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Optimizing the Selection of Your Optical Spectrum Analyzer

This application note explains how selecting the proper tool basically comes down to knowing your current and future needs as well respecting your budget.

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Wander-A Critical Parameter for Network Synchronization

This application note presents how you can verify that your network is synchronized and what are the consequences if it is not.

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Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers—Testing Issues

This application note covers the main testing issues when using reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs) to better provision DWDM services across metropolitan Ethernet networks.

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Characterizing Polarization-Dependent Wavelength in AWGs and PLCs

This application note describes the PDW-parameter evaluation method, based on the first-row elements of the Mueller Matrix.

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Wavelength Meter Theory: Michelson Interferometry

This application note presents the Michelson interferometer-based design to generate temporal fringes that are measured against a well-characterized reference laser.

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Provider Backbone Bridge with Traffic Engineering: a Carrier Ethernet Technology Overview

This application note presents PBB-TE and its evolution compared to legacy Ethernet, provides details about its format and suggests some of the testing requirements for the deployment of such networks...

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Signal Conditioning of 100 GigE Electrical Lanes

This article shows the importance of relying on network/component test equipment featuring a built-in signal-conditioning tool to identify issues and validate the design of components in order to opti...

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Bridged Tap Detection Made Simple

This article shows a simple and economical way to quickly identify and locate bridged taps before they impact new services, or to quickly find and remove them when they do, and to restore QoS and QoE.

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Testing with the RTU-310/G IP Services Test Heads

This application note examines the need for a centralized test point, as well as the characteristics and applications of a centralized Ethernet test head.

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New OSA 40 Gbit/s Software Function

This application note provides an overview of the new OSA software feature and how EXFO's FTB-5240 and FTB-5240B are equipped to meet the challenges of DWDM.

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