High-speed Measurement Technologies of AQ6370C Optical Spectrum Analyzer

Photodiode-Based Detector Operates at 60 GHz

With the recent advancement of gigabit fiber communication and the photonic distribution of microwave signals, there is a growing need to characterize the high-speed optical signals found in such systems. This task is typically accomplished with a high-speed photodetector followed by an instrument such as a sampling oscilloscope, a radio frequency (RF) spectrum analyzer, or a vector network ana...

PMD Study & Measurement – Fixed Analyzer Method

The paper theoretically describes Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) which is important parameter in high-speed optical networks. Furthermore, compensation methods and measurement principles are presented. Main attention is given to Fixed Analyzer (FA) method that uses common research laboratory equipment in setup. We performed practical measurement of the PMD by using Optical Spectrum Analyzer...

Real-time optical spectrum analysis of a light source using a polarimeter.

Optical spectrum analysis and polarization analysis are not generally related by conventional wisdom. In this paper, we show that the spectrum of a light beam can be obtained using a polarimeter, with a resolution and a speed that cannot be achieved with traditional spectrum analysis methods. We experimentally demonstrate a novel polarimeter-based optical spectrum analyzer (P-OSA) and show that...

Measurement of Multimode Fiber Bandwidth by the Fourth-Order Spectra of Amplified Spontaneous Emission

We present a novel bandwidth measurement scheme for multimode optical fibers. Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) radiation was utilized for a source of intrinsically modulated light with a wide modulation bandwidth. In our measurement scheme, the continuous-wave (CW) ASE light that passed through a multimode fiber (MMF) under test was analyzed by the fourth-order power with a high-speed photo...

High Resolution Optical Spectrum Analyzer (OSA) /Optical Complex Spectrum Analyzer (OCSA)