• Agilent Technologies India P Limited

Fibre-Optic Switches

Agilent Technologies has new Fibre-optic Switches that enable more cost-effective optical transceiver manufacturing tests and higher efficiency in optical component and cable verification. Optical switches are used in fibre-optic test systems to automatically route optical signals. They are also used to optimise manufacturers’ investments in automated test equipment by improving repeatability and throughput and by supporting parallel measurements on multiport devices. Agilent’s new N77 Series switches accomplish these tasks with excellent repeatability and flexible automation control. The Agilent N7731A dual 1x4 optical switch and the N7734A 1x13 optical switch are available for single-mode or multimode fibre-optic connections. A complete set of control interfaces (including LAN, USB2.0 and GPIB) simplifies integration with manufacturing control systems. Code-compatible with Agilent’s Lightwave Measurement System modules, the new generation of switches can serve as plug-in replacements in existing test solutions. The company is the world’s premier measurement company and a technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences, electronics and communications.
Key features and specifications include:

• Repeatability – ±0.01 dB, ±0.004 dB typical
• Switching time – < 20 ms
• Lifetime – > 1 billion cycles
• 816x VXI plug-and-play driver support
• N77xx viewer GUI. Designed for high test throughput, lowest cost per channel and narrow footprint, all members of Agilent’s N77 Series optical test instruments are built on a common platform and provide a common PC-based user interface.