OFC 2016 Executive Interview: Keysight Technologies

Keysight Technologies introduced very high power tunable laser sources at OFC 2016. R&D Engineer Steffen Hamann details the attributes of the new instruments and shows one in operation. Then, Product Manager Stefan Loeffler offers insights into the use cases for these laser sources.

Apr 13th, 2016

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Keysight Technologies introduced very high power tunable laser sources at OFC 2016. R&D Engineer Steffen Hamann details the attributes of the new instruments and shows one in operation. Then, Product Manager Stefan Loeffler offers insights into the use cases for these laser sources.

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