N7744A – Agilent / HP Optical Power Meters
1650 nm (High end wavelength limit)
Agilent’s new N7744A and N7745A optical power meters with four or eight power-sensor channels provide manufacturing customers with increased throughput and operational efficiency to meet today’s challenges in manufacturing. Designed for characterizing optical multiport components, these optical power meters offer industry-leading solutions for device connectivity, high-speed measurement data acquisition and fast data transfer for post-processing. The multiport power meter enables fast measurement solutions for all multiport devices; for example multiplexers, PON splitters, wavelength selective switches (WSS) and ROADMs, as well as compact setups for simultaneous testing of multiple single-port devices.
These power meters achieve a level of space-saving channel density that is new in the industry. This is complemented by the ease of integrating multiple instruments into a single setup with parallel programming over the LAN or USB connections. For example four N7745A can be used to measure 32 channels on a platform that is only two rack units high. A single N7745A is only one rack unit high and a half-rack wide.
With this new power meter comes the unprecedented N7740 fiber connectivity concept, which is a quadruple adapter (quad-adapter) with a snap-on quick-locking mechanism. The device to be tested can be connected to the quad-adapter in a comfortable ergonomic working position, even while the instrument is measuring another device. Then the quad-adapter can quickly be snapped on, to provide repeatably high-precision connections. Use of the quad-adapter simplifies aligning connector keys, especially for rack-mounted instruments and makes it easier to connect ports in the desired order, helping to avoid errors and connector damage.
4-port power meter
1 µs minimum averaging time
Dynamic range up to 65dB in swept and logging applications without ranging
Power uncertainty of ±2.5 %
Low polarization dependence of <±0.01 dB
High bandwidth, up to 240 kHz 3dB-cutoff
1250 to 1650 nm wavelength range
Patented 4-port optical connector interface for FC, SC, LC, MU and bare-fiber
Built-in Memory for 1 Mio. averaged power values per channel
LAN, USB and GPIB programming interfaces
Code compatibility to Agilent’s Lightwave measurement system platform
Specifications
Type
Fiber Optic
High end wavelength limit
1650 nm
Measurement Units
n/a
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Optical Multiport Power Meter