Test Solutions that Provide Industry Aligned Results
In today's digital era, the telecommunications industry is continuously evolving to meet the relentless demand for high-speed, reliable networks. Optical technologies connect the world with unparalleled efficiency. From vast fiber-optic networks to cutting-edge photonic devices, it drives innovation and shapes the future of global connectivity.
Since its acquisition of Ando in 2002, Yokogawa has been innovating precision test solutions for the design, validation, manufacturing, installation and maintenance of optical components and network equipment.
The Trusted Benchmark For Optical Analysis
The Measurement Challenge
Various measurements along an optical network path require specialized equipment optimized to ensure the highest quality with few trade-offs. The correct instrument may depend on the level of accuracy, number of channels, or type of signal being acquired.
Overview of optical communications via optical fibers including: signal conversion, optical fiber benefits, techniques like wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) for increased capacity, key components like optical amplifiers and spectrum analyzers for maintaining transmission quality.
Benefit of Assured Accuracy from 1% of Rng
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.
Optical transceivers are one of the indispensable key devices for optical communications that interconvert optical and electrical signals.
Evaluating DC Power Supply for Office Automation Equipment
Evaluating Inverter Output Filters
Evaluating Starting Characteristics for Flurescent Lamps
This application note introduces free space light measurement jigs for measuring the emission spectrum of a light source that propagates in free space or the optical transmission spectrum of an optical filter. It describes four types of jigs for light sources and one type for filters.
Evaluating Inverter-Driven Microwaves
Transient Power Measurement of a Facsimile Machine
Power Distribution System Tests for Shorts and Switching
Evaluating Inverters and Motors
Evaluating Starting Characteristics for Flurescent Lamps
- HTW
- Wirkungsgrad-Optimierung - Neuheiten
- Optischer Spektrumanalysator AQ6360
- Optischer Sensorkopf AQ2200-232
- CAN FD Monitor-Modul - Messtipp
- Online-Monitoring-Software GA10
Editorial
Goodbye & Welcome – Seite 3
Hintergrund
Die Zukunft mit KI und
benutzerfreundlichen Tools gestalten
GA10 – Seite 4
Das etwas andere DAQ mit
High-Speed Erfassung
SL2000 – Seite 6
Mikrorisse sicher erkennen
mit 40 μm Auflösung
AQ7420 – Seite 8
Charakterisierung moderner Laser für die
Entwicklung von Quantencomputern
AQ6370E Case Study – Seite 10
News
110 Jahre Yokogawa
Jubiläumsaktion – Seite 11
(Enlightra)
A plain-English guide to the parameters and architectures that define optical spectrum measurement, and how to choose the right instrument for your work.
Kataloge & Broschüren
- Optical Spectrum Analyzer Selection Guide (1.1 MB)
- Features and Benefits Flyer AQ6380 (305.9 KB)
- Optical Time Domain Reflectometer Selection Guide (760.9 KB)
- Features and Benefits Flyer AQ6370E (1.2 MB)
Product Overviews
From visible light to telecommunication bands and even up to applications in the 2000nm region, optical testing professionals count on the Yokogawa Test&Measurement optical testing family of products. For decades, these precision-based optical measuring instruments have met and exceeded the needs of many customers’ experimental requirements. Applicable to a range of uses in R&D, manufacturing, and academia, Yokogawa Test&Measurement OSAs, OTDRs, OWMs, modular manufacturing test systems, and more deliver quality, consistency, ease of use, and market leadership for all manner of optical test applications.
Introducing the new Yokogawa Test&Measurement AQ6380 Optical Spectrum Analyzer. This new OSA includes many sought-after features including:
• An unprecedented 5 pm wavelength resolution
• ±5 pm wavelength accuracy
• 1200 nm to 1650 nm wavelength range
• 65 dB wide close-in dynamic range
• 80 dB stray light suppression
• Automated wavelength calibration
• Gas purging
• DUT-oriented interface and test apps
• Backward-compatible remote interface
• 10.4in intuitive touchscreen
• Up to 20x faster measurement
• Remote operation capabilities
How-tos
Learn how to set up an Optical Spectrum Analyzer (OSA) for accurate measurements. This tutorial covers instrument transportation, installation, alignment, adjustment, and wavelength calibration. Discover best practices for preparing your Yokogawa OSA and improving optical testing accuracy.
Learn how to perform optical spectrum measurements using an Optical Spectrum Analyzer, from quick measurements with AUTO mode to advanced settings in MANUAL mode.
Learn how to compare optical spectra and save measurement data using an Optical Spectrum Analyzer.
See how to use the in-built calibration on your optical spectrum analyzer in just three easy steps!
This video demonstrates side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) analysis using an AQ6370E OSA and explains how to adjust the signal span to capture side modes and execute SMSR analysis to detect and locate the closest peaks from a 1310 nanometer laser via a connected light source module. SMSR analysis allows engineers to quickly identify and quantify the differences between the main peak and any side peaks in terms of nanometers and power which helps ensure the quality and accuracy of a laser's output. Manufacturers want to see a single, clean peak in a laser's output without side modes or additional peaks, to indicate a laser is performing as expected.
The AQ7933 OTDR Emulation Software is software that can re-analyze and create reports of trace data measured on a Yokogawa OTDR.
It is more intuitive than conventional software and has a wealth of useful features including event map and pass / fail judgment screen.
This video will introduce the basic usage of the AQ7933 such as one-way analysis, two-way (bidirectional) analysis, and report creation.
Webinars
During this webinar you’ll discover more about the outstanding features and benefits of the AQ6380 and how it can be used to enhance your optical research and development.
As a developer of optical network components, you demand ever greater precision and fast measurement speed from your Optical Spectrum Analyzers. With Yokogawa’s OSA portfolio, including the latest AQ6380 OSA, that is exactly what you get.
Discover all about the outstanding features of the Yokogawa OSA portfolio and learn how it can be used to enhance R&D projects in this webinar.
In this webinar, Michael Kwok will discuss general techniques to measure OSNR for both traditional and modulated optical signals. The goal of the webcast is to provide test engineers with key measurement considerations for performing OSNR measurements using an Optical Spectrum Analyzer or OSA.
Discover how Enlightra’s microcomb laser technology, combined with Yokogawa’s AQ6370E optical spectrum analyzer, is helping advance high-speed optical interconnects for next-generation AI data centers. By enabling precise characterization of closely ...
Discover how Modulight’s medical laser technologies and Yokogawa’s AQ6373E/AQ6370E optical spectrum analyzers enable precise spectral validation for oncology and biomedical applications.
Entdecken Sie, wie die hochmoderne Lasertechnologie von Vexlum in Kombination mit dem optischen Spektrumanalysator AQ6370E von Yokogawa Präzision und Innovation in der Photonik vorantreibt.
Yokogawa Test & Measurement gibt die Markteinführung des neuen Optischen Spektrumanalysators AQ6361 für Produktionsprüfungen bekannt.
Die Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation gibt die Markteinführung ihres hochauflösenden Reflektometers AQ7420 bekannt. Das AQ7420 nutzt die OLCR-Technologie (Optical Low Coherence Reflectometry) und ist ideal für …
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