CoBriteDX4 CoBriteDX4 can host one to four CoBrite light sources in one housing featuring local control that eliminates the need for a control PC and software installation. It makes it an ultra portable solution to carry anywhere a tunalbe laser source is required. Remote control and automatization is achieved by SCPI style command set identical to our modular CoBriteMX solution. FC or SC standard connectors are available to meet your need.   NEW The industry's most cost effective C&L band tunable laser: 186.25 to 196.25THz (1527.604nm to 1609.623nm) seamless tuning range output power range 3 - 12dBm   Data Sheet CoBriteDX4 Please inquire with us for details

CoBriteDX1 CoBriteDX1 is hosting one CoBrite laser light source for versatile usage in many applications such as coherent transmitters or local oscillators. It features simple setup and compactness but still offering high optical fidelity. Three laser variants from cost effective multi-purpose to high end narrow linewidth laser sources are available to match your need. It makes this instrument an ideal choice for demanding coherent applications and advanced modulation formats. It’s competitive price still allows its usage for general purpose applications with lower technical requirements. CoBriteDX1 is easy to set up using any PC’s standard USB port by installation of an easy-to-use GUI. Multiple devices can be operated on a single PC allowing control even for high count multi-channel applications. Remote operation control empowers users to setup and perform complex automated tasks within minutes by automated scripting within any Windows application using National Instruments LabView or Matlab drivers.   Data Sheet CoBriteDX1 Please inquire with us for details

The CoBrite_MX series is a 19” mainframe based system which utilizes slide-in cards housing 4 CoBrite lasers each to flexibly adjust to any channel count required.

Seamless scalability from 4 Lasers up to 104 Lasers is provided within a single platform to meet any demand from low channel count testing requirements up to full DWDM channel grid emulation applications by different Mainframe types.

 

CoBrite_MX4 - 4 Laser source Slide-in card

This card hosts 4 CoBrite laser sources and offers best-in-class density for high channel count testing systems.C and L Band types of lasers allow to flexibly mix and match in the system generate any user configuration. Key benefits are:

•  Ultra compact; 2 or 4 laser per card
• Local On/Off switch at each laser port
  
•  Polarization Maintaining Fiber output
  
• SC or FC standard connectivity
• 3 Laser variants available

NEW The industry's most cost effective C&L band tunable laser:

• 186.25 to 196.25THz (1527.604nm to 1609.623nm) seamless tuning range
• output power range 3 - 12dBm

 

CBxxxx Mainframe series

A series of mainframes will be available to match your specific needs and allow a seamless upgrade path for flexible operation. Any number of CoBrite_MX4 cards can be operated in a mainframe allowing flexible configurations. Mainframes conviently connect either via USB Port or Ethernet to control the instrument via any Windows PC or for Remote operation. A central controller card allows independant operation of each mainframe.

Key features are:

19” rack mountable chassis platform, 3 rack units high  Swappable cards & central controller  Scales from 4 to 104 Laser sources per system  Comprehensive widnows based pictograhic GUI  Remote control                     - USB & Ethernet connectivity                      - SCPI Style commands

• Mainframe CBMA24

 

 This mainframe is designed for small to medium channel counts and is 13" (345mm)  wide. It can host up to to 6 CoBrite_MX4 slide-in cards for a maximum of  24 laser light sources.

 
 

• Mainframe CBMA48

This is the core mainframe for demanding applications as it hosts up to 12 cards with 48 Lasers. Furthermore, it can be extended a CBSL56 mainframe and 2 PMUX multiplexers. It is full 19" (482mm) racksize wide and hosts up to to 12 CoBrite_MX4 slide-in cards for a maximum of 48 laser light sources. It can be equipped with handles for benchtop usage as depicted below or put into a 19" rack by usage of brackets.

   

• Mainframe CBSL56

This 19" (482mm) Mainframe can extend systems beyond 48laser sources and is centrally controlled by a CBM48 mainframe for a maximum of 104 laser light sources in one integrated system.

It can host up to 56 CoBrite laser sources in 14slots and can only be used in combination with CBMA48 that a allows centralized control.

 

 

Data sheet for CoBrite_MX series

 

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CoBrite_PX - Laser source Slide-in card

This card plugs into any industry standard PXI or CompactPCI based mainframe and hosts 1 or 2 CoBrite laser sources and allows building integrated multiple application platforms by combining our card with switches, attenuators etc in an open platform. Key benefits are:

• Compact; 1 or 2 laser per card in a single slot card
  
• Local On/Off switch at each laser port
• user changeable optical adapters to flexibly switch depending on your conectivity needs
  
• Polarization Maintaining Fiber output
  
• 2 Laser engines available

 

For more details on addvantages of a PXI based test and measurement implementation see "What is PXI?"

Data sheet for CoBrite_PX series

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Modular Multi-Terabit Turn-Key Solution for Testing your Elastic Optical Network Designs

Bandwidth explosion requires pushing the envelope of next generation transmission systems to new capacity limits using high-order complex modulation formats, such as 16-QAM and flexible channel grid systems to allow for closer channel spacing and ultimately higher system capacity.

ID Photonics and Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute jointly developed a modular test solution that provides researchers and engineers a comprehensive way to design and test future ultra-high capacity network architectures up to 54 Tb/s for the coherent transmission era using various modulation formats and channel configurations with unsurpassed ease of operation.

This joint development consists of an optical multi-format transmitter that enables a flexible generation of optical data signals with various modulation formats (PSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, etc.) for up to 272 Gb/s per carrier when using 16-QAM. Each multi-format transmitter includes four intuitively programmable 34-GS/s (giga-samples per second) arbitrary waveform generators (AWG), electrical driver amplifiers and a high-bandwidth dual polarization IQ-modulator as well as a nonlinear pre-distortion processing unit to compensate for impairments caused by the high-speed electrical-to-optical signal conversion. Its unique capability to synchronize all four AWGs allows generating realistic transmission scenarios required for future network designs.

ID Photonics versatile carrier comb generator provides up to 200 DWDM channels and consists of narrow line-width tunable lasers optimized for coherent transmission. On that basis, the platform allows for generation of multi-Terabit/s test signals (up to 54 Tb/s when fully equipped) using different modulation formats, carrier spacings and wavelength bands in a very flexible way by just a few mouse clicks. The modular design of pluggable tunable laser units with an industry-leading portfolio of chassis variants adapts to customers’ needs and easily allows extension of existing installations.

The platform comes with an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) and a digital signal processing (DSP) library for generation of arbitrary waveforms. This enables tailored adaptation to customer specific implementations and data formats.

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More about Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute

Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) is a leading research institute for fixed and mobile telecommunication networks and for the key applications in the world. The core competencies of HHI are in the areas of Photonic Networks and Systems, Mobile Broadband Systems, Photonic Components and Electronic Imaging. Activities in photonic networks and components expand a spectrum from highly capacitive flexible long-haul networks to the broadband in-house network and their components as well as test and measurement equipment,  http://www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/pn. 

Our “PMUX” solution is the ideal choice if your application requires ultra-high channel counts and low insertion loss budged for multiplexing. It features a polarization maintaining AWG to multiplex channels on ITU grid with low insertion loss even for high channel count systems while polarization of each laser line is preserved. Stable output polarization of all laser lines allows for arbitrary modulation of a channel comb using Mach-Zehnder structures to emulate DWDM spectra as depticted below.

PMUX Data Sheet

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Polarization Maintaining Couplers complement our CoBrite series of laser sources and allows to multiplex channels on any arbitrary grid (“FlexiGrid” feature”) while polarization of each input is preserved. Stable output polarization of all laser lines allows for arbitrary modulation of a channel comb using Mach-Zehnder structures.

Using couplers instead of complicated tunable Filter or WSS structures to generate Flexigrid scenarios offers cost savings and no effort for configuration of WSS structure while polarization preservation is delivered for free.

If high port count Polarization Maintaining Couplers are required to multiplex many channels, amplification might be required to compensate for loss incurred.

We offer Polarization Maintaining EDFAs in case the resulting output power is too low for your application while still offering great cost advantage over a WSS structure for multiplexing.

 

Our standard portfolio covers 1x2, 1x4, 1x8 and 1x16 PM couplers. Higher port count couplers cann be provided upon request.

 

Data sheet 1x2 PM Coupler

 

Data sheet 1x4, 1x8, 1x16 PM Coupler

 

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Polarization Maintaining Amplifiers on EDF basis allow to enhance signal Power while polarization is preserved from input to the output of the EDFA. Together with our CoBrite laser sources and Polarization Maintaining Multiplex devices we offer a complete solution to address your needs.

 

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Polarization Maintaining Patchcords are required to interconnect devices while polarization of light is preserved in case it is launched on either the fast or slow axis of the fiber.   We offer a wide variety of Patchcords to match your specific needs.   Data Sheet PM Patchcords   Please inquire with us for prices and available options