EXFO Launches Industry's Fastest Optical Sampling Oscilloscopes
March 10 2009 - 1:48PM
PR Newswire (US)
PicoSolve's high-end test solutions integrated into EXFO's
market-leading optical offering QUEBEC CITY, March 10
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc.
(NASDAQ:EXFONASDAQ:TSX:NASDAQ:EXF) announced today the launch of
the industry's fastest optical sampling oscilloscopes for existing
and next-generation 40G and 100G optical networks. These high-end
test solutions, which can characterize optical networks reaching
transmission rates up to 640 Gbit/s in the lab, are now fully
brought to market under the EXFO banner, following the recent
acquisition of Swedish-based PicoSolve, Inc. They have been
integrated into EXFO's optical test offering, which boasts the
largest market share, as recently confirmed by Frost &
Sullivan. These oscilloscopes can also be combined with EXFO's
growing 40G product offering to provide customers with a
comprehensive, multilayer test solution for their high-speed,
next-generation networks. The PSO-101 is a single-channel
oscilloscope that enables eye-diagram analysis and pattern
visualization within existing high-speed optical networks. The
quality of its design has been recognized by the renowned R&D
Magazine, as it was selected among the top 100 R&D products for
2008. The PSO-102 is a dual- or quad-channel version of the
previous model, and is purpose-built for next-generation networks
with advanced modulation schemes. These schemes, in which data is
encoded in both phase and amplitude of the optical carrier, allow
network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) to reach ultra-high network
speeds such as 40G and 100G using existing dense
wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) channel spacing, while
maintaining resilience to chromatic and polarization dispersion
phenomena. New software features and options for compliance testing
of optical transceivers, including mask-hit analysis (40G masks
with user-defined margins) and data filtering (simulation of any
type of receiver filter), have also been added to the capabilities
of the PSO-100 oscilloscopes. The PSO-100 series is the only bit
rate-independent test solution on the market that can measure such
phase- and amplitude-modulated signals with a measurement bandwidth
of more than 500 GHz, yielding a sub-picosecond temporal
resolution. The PSO-102 dual-channel optical sampling oscilloscope
and the new software features will be showcased at OFC/NFOEC 2009,
booth # 1035, from March 24-26, 2009, in San Diego. "High-speed,
next-generation networks involve higher transmission rates,
advanced modulation schemes and multiple tests that pose serious
quality-of-service issues for customers. EXFO now provides the only
solution on the market that can handle all of these challenges with
a single, dedicated test instrument," said Etienne Gagnon, EXFO's
Vice-President of Product Development and Marketing. "The end
result is that we're meeting customers' evolving needs with the
fastest optical sampling oscilloscopes in the industry, which we
believe will help further expand our global market leadership in
optical testing. EXFO offers a very rich product portfolio - namely
comprising optical spectrum analyzers, OTN and Ethernet BER
analyzers, distributed PMD analyzers and chromatic dispersion
analyzers - for all system vendors and network operators that are
deeply engaged in the design and deployment of very-high-speed
networking." For further information about EXFO's optical sampling
oscilloscopes, please visit http://www.exfo.com/. About EXFO EXFO
is a leading provider of test and service assurance solutions for
network service providers and equipment manufacturers in the global
telecommunications industry. The Telecom Division offers a wide
range of innovative solutions extending across the full technology
lifecycle - from design to technology deployment and onto service
assurance - and covering all layers on a network infrastructure to
enable triple-play services and next-generation, converged IP
networking. The Life Sciences and Industrial Division offers
solutions in medical device and opto-electronics assembly,
fluorescence microscopy and other life science sectors. For more
information, visit http://www.exfo.com/. DATASOURCE: EXFO
Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. CONTACT: Vance Oliver, Manager,
Investor Relations, (418) 683-0913, Ext. 3733,
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