The platform incorporates the highest-performance equipment available for generating, transmitting, receiving and analysing coherent optical signals at 400G rates.
Anritsu’s MP1800A Signal Quality Analyser and G0361A high-speed DAC generate the high-quality 56Gbaud, PAM4 RF signal (112 Gbps).
Coherent Solutions’ IQTransmitter then uses Oclaro’s latest 40GHz LiNbO3 modulator to turn these PAM4 RF signals into an optical 16QAM signal. New modulation-format-independent Automatic Bias Control (ABC) technology, also from Coherent Solutions, automatically optimises and stabilises the signal.
Teledyne LeCroy’s 65GHz LabMaster 10-65Zi-A high-bandwidth real-time oscilloscope combines with the 70GHz IQS70 coherent optical receiver and Optical-LinQ integrated OMA software to accurately characterise the modulated optical signal.