N4376B

Agilent N4376B 20 GHz and 26.5 GHz Multimode Lightwave Component Analyzer Data Sheet www.DataSheet4U.com General Information Agilent’s N4376B Lightwave Component Analyzer (LCA) is the instrument of choice to test short wavelength 10G Ethernet, Fibre Channel FCx8, FCx10 and FCx16 electro-optical components, with up to 20 or 26.5 GHz modulation range. The N4376B also supports the test of transmitter and receivers for optical computer backplanes and optical chip-to-chip connections in high speed computers and server applications. Modern optical transmission and datacom systems require fast, accurate and repeatable characterization of the core electro-optical components. These core subcomponents (lasers, modulators and detectors) have significant impact on the performance of the transmitter and the receiver with respect to modulation bandwidth, jitter, gain, and distortion of the final transceiver. For frequency dependent responsivity measurements the N4376B extends opto-electronic S-parameter measurements to multimode devices in the 850 nm wavelength range, which was not possible with the standard 8703A/B LCA 8703A/B. With a completely new design of the optical test set and a new RF-switched architecture, together with the latest PNA family of network analyzers, the N4376B guarantees excellent electro-optical measurement performance. In addition a unique new calibration concept significantly reduces time from powering up the LCA until the first calibrated measurement can be made. ...