Optical Test Sets
Customer-defined optical test sets built, integrated and tested to a specification, combining Bola instruments with third-party optical components. Targeted at manufacturing transceiver test in O-band, C-band and 850 nm.
Technical overview
Each set is configured rather than catalogued: the manufacturer combines its own fiber optic switches, tunable and fixed lasers, dynamic optical filter arrays with OCMs, variable optical attenuators and optical power meters with non-Bola elements such as ASE sources, optical amplifiers, polarization controllers, tunable filters and mux/demux. The four published capability areas are Sources (tunable, fixed, ASE), Routing (switching, mux/demux), Conditioning (filtering, amplification, attenuation, polarization, mux/demux) and Measuring (OSNR, optical power, eye diagram, BER). Control can be manual front panel, GPIB, USB or custom, and housings, fiber type and connectors are customer-specified. Available in rack mount or bench top.
Features
- Integrated, tested and delivered to your requirements
- Full range of high-quality components
- Configurable to meet your unique needs
- Ideal for manufacturing test
- Ideal for O-band Transceiver test (CWDM4, CLR4, LR4, ER4, LR8, ERP)
- Ideal for C-band Transceiver OSNR Control for BERT, Eye Diagram, and other tests
- Increased performance
- High reliability
- Easily scalable
- Small size
Specifications
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Sources (capability) | Tunable, Fixed, ASE |
| Routing (capability) | Switching, Mux/DeMux |
| Conditioning (capability) | Filtering, Amplification, Attenuation, Polarization, Mux/DeMux |
| Measuring (capability) | OSNR, Optical Power, Eye Diagram, BER |
| Bola components available | Tunable and Fixed Lasers; Fiber Optic Switches; Dynamic Optical Filter Arrays with OCMs; Variable Optical Attenuators; Optical Power Meters |
| Non-Bola components available | ASE Sources; Optical Amplifiers; Polarization Controllers; Tunable Filters; Mux/DeMux |
| Control Interface | Manual front-panel, GPIB, USB or custom |
| Mechanical | Rack mount or bench top |
Applications
- Manufacturing transceiver test
- O-band transceiver test (CWDM4, CLR4, LR4, ER4, LR8, ERP)
- C-band transceiver OSNR control for BERT, eye diagram and other tests
- 850 nm transceiver test
- Replacement for home-built test platforms
You may also like
An evaluation board for use with FiberLabs' OEM module fiber amplifiers, providing an RS-232C connection for bench evaluation before integration.
Combination measurement workstation that runs spectral attenuation, mode field diameter and cut-off wavelength in a single characterization sequence.
A shared cabinet holding several Bola Configurable instruments with configured interconnects, assembled to a customer's requirements. Single mode and multimode instruments can be combined in the same cabinet.
Need help specifying this?
Our application engineers will confirm specifications with the manufacturer and quote for your configuration.
Request Info