Single- and dual-Sled benchtop models provide a complete range of solutions for optical network and component testing requirements
Exfo has announced the release of the FLS-2200 broadband light source series for optical network and component manufacturing applications.
The FLS-2200 broadband light source series, a suite of next-generation superluminescent, light-emitting diode (Sled) benchtop units, have been specifically designed to enable test engineers to characterise coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) networks, passive optical networks (Pons) as well as optical components.
The FLS-2200 light sources generate high power density (>-30dBm/nm) and excellent power stability to allow point-to-point testing of CWDM and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) networks as well as characterisation of components in all wavelength bands.
Test engineers can measure insertion loss as a function of wavelength, as well as continuity of a link through a multiplexer, when combined with an optical spectrum analyser (OSA).
Typical devices tested include Pon components, CWDM components, Bragg gratings, attenuators, photonic switches, broadband couplers, specialty couplers or multiplexers, isolators, circulators, hybrid components and depolarisers.
Exfo's broadband sources are available in two different models.
The basic source contains a single Sled that covers a conventional wavelength range centered around 980nm, 1310nm, 1480nm, 1550nm or 1620nm.
The second type includes two Sleds covering a wider range (1460 to 1625nm) for CWDM and dual-window (1310/1550nm) applications.
This new family of sources completes Exfo's broad offering in modular and benchtop formats, for singlemode and multimode applications, including tunable lasers, distributed feedback (DFB) lasers, Fabry-Perot lasers, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) sources.
"Our new broadband light sources provide customers with a wide range of solutions for their optical network and component testing requirements," said tienne Gagnon, director of product management at Exfo. "We have all the wavelength bands covered with our single- and dual-Sled benchtop units for accurate and cost-effective characterization."
