Specifications
OTS9100 User Manual A-9
Transmitter Input and Output Specifications

OTS91L4-15, OTS91L5-15 Signal Name: 9.95238 Gb/s Optical Output Data

Signal Rate: 9.95238 Gb/s ± 100ppm
Pulse Mask Compliance: GR-253 (SONET), G.957 (SDH)
Data Format: PN7 scrambled NRZ formatted data; in BERT mode, unframed and unscrambled
PRBS data
Wavelength: 1550 nm ± 6 nm
Average Power: +3 dBm (minimum), +5 dBm (typical)
Extinction Ratio: 10 dB (minimum), 12 dB (typical)
Wavelength Aging Drift: +\- 0.01nm/yr
Sidemode Suppression: >30 dB
Chirp: α = 0 (nominal)
Optical Return Loss: > 30dB (minimum)
Eye Crossing: 50% (typical)
Connector: FC/PC (standard), SC or ST available
Optical Rise and Fall Time: 30 ps at 20%-80%
Optical Extinction for Continuos LOS insertion: > 30 dB
This output can be “locked out” for safety (as UL safety requirements specify) using the front panel
key switch or remote interlock.
Fiber Type: Single Mode
Modulator Type: Mach Zender/Lithium Niobate
Description: Primary output to device under test

OTS91L7, OTS91L8 Signal Name: 9.95238 Gb/s Optical Input

Wavelength: 1528 nm - 1565 nm
Average Power: 0dBm - +16dBm
Insertion Loss: < 7.5dB, 6.0dB typical
NOTE: There is a 3dB reduction in measured power with a 50% duty cycle modulated signal.
Optical Source Polarization Extinction: >14dB
Connector: FC/PC (standard), SC or ST available
Fiber Type: Input – Polarization-maintaining (PM) Panda type
Description: Optical input for external optical source