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Receive Greater Benefits with EXALOS' SLEDs for Fiber Optic Test Equipment

Competitive pressures in today's telecommunications carrier market require fiber optic test equipment solutions that are cost-effective, provide better productivity and reduce the number of testers in the field. To address these issues, newer generations of fiber optic test equipment have been developed that save the installers and field service group's time and effort. EXALOS helps fiber optic test equipment manufacturers to meet today's market challenges by providing the best Superluminescent Light Emitting Diodes (SLEDs) in the fiber optic manufacturer industry covering a large range of wavelengths with market-leading power densities.

EXALOS's SLEDs satisfy fiber optic test equipment manufacturers' reliability and quality requirements with industry ready SLED that meet the most demanding Telecom reliability requirements (BELLCORE GR-468-CORE and MIL-STD-883).

Applications of Fiber Optic Test Equipment & Advantages of EXALOS SLEDs:

Chromatic Dispersion and Polarization Mode Dispersion

SLEDs are used are used in the diagnostics of optical networks. Several fiber optic measurement techniques like Wavelength Drift Monitoring, Chromatic Dispersion and Polarization Mode Dispersion exploit the characteristics of SLEDs, taking advantage of their large bandwidth, high power spectral density, low ripple and operating wavelengths extending in the C and L communication bands.

Dense-Wavelength-Division-Multiplexed (DWDM), Optical Channel Monitor (OCM) and Optical Performance Monitor (OPM)

Wavelength drift monitoring is becoming important to maintain the performance in dense-wavelength-division-multiplexed (DWDM) systems. In Optical Channel Monitor (OCM) or Optical Performance Monitor (OPM) applications SLEDs work as wavelength reference sources. In order to perform and guarantee long-term wavelength calibration, spectrum analyzers require optical sources having a wide and stable optical spectrum. EXALOS's portfolio of SLEDs offers standard devices, at competitive prices, that meet the performance required by OCM and OPM test equipment.

Fiber optic manufacturers need characterization of optical components suitable for coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) application, which requires multiple wavelength sources. EXALOS's SLEDs generate high power density and excellent power stability to allow point-to-point testing of CWDM and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) networks. Thanks to its extensive product line, EXALOS's portfolio of SLEDs allows fiber optic test-equipment manufacturers to integrate of several sources, with wavelengths spanning the whole coarse-wavelength-division-multiplexed (CWDM) band, into their test equipment.

Component Testing

Component testing equipment can take advantage of EXALOS's SLEDs that provide the advantage of stable power and stable center wavelengths over time. The SLEDs allow fast optical performance measurements over a wide spectrum of wavelengths (700 to 1700nm), without the need of expensive tunable lasers. The SLEDs can be used for fiber optic test equipment that enable the measurement of spectral insertion losses and transmission characteristics for Passive Optical Network (PON) components, CWDM components, Bragg gratings, attenuators, photonic switches, broadband couplers, multiplexers, isolators, circulators, hybrid components and depolarisers.

Polarization Mode Dispersion

Fiber Optic Test Equipment that is designed to perform Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) measurements in the C and L bands can take advantage of the wide optical spectrums and high power densities offered by the EXALOS SLEDs in the 1300nm and 1550nm bands.

1. View EXALOS' standard product specifications for Fiber Optic Test Equipment.
   
   
2. Select EXALOS' portfolio of products, then place your order online for immediate delivery.
   
   
3. EXALOS has a wide experience in developing SLED products for fiber optic equipment with custom specific requirements. We can assure fast turnaround and short-time-to-market delivery. Please contact our sales department to provide us with your technical requirement details.