test instruments to measure increasing power levels.
Our revolutionary power meter provides immediate and future-proof characterisation of next-generation active and passive components such as EDFA and Raman amplifiers, pump lasers, transmitters, arrayed waveguides and fibre Bragg gratings".
In addition to high-power performance, the IQS-1700 optical power meter and OHS-1713-UH ultra-high-power remote optical heads represent the first solution in the industry to offer highly accurate automatic measurements at a rate of 5000 samples per second for each channel with a stabilisation time below 300us.
This patent-pending feature exceeds the most demanding requirements for active automated alignment or component characterisation at any power level.
"The industry has shifted its focus from high-volume manufacturing to manufacturing at a lower cost", Larose added.
"The IQS-1700 and OHS-1713-UH's ultra-high power, four-channel, high-speed capabilities mean customers can test more components in less time and, as a result, increase throughput and trim costs".
Both devices will be on show at this week's OFC 2002 at the Anaheim Convention Centre.
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