EXFO Photonic Solutions Div 5500B Measuring PMD the Fast Way

Measuring PMD the Fast Way

PMD represents a significant danger to both legacy and newly deployed networks. And as systems of 10 Gb/s and faster develop, PMD concern and

awareness continue to grow. EXFO’s FTB-5500B PMD Analyzer helps you get ahead in the field. Whether you need to verify the capacity of legacy fiber

or maintain a network, the modular FTB-5500B is fast, reliable, and ready to go.

FTB-5500B

The rugged FTB-5500B features a market-leading PMD measurement time of

less than five seconds—for any PMD value. Improve your testing efficiency.

Reduce testing costs. Test more fiber, and test it faster.

The FTB-5500B’s unique technology allows for both the auto-correlation and

cross-correlation to be known. Therefore, any spectral shape of source can be

used. The auto-correlation peak is thus removed, and higher accuracy and

resolution are obtained. PMD of 0 ps can be measured. In addition, a signal

transmitted through EDFAs can be analyzed for total link PMD. Calibration is

traceable to NIST.

KEY FEATURES

No auto-correlation peak, for increased accuracy and resolution

Testing through EDFAs (above 120 EDFAs)

Under five-second testing time for any range

Minimum measurable PMD: 0 ps

Housed in the tough, light-magnesium-shell and rubber-bumpered FTB-400 Universal Test System, the FTB-5500B PMD Analyzer will survive knocks,

bumps and drops. Combine up to seven single-slot, field-interchangeable modules in the powerful FTB-400 for simultaneous support of multiple testing

applications (CD analyzer, OTDR and OLTS, among others).

A single light source, the FLS-5800 CD/PMD Analyzer Source, can help you characterize both chromatic dispersion (CD) and polarization mode

dispersion (PMD)—reducing testing time and minimizing the potential for human error.