List of Instruments

Fiber splicing machines and accessories:

  1. Non-PM splicing machine - Fitel
  2. PM splicing machine - Fujikura
  3. Angle cleaver
  4. Splice recoater

Optical spectrum analyzer:

  1. Agilent (600 nm - 1700 nm)
  2. IMON

Laser sources:

  1. Tunable laser (1530 nm - 1570 nm)
  2. DFB laser : 1550 nm
  3. Narrow linewidth laser (Vortex)
  4. Semiconductor diode laser sources : 1550 nm, 980 nm, 1064 nm, 1440 nm, 915 nm
  5. Broadband ASE source (C+L band)

Optical amplifiers:

  1. Erbium doped fiber amplifier - (OptiWave photonics)
  2. Semiconductor optical amplifier (linear / non-linear SOA) - (CIP)

Specialty fibers:

  1. Single clad Erbium-doped fibers (PM/non-PM) - OFS, Nufern
  2. Single clad / double clad / large mode-area Ytterbium-doped fiber (PM) - Nufern
  3. Highly non-linear fiber (HNLF)

Optical modulators:

  1. Electro-optic modulators (EOM - 1550 nm) - Photline
  2. Acousto-optic frequency shifter (AOFS - 1550 nm) - Brimrose

PMD analyzer:

  1. EXFO

Power measurements:

  1. Handheld power meters: -50 – +17 dBm
  2. Inline power meters
  3. Free-space high power detector (Coherent)

Optical Detectors:

  1. Low-noise amplifiers (PD-TIA): -3 dBm, ~100 MHz
  2. High bandwidth TIAs: ~25 GHz
  3. Ultrashort pulse detectors (FROG): <30 ps
  4. Femtochrome autocorrelator

Electrical spectrum analyzers:

  1. Rohde & Schwarz : 30 GHz
  2. Agilent : 2.2 GHz

Oscilloscopes:

  1. Sampling oscilloscope (LeCroy) : 30 GHz
  2. Digital storage oscilloscope (Tektronix) : 200 MHz
  3. Mixed signal oscilloscopes (Tektronix) : 100 MHz
  4. CRO (LeCroy) : 175 MHz

Function generators:

  1. RF signal generator : 9 kHz - 4 GHz
  2. Pulse generator : 20 MHz
  3. Signal generator : 5 MHz
  4. Arbitrary waveform generator : 240 MHz
  5. Optical PRBS generator : ~10 Gbps @1550 nm
  6. Hittite : 10 MHz - 20 GHz

Fiber optic components:

  1. Fiber-coupled optical couplers (50/50, 90/10, 99/1 etc.) @ 1550 nm and 1064 nm
  2. Isolators & Circulators
  3. WDM couplers
  4. Polarization beam splitter
  5. Tunable optical bandpass filter (C-band)
  6. Polarization controllers
  7. Optical attenuators (fixed / variable)

FBG fabrication facility:

  1. FBG's at 1550 nm and 1064 nm
  2. FP-FBG's
  3. Long-period gratings