II-VI offers dual-mode OCM 2580 optical channel monitor

Optical components and subsystems developer II-VI Inc. (NASDAQ:IIVI) has announced the availability of the OCM 2580 optical channel monitor. The module is designed to meet the more complex monitoring requirements the deployment of flexible-grid networks that leverage multiple modulation formats creates.

The OCM 2580 can be configured via software to operate in scanning or dwelling mode. In scanning mode, the OCM 2580 offers fine-granularity, flexible-bandwidth channel monitoring via an integrated and proprietary very high precision frequency reference. The resulting spectral data is transferred over a high-speed serial peripheral interface (SPI) to virtually eliminate measurement latency, II-VI asserts.

In dwelling mode, the OCM 2580 provides access to a high-bandwidth photocurrent signal to enable signal analysis on a selected channel.

The OCM 2580 is RoHS6 compliant and Telcordia qualified.

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