Yokogawa Unleashes Wide-Range Optical Analyzer

Nov. 20, 2007

Yokogawa Electric Corp. has introduced an optical spectrum analyzer capable of measurements in the 1.2-to-2.4-micron wavelength range. Not only can the model AQ6375 optical spectrum analyzer evaluate devices uses for optical telecommunications at 1310-to-1550-nm-wavelengths, but it can also test near-infrared (near-IR) lasers, perform laser absorptive spectroscopy, and check the wide spectrum of supercontinuum (SC) optical sources. Announced earlier this month at the Measurement & Control Show 2007 Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan), the instrument offers wavelength resolution of 0.05 nm and receive sensitivity of -70 dBm. It also operates at high speed, performing measurements in 1 second or less.

Yokogawa Electric Corp. (www.yokogawa.com)

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.