Qualification

Every product that is made at Optilab undergoes rigorous qualification. Whether the product is manufactured at our Phoenix location or in any of our worldwide manufacturers, Optilab has put a system in place to make sure that every product will arrive at the customer's location ready to be implemented into the system without flaw. Optilab has the expertise knowledge and comprehensive facilities to test and qualify products in a wide variety of fiber optic applications:

Digital Testing to 40 Gb/s 

For high speed data rate transmission, we can qualify electrical or optical components in a variety of conditions:

  • Modulating a 12.5 Gb/s data stream onto a fiber, then measuring the resulting eye diagram on the receiving end for signal quality
  • Using a Pulse Pattern Generator (PPG) and a Bit Error Tester (BERT), measuring the BERT rate across the fiber

DWDM & EDFA

With our large variety of fiber optic sources, we can qualify any EDFA or DWDM device for its product specific applications:

  • DWDM C-Band and L-Band sources for testing Gain Flattening Filter (GFF) and DWDM EDFAs
  • Gain profile graphs generated via DFB / VOA mainframe combination modules and high quality optical detector
  • OSA measurements to calculate wavelength isolation and OSNR in DWDM devices  

FTTH / RFoG / HFC Testing

With our Matrix ASX-16C frequency generator, we have the capability to test all of our FTTH / RFoG / HFC products for a variety of specifications at maximum loading conditions:

  • Matrix PC software to control the carrier level for up to 135 channels, from 45 - 870 MHz
  • Transmitters: We measure Optical Output Power, CTB, CSO, CNR, Wavelength, SBS (for longer range models) plus any transmission distance specifications.
  • Receivers: We measure CTB, CSO, CNR, Optical Input vs. RF Output, OMI vs. RF Output, and Frequency Response. 
  • Transceivers: We measure CTB, CSO, CNR, Optical Input vs. RF Output, OMI vs. RF Output, Frequency Response (Rx and Tx), Optical Output Power and Wavelength

QAM Digital Testing

Our equipment designated compatible with Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) are tested at a variety of different transmission rates, up to 256 QAM.