Wideband Linear Amplifier Speeds Next-Gen Optical Device Characterization
Designed for engineers developing next-generation optical transmission devices, the AH15203A/B 140-Gbaud wideband linear amplifier with integrated bias tee from Anritsu helps simplify high-speed device characterization. It delivers the broadband, high-output signal conditioning required for the Beyond-1 Tb era, offering a frequency response from 200 kHz to 125 GHz (–6 dB bandwidth).
The AH15203A/B amplifies PAM4 signals up to 140 Gbaud with a maximum output of 2.0 V p-p. In addition, its +15.0-dB gain and low jitter performance of 300 fs maximum help maintain signal fidelity, compensate for transmission-path losses, and perform more reliable waveform evaluation during high-speed optical device development.
The AH15203A/B can amplify 140-Gbaud PAM4 signals from digital signal processors (DSPs) and other signal sources. The amp directly drives optical devices that require high-amplitude offset signals for characterizing optical modulators used in next-generation 800-GbE and 1.6-TbE digital coherent transmission systems, as well as IM-DD optical modulators widely deployed in optical communications.
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Alix is Editor-at-Large for Microwaves & RF.
An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the U.S. military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications, most recently as Editor-in-Chief of Power Systems Design.
Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.