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News Release from: EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering | Subject: Variable Optical Attenuator
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 February 2007
VOA for demanding optical network
testing
Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering's IQS-3150 Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) is suitable for demanding optical network testing offering an industry-leading attenuation range and spectral uniformity.
Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering announced the IQS-3150 Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) for demanding optical network testing and active component manufacturing applications Exfo's next-generation VOA offers an industry-leading attenuation range (65 dB) and spectral uniformity (+/-0.03 dB over the C-band) as well as an optional intelligent function (integrated power meter)
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 8 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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This new IQS module can be used in an automated testing environment to simulate the loss of optical power or increased link attenuation.
It combines reliable performance, complete control of the signal level, advanced programming capabilities and user-friendliness inside a one-slot singlemode or multimode module within the IQS-500 Intelligent Test System.
The IQS-3150 VOA has been designed to meet the requirements of the most extensive manufacturing applications in which 24-hours-per-day, 7-days-a-week operation over period of 5 years or more is needed.
When equipped with the optional power meter, the instrument can be set to reach a calibrated output power level instead of a known level of attenuation.
This useful two-in-one option eliminates the need for an external power meter and simplifies test setups.
"Our variable optical attenuator represents a key building block in the development of a multitude of automated test stations for manufacturing, system verification or RandD applications," said Etienne Gagnon, Exfo's Vice-President of Optical and Protocol Product Management.
"A wide range of optical and protocol test modules can be combined to create high-performance test stations like those required for BER testing of transmission cards or gain and noise characterisation of erbium-doped fibre amplifiers (EDFAs).
Combined with the integrated power meter option, this new VOA increases the flexibility and stability of such test stations.".
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