Keysight tunable laser module speeds testing

Apr 15th, 2015

Learn the basics of tunable laser technology and why the new 81606A tunable laser source module is anything but basic. Lightwave Group Publisher Tim Hermes interviews Keysight Technologies' Dr. Bernd Nebendahl and Steffan Loeffler at OFC 2015.

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