Optical Complex Spectrum Analyzer
High resolution optical Spectral and Temporal intensity and phase measurement
A High Resolution Optical Spectrum Analyzer combined with a 3 THz Bandwidth Optical Modulation Analyzer in a cost-effective equipment.
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Wavelength ranges available
(Any custom range available upon request)
Thanks to the integration of our own homemade external cavity tunable laser source (TLS) as a local oscillator, we offer a large range of Optical Complex Spectrum Analyzers mostly between 1030 nm to 1630 nm. We can reach ultra-high resolution in the T, O, E, S and C+L bands, thanks to our mode hop-free local oscillator technology. The TLS can be integrated inside the equipment or into an external benchtop as an option. The advantage of the latter configuration is that the TLS can be used as a local oscillator and be connected to our other equipment that are also based on interferometric principle (OSA, OFDR).
Available wavelength ranges:
T Band
1030 – 1075 nm
O Band
1260 – 1360 nm
E Band
1345 – 1450 nm
S Band
1445 – 1520 nm
C+L Band
1525 – 1630 nm
Custom wavelength ranges (upon request):
Below T Band
Below 1030 nm
T Band
1075 – 1260 nm
Above C+L Band
Above 1630 nm
Specifications
The world’s highest optical bandwidth resolution Optical Spectrum Analyzer combined with an optical modulation analyzer
Temporal resolution
Optical bandwidth resolution
- 3 THz bandwidth
- No repetition rate upper limitation
- Measurement time : 1 sec / 6 nm
Principle
Our series of Optical Complex Spectrum Analyzers are high resolution Optical Spectrum Analyzers with the added benefit of measuring the optical phase as a function of frequency.
Principle
Our series of Optical Complex Spectrum Analyzers are high resolution Optical Spectrum Analyzers with the added benefit of measuring the optical phase as a function of frequency.
With the spectral power and the spectral phase information, it is possible by doing an inverse Fourrier transform to calculate and display time domain parameters just like an Optical Modulation Analyzer.
Use it as an ultra high performance Optical Spectrum Analyzer
With up to 500 times better spectral resolution than the best standard grating-based Optical Spectrum Analyzer available on the market, the integrated Optical Spectrum Analyzer can display your signal’s real spectrum shape instead of just its envelope.
Use it as an ultra high performance Optical Spectrum Analyzer
Optical Spectrum Analyzer key features:
- From 250 GHz to 20 MHz resolution
- ± 3 pm wavelength accuracy
- Close-in dynamic range > 60 dB @ ± 3pm
- Rectangular shape resolution filters
- 2 channels; one per polarization axis
- Built-in tunable laser source
- Component transmission analysis
Use it as an ultra high performance Optical Modulation Analyzer
With up to 50 times better bandwidth than the best temporal Optical Modulation on the market, the integrated Optical Modulation Analyzer can measure any actual and future Symbol rate signal with a much higher precision than its competitors.
Use it as an ultra high performance Optical Modulation Analyzer
With up to 50 times better bandwidth than the best temporal Optical Modulation on the market, the integrated Optical Modulation Analyzer can measure any actual and future Symbol rate signal with a much higher precision than its competitors.
Optical Modulation Analyzer key features:
- No Symbol rate limitation (3 THz Optical Bandwidth)
- Capacity of measuring any modulation format without any special software requirement
- Ultra high temporal resolution (down to 325 fs)
- Polarization diversity
- Phase, Chirp, Alpha parameter, intensity vs time, constellation, Phase eye diagram, intensity eye diagram, …
Now able to do PRBS patterns analysis
Our series of Optical Complex Spectrum Analyzers offer the possibility of doing PRBS patterns analysis for a range of repetitive patterns, depending on the symbol rate of the signal under test.
Now able to do PRBS patterns analysis
The equipment has no Baud rate upper limitation and it can measure any modulation format.
Complex measurement setup
A complex measurement needs not only the intensity but also the phase as a function of frequency. To measure the phase, the signal under test must be a repetitive signal with a pattern frequency between 70 MHz to 900 MHz. Commercially available PPG and AWG are able to generate the right pattern length to match this pattern frequency range for any signal-rate. A reference RF pattern clock repetition signal is also required.
Complex measurement setup
A complex measurement needs not only the intensity but also the phase as a function of frequency. To measure the phase, the signal under test must be a repetitive signal with a pattern frequency between 70 MHz to 900 MHz. Commercially available PPG and AWG are able to generate the right pattern length to match this pattern frequency range for any signal-rate. A reference RF pattern clock repetition signal is also required.
Manually, the user can plug an external clock to the equipment. To simplify the setup, a new optical clock recovery function is available, it allows to do complex measurement without reference clock signal.
Tools and documentation
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New wavelengths available between 1030 nm and 1630 nm
1064 ± 20 nm, 1200 ± 50 nm, O-band, E-band, S-band, and C+L bands are now availble.
Contact us for any other specific range between 700 nm and 2µm.
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