The AQ6374 Wide Range Optical Spectrum Analyzer covers wavelengths from 350 to 1750 nm including visible lights (380 to 780 nm) and telecommunication wavelengths.
World-Class Optical Performance
Wavelength Resolution Settings:
There are 8 wavelength resolution settings: 0.05 to 10 nm
to enable the user to choose the best value according to the
device/system under test.
Measurable Level Range:
The wide measurable level range is from−80 to +20 dBm. This is suitable to measure high power as well as low power sources used in different fields of application.
Wavelength accuracy:
The ±0.05 nm wavelength accuracy can be maintained by the calibration using the built-in reference light source or an external light source including HeNe laser and Argon light source.
Fast measurement:
The instrument takes only 0.5 s for 100 nm span (with sensitivity set to NORM_AUTO).
Number of sampling: 100001
The number of wavelength samples has been doubled. One sweep can measure a wider wavelength range at high resolution.
More than 30 years of feedback from users have enabled intuitive and easy-to-use front panel operation. Mouse functionality provides ease of use for navigation and the keyboard helps to enter numbers and file names.
Seven individual traces
Four USB ports in total available on front and back facilitate the use of external devices such as a mouse, keyboard, external hard drives and memory sticks.
The thumbnail allows an easy and fast route to find a particular file out of many files in internal and external storage.
A time-saving feature which allows to save all seven traces in one file at once. Files are saved in CSV format and can be easily manipulated with a PC application software.
16 data analysis functions
Due to the high resolution and sensitivity of the AQ6374, it can actually detect the presence of water molecules in the air. The water vapor is detected in the upper Near-IR wavelength region and could overlap with or mask the spectral characteristics of the actual device under test in that particular region.
By continuously supplying a pure purge gas such as nitrogen to the monochromator through the ports on the back panel, the AQ6374 can reduce the influence of water vapor absorptions and provide more reliable and accurate measurements than ever before.
Due to the diffractive technology used, the monochromator in some circumstances could generate high order diffracted light which appears at wavelengths equal to the integral multiple of input wavelengths.
Ambient temperature change, vibrations and shock affect the measurement accuracy of high precision products like optical spectrum analyzers. We want our OSAs to be able to deliver always the precise measurements they were designed for, therefore our instruments are equipped with a light source for calibration.
Calibration process is fully automatic and takes only 2 minutes to complete. It includes:
Records analysis results such as WDM analysis (OSNR, optical signal/noise ratio), distributed feedback laser diode (DFB-LD) analysis, and multi-peak measurements at up to 10000 points per channel with time stamps. Recorded data can be displayed in table and graphical forms. This function is useful for the long-term stability testing and temperature cycle testing of systems and devices. The optical spectrum of each measurement can also be stored for reviewing and troubleshooting.
Adds markers to obtain the power spectral density and the integrated power of a designated spectrum. This new feature makes it easy to get an OSNR value of the signal, whether modulated or not, directly from its spectrum.
Any model of the AQ6370 Series, thanks to the built-in Macro Programming Function, can perform automatic measurements and control external equipment through its remote interfaces.
GP-IB, RS-232 and Ethernet ports are available to have the instrument remotely controlled by a PC and to transfer standard SCPI-compatible or proprietary AQ6317- compatible commands. Also LabVIEW® drivers are available.
Real-time remote control
The AQ6370 Viewer is a software package, which replicates The OSA's screen on a PC and enables:
The AQ6370 Viewer is appreciated especially by:
Reduces the noise on the measured spectrum.
Active component test
How do you use a spectrum analyzer? Today various light sources such as DFB-LD, FP-LD and VCSEL emitting in the visible light to mid-infrared wavelength region are mounted into many different devices/systems used in different areas of application, such as:
Laser Absorption Spectroscopy is a measurement technique used to detect and measure the concentration of gases in the air, and in open or closed environment. The lasers used in Absorption Spectroscopy require excellent single-mode operation performance, which directly determines the limits of detection. Furthermore such lasers should produce a stable oscillation in the absorption region in order to achieve sensitive detection of the gas of interest. Most of the greenhouse gases, for example CO2, SO2, NOx and CH4, have strong absorption lines in the 2-3 μm wavelength region.
The lasers used in Absorption Spectroscopy are DFB-LD and VCSEL. Important parameters for evaluating the performance of these lasers are the Side Mode Suppression Ratio (which is the amplitude difference between the main mode and the side mode), and the Spontaneous Emission level (which is the magnitude of background noise light). Both parameters can be accurately and quickly measured by the AQ6375B and AQ6376.
Supercontinuum light is generated by promoting highly nonlinear optical processes in special materials, e.g. photonic crystal fiber, by pumping them with a mode-locked pulsed laser (typically a femtosecond Ti: Sapphire laser). Supercontinuum light can be best described as ‘broad as a lamp, bright as a laser’, in fact it matches the characteristics of incandescent and fluorescent lamps—i.e. very broad spectrum—with the characteristics of lasers—i.e. high spatial coherence and very high brightness, which enables optimum coupling to a fiber and outstanding single-mode beam quality.
The Supercontinuum light sources are nowadays finding applications in a diverse range of fields, including optical coherence tomography, frequency metrology, fluorescence lifetime imaging, optical communications, gas sensing and many others.
The AQ6370 series, thanks to its premium performance, are the ideal instruments to test and characterize Supercontinuum light sources during their pre and post production quality checks.
Passive component test
The optical spectrum of visible LEDs used in lighting, signage, sensing and other applications can be measured and analyzed. By supporting the large core fiber input, AQ6373B and AQ6374 can efficiently get the LED light and measure its spectrum.The built-in Color Analysis function automatically evaluates the dominant wavelength and the chromatic coordinates of the source.
In conjunction with a broadband light source such as ASE, SLD, SC light source, the OSA can simply perform evaluation of passive devices such as WDM filters and FBG. Superb optical characteristics of the AQ6370 series enable higher resolution and wider dynamic range measurements. The built-in optical filter analysis function simultaneously reports peak/bottom wavelength, level, crosstalk, and ripple width.
Loss values of optical fibers are different depending on wavelengths of propagating optical signals. These differences are caused by the absorption by optical fibers and the effect of Rayleigh scattering. The loss values vary by the materials and types of fibers: in the case of a quartz single mode fiber, a loss around 1.55 μm is about 0.2 dB/km, which is the smallest, and around 1.4 μm a large loss occurs due to water ions (OH). The loss wavelength characterization of this type of optical fibers requires measuring a wide range of wavelengths.
With the combination with a white light source, the AQ6374 efficiently characterizes the loss wavelength measuring a wide range of wavelengths. The loss value is displayed in terms of the loss per unit length of the optical fiber.
A Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) is a type of distributed Bragg reflector constructed in a short segment of optical fiber that reflects particular wavelengths of light and transmits all the others. This is achieved by creating a periodic variation in the refractive index of the fiber core, which generates a wavelength specific dielectric mirror. A Fiber Bragg Grating can therefore be used as an inline optical filter to block certain wavelengths, or as a wavelength-specific reflector. The primary application of Fiber Bragg Gratings is in optical communications systems: they are specifically used as notch filters and they are also used in optical multiplexers and demultiplexers with an optical circulator, or optical add-drop multiplexer (OADM). Fiber Bragg Gratings tuned on 2-3 μm region are also used as direct sensing elements for strain and temperature in instrumentation applications such as seismology and in pressure sensors for extremely harsh environments. To characterize FBGs, the high wavelength resolution and high dynamic range of the AQ6370 series are indispensable.
Used together with a broadband light source like Super Continuum (SC) or Super Luminescent Diode (SLD), the AQ6370 series can show the absorption spectrum of the gas mixture under test.
Hydrogen Cyanide absorption spectrum measurement
Reduced emission of CO2 about 26% compared to the previous model. Results of Life Cycle Assessment |
Lack of reliable high-speed internet access in rural regions, due to complicated logistics and the considerable costs involved to extend land-based networks to these areas, has inspired a wave of next-generation applications that will provide greater accessibility and reliability. Making use of “space laser” networks, these revolutionary solutions can relay digital traffic via low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite systems to provide low-latency, high-speed broadband services to communities typically beyond the reach of standard wireless and fiber networks.
To accurately measure pulsed light using an optical spectrum analyzer (OSA), it is necessary to understand the characteristics of the OSA and select the appropriate measurement method and settings.
A new type of computer based on the theory of quantum mechanics, a quantum computer, is currently in development by researchers around the globe. The theory of quantum mechanics describes nature at the atomic and subatomic level. Quantum technology has the potential to build powerful tools that process information using the properties of atoms, photons, and electrons. These quantum computers could also address challenges of much greater complexity than what today's computers can solve, and help further advancements in science, technology, medicine, and more.
With countries spending billions of dollars, the race for who can produce the first practical, commercialized quantum computer is on. There are currently several approaches to build this sort of computer, and this all begins with creating and initializing quantum bits, also known as qubits.
In a research paper published on Nature.com, a team of researchers from the University of Virginia, Peking University, Shanxi University, and California Institute of Technology use a Yokogawa Test&Measurement Optical Spectrum Analyzer in order to achieve spectrum measurements above 1200 nm.
The extreme test requirements of our research called for an OSA with extended MIR spectrum bandwidth capabilities up to 5μm, but we couldn’t find one on the market capable of measuring optical inputs at these wavelengths. Yokogawa Test&Measurement rose to the challenge and developed a new OSA model for us that would. Not only do we now have an instrument that is practically custom-made for our needs, it provides repeatable, accurate, and trusted measurement outputs and is easy to learn and use. Their equipment and ability to create a new optical measurement solution has definitely increased the overall efficiency and productivity of our research team.
— Martin Bernier, PhD, P.Eng., Full Professor, Centre de Optique, Photonique, et Laser, Université Laval
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