The AQ6370E optical spectrum analyzer was recently released by Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation as an upgraded version of the popular AQ6370D with features that enhance performance and improve usability. Equally suitable for industry, universities and research institutions, the AQ6370E can be used to characterize a wide range of components, including lasers for optical communications, optical transceivers and optical amplifiers.
The new instrument is designed to meet the growing need for highly precise and easy to use test equipment in the R&D and production of optical communications devices and equipment. This is driven in part by the growth in the use of cloud services, 5G communications, and other information and communication services that require large-capacity and high-speed optical communication networks. This trend is driving the development of next-generation optical devices and components that support large-capacity optical communication networks. Evaluating the characteristics and quality of these devices and components requires high-precision optical test instruments to analyze the light wavelength components and measure the wavelength characteristics.
Innovative features include a high close-in dynamic range mode, with which a user can measure a single longitudinal mode laser with a high close-in dynamic range. Close-in dynamic range is a key performance criterion when developing lasers and optical devices.
The AQ6370E optical spectrum analyzer. Source: Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation
The AQ6370E optical spectrum analyzer is also engineered with a side mode suppression ratio mode that can reduce measurement time, and an APP mode. The latter provides a device under test specific user interface that navigates the user from configuration settings to test result output, so that even customers who are unfamiliar with optical spectrum analyzers can use it easily.
Another new feature is a large LCD touch screen, for even easier and more intuitive everyday operation of the analyzer.
