List of Instruments
Fiber splicing machines and accessories:
Non-PM splicing machine - Fitel
PM splicing machine - Fujikura
Angle cleaver
Splice recoater
Optical spectrum analyzer:
Agilent (600 nm - 1700 nm)
IMON
Laser sources:
Tunable laser (1530 nm - 1570 nm)
DFB laser : 1550 nm
Narrow linewidth laser (Vortex)
Semiconductor diode laser sources : 1550 nm, 980 nm, 1064 nm, 1440 nm, 915 nm
Broadband ASE source (C+L band)
Optical amplifiers:
Erbium doped fiber amplifier - (OptiWave photonics)
Semiconductor optical amplifier (linear / non-linear SOA) - (CIP)
Specialty fibers:
Single clad Erbium-doped fibers (PM/non-PM) - OFS, Nufern
Single clad / double clad / large mode-area Ytterbium-doped fiber (PM) - Nufern
Highly non-linear fiber (HNLF)
Optical modulators:
Electro-optic modulators (
EOM
- 1550 nm) - Photline
Acousto-optic frequency shifter (AOFS - 1550 nm) - Brimrose
PMD analyzer:
EXFO
Power measurements:
Handheld power meters: -50 – +17 dBm
Inline power meters
Free-space high power detector (Coherent)
Optical Detectors:
Low-noise amplifiers (PD-
TIA
): -3 dBm, ~100
MHz
High bandwidth TIAs: ~25
GHz
Ultrashort pulse detectors (FROG): <30 ps
Femtochrome autocorrelator
Electrical spectrum analyzers:
Rohde & Schwarz : 30
GHz
Agilent : 2.2
GHz
Oscilloscopes:
Sampling oscilloscope (LeCroy) : 30
GHz
Digital storage oscilloscope (Tektronix) : 200
MHz
Mixed signal oscilloscopes (Tektronix) : 100
MHz
CRO (LeCroy) : 175
MHz
Function generators:
RF signal generator : 9 kHz - 4
GHz
Pulse generator : 20
MHz
Signal generator : 5
MHz
Arbitrary waveform generator : 240
MHz
Optical PRBS generator : ~10 Gbps @1550 nm
Hittite : 10
MHz
- 20
GHz
Fiber optic components:
Fiber-coupled optical couplers (50/50, 90/10, 99/1 etc.) @ 1550 nm and 1064 nm
Isolators & Circulators
WDM couplers
Polarization beam splitter
Tunable optical bandpass filter (C-band)
Polarization controllers
Optical attenuators (fixed / variable)
FBG fabrication facility:
FBG's at 1550 nm and 1064 nm
FP-FBG's
Long-period gratings