Fiber optic testing involves a variety of equipment and applies to myriad applications.

Test & Measurement

Fiber optic testing involves a variety of equipment and applies to myriad applications. OTDRs, BERT sets, optical spectrum analyzers, power meters, light sources, and other instruments are common tools of the fiber optic testing trade. You’ll find fiber optic testing news, products, and application information here.

Test & Measurement News
The Lightwave Channel
The R&D director at Agilent explains how to test Transmitter Waveform Dispersion Penalty, a new specification for 10GBase-LRM transceivers.
Test & Measurement Products
FEBRUARY 8, 2010 -- JDSU (Nasdaq: JDSU; and TSX: JDU) has unveiled J-Complete, a suite of test applications designed to simplify the complexity of installing, troubleshooting, and maintaining carrier networks.
FEBRUARY 8, 2010 -- Phoenix Photonics says its differential group delay (DGD) line uses a compact high linear birefringence fiber to provide an accurate fixed differential delay.
FEBRUARY 4, 2010 JDS Uniphase Corp. (JDSU) in Milpitas, Calif., is introducing the Dual Module Carrier (DMC) for the T-BERD/MTS-8000 portable fiber optic network test equipment, which enables technicians to determine and troubleshoot network traffic problems from two directions using one test solution, rather than both ends of a local circuit.
Test & Measurement Product Showcase
Functional Modular Platform
Sponsor: JGR Services
The JGR Services FMP offers unprecedented flexibility for network testing. The FMP platform can accommodate up to 8 high-level applications-based modular instruments and offers Ethernet communication to streamline the testing interface.
Sponsor: Luceo Technologies
The Parallex™ System performs all the functions for 10G Optical receiver Sensitivity in one easy to use Platform. Call 301-514-6464 for a demo today!
Programable Pattern Generator
Sponsor: Piosecond Pulse Labs
The Picosecond Pulse Labs Model 12050 provides a unique combination of performance, flexibility, and price. The 12050 features programmable amplitude, offset, patterns (PRBS, user data), and data rate. The differential output utilizes a custom designed DC coupled limiting amplifier that generates very high-quality, low jitter eye diagrams.
Fiber Optic Catalog
Sponsor: Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc.
FIS offers one of the largest inventories of fiber optic products in the world
SX8/SXM Fiberoptic Switches
Sponsor: JGR Services
The JGR Services SX8 and SXM fiberoptic switches offer unique configuration and channel count options. The SX8 may be configured with up to 4 × 360 channels and the matrix SXM to 64 × 64 channels.
Sponsor: YY Labs, Inc.
The OSNR Generator generates a variable optical noise ratio for DQPSK or other fiber optical applications. It includes an ASE source, a narrow-band tunable filter, an EDFA, and GPIB/USB interface.
OWM Series 2
Sponsor: Digital Lightwave
Digital Lightwave’s OWM Series 2 is an optical layer monitoring system to detect, locate, and isolate faults in the optical network, and ideal for DWDM long haul and metropolitan area network applications.
MBR5 Multi-OUtput Backreflection Meter
Sponsor: JGR Services
Standard singlemode coupler/splitters are used to either combine two or more signals into one or split one signal into multiple paths. They are equipment requirements.
Fiber Optic OTDRs
Sponsor: Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc.
FIS OTDRs
EXFO OTDRs
Anritsu OTDRs
40G Testing
Sponsor: Digital Lightwave
Choose either NIC 40G (smallest/lightest 40/43G tester) or fully featured SONET/SDH from 51M- 40G, OTN, VCAT, LCAS, GFP, Ethernet, Fibre Channel, PDH/T-Carrier – all in a single chassis.
Parallell High Speed Testing
Sponsor: Luceo Technologies
Configure your test solution the way it is required.Ask for a demonstration now at 301-829-9306
Test & Measurement Webcasts