Test and Measurement major Agilent Technologies has
launched new optical switches that enable cost-effective optical transceiver
manufacturing tests and higher efficiency in optical component and cable
verification.
Agilent’s new
N77 Series switches accomplish these tasks with excellent repeatability and
flexible automation control. The Agilent N7731A dual 1×4 optical switch and the
N7734A 1×13 optical switches are available for single-mode or multimode
fiber-optic connections.
Manufacturers of optical transmitters and receivers
constantly strive for better yield and lower cost of test. Our new optical
switches help them achieve their goals by making accurate measurements and
making automation easier with excellent repeatability, fast switching time and
flexible control with LAN, USB and GPIB interfaces,” said Jurgen Beck, general
manager of Agilent’s digital photonic test products.
Manufacturers can use valuable signal source and analysis
instrumentation more effectively in a parallel-test configuration. They can
test multiple cables or components together during temperature cycling. These
applications are supported by the 1×13 switch configuration, and the 13th path
often can be used as a permanent reference path.
Automated testing with switches also improves tests by
avoiding repeated reconnections during measurements. The excellent switching
repeatability of the new N77 Series switches assures that the signal level is
constant from cycle to cycle.
Multimode fiber applications are challenging because
signals are distributed over a range of mode groups that can have different
loss and delay in a link. For dependable multimode transceiver testing, the
instrumentation should not change this modal distribution. The Agilent
multimode switches are designed with short collimated paths between fibers, so
signals propagate in practically the same distribution as through uninterrupted
multimode fiber.
Designed for high test throughput, lowest cost per
channel and narrow footprint, all members of Agilent’s N77 Series optical test
instruments are built on a common platform and provide a common PC-based user
interface.
A complete set of control interfaces (including LAN,
USB2.0 and GPIB) simplifies integration with manufacturing control systems.
Code-compatible with Agilent’s Lightwave Measurement System modules, the new
generation of switches can serve as plug-in replacements in existing test
solutions.
By Telecomlead.com Team
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