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Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. has acquired Sweden’s PicoSolve Inc., a private test and measurement company offering optical sampling oscilloscopes for 40G and 100G R&D, manufacturing and deployment applications. Founded in 2004 by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, PicoSolve provides high-speed optical sampling oscilloscopes to network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) involved in the design and production of next-generation optical networks. Network service providers (NSPs) will also require such high-end test equipment for their deployment initiatives, says Exfo. Advanced modulation schemes, in which data is encoded in both phase and amplitude of the optical carrier, allow NEMs to reach ultra-high network speeds using existing DWDM channel spacing, says Exfo, while maintaining resilience to chromatic and polarization dispersion phenomena. Full characterization of this ultra-high-speed encoding represents a significant test and measurement challenge for both NEMs and NSPs. PicoSolve currently has the only bit rate-independent test solution that can measure such phase- and amplitude-modulated signals with a measurement bandwidth of more than 500 GHz, adds the company, yielding a sub-picosecond temporal resolution. CLICK HERE to visit Exfo. |
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