December 9, 2011
Tektronix, Inc. has announced the first new product derived from its acquisition of optical modulation analyzer vendor Optametra (see "Tektronix buys Optametra for optical modulation analyzer technology"). The new member of the OM4100 family, the OM4106D Coherent Lightwave Signal Analyzer, has been optimized to work with the Tektronix DPO70000D series oscilloscopes to meet the needs of coherent technology developers and evaluators who require 33-GHz bandwidth support.
December 9, 2011
In a post-deadline paper delivered at last month’s ECOC conference in Geneva, researchers at EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO, TSX: EXF) and Chalmers University in Goteborg, Sweden described the use of the company’s PSO-200 Optical Modulation Analyzer to measure a 528-Gbps transmission using polarization-multiplexed 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (16-QAM). The success of the demonstration highlights the capabilities of the company’s use of optical sampling for the PSO-200, EXFO asserts.
December 9, 2011
Australian fiber-optic test equipment manufacturer Kingfisher International has introduced what it asserts are the first MPO/MTP-optimized field-portable clean/inspect/test kits.
December 8, 2011
Interface Masters Technologies has unveiled the Niagara 4232-4LX, a 40-Gbps PacketMaster and hardware-based load balancing system. The Niagara 4232-4LX is designed to complement network monitoring tools to enable filtering, mirroring, and sophisticated session-based traffic distribution and aggregation.
December 8, 2011
AFL says its new NOYES OFI-400HP Optical Fiber Identifier is designed to simplify installation, maintenance, rerouting, and restoration tasks in high-power fiber-optic networks. The OFI-400HP includes traffic and tone detection and low insertion loss to enable technicians to positively identify fibers without disrupting services.
December 8, 2011
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) says its new N77 Series optical switches improve the cost-effectiveness of optical transceiver manufacturing tests as well as the efficiency of optical component and cable verification.