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

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Carrier network fiber optic testing involves measuring the effects of signal impairments, optical channel monitoring, protocol testing, and other aspects of network deployment and service assurance. OTDRs and optical spectrum analyzers are common tools. You’ll find carrier network test product, news, and applications information here.

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The Lightwave Channel
Dr. Bernd Nebendahl, R&D engineer at Agilent, discusses constellation analysis, a new way of measuring signals encoded in phase.
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The Lightwave Blog
Oclaro 2Q12 earnings call tidbits
by Stephen Hardy
Editorial Director and Associate Publisher, Lightwave
Oclaro Chairman and CEO Alain Couder and CFO Jerry Turin discussed the company's results of the company's fiscal second quarter 2012 with analysts January 26...
Jim Theodoras, ADVA Optical Networking
Swimming in 100GbE’s alphabet soup
by Jim Theodoras
ADVA Optical Networking
Recently, there has been a lot of confusion around the area of next-generation 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) development and who is doing what. Given the...
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