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Maximizing the Long-Term Performance of Your OTDR/iOLM by Using APC Connectors

This article explains how an OTDR with an APC connector will require less frequent repairs (connector change) to deliver constant measurements and reliable testing.

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Fast and Easy Programming with the IQS-500 Intelligent Test System: PDL as a Function of Wavelength

This article gives a typical example of a Microsoft Visual Basic program, designed to control EXFO’s tunable laser source and PDL meter to measure a component’s PDL as a function of wavelength.

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Power Meter Calibration at EXFO

This technical note provides an overview of EXFO's fully qualified and automated in-house power meter calibration system (EPMCS).

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ARU-100 HPNA Test Probe

The ARU-100 helps evaluate HPNA networks for impairments and their ability to support triple-play services delivered by FTTx networks.

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Tunable DFB Laser Sources: The Right Choice for EDFA and System Level Testing

This article reviews the critical parameters of TLS applicable to EDFA and system testing; it also examines the performance characteristics of a tunable DFB laser source.

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Stability Effects on Optical Component Assembly and Measurement Using an Automation System

This article demonstrates how alignment stability is one critical aspect in designing a process to assemble and measure optical components, more specifically it characterized a six-axis robot and some...

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Refracted Near-Field Measurements of Refractive Index and Geometry of Silica-on-Silicon Integrated Optical Waveguides

This article presents an adaptation of the RNF technique for the measurement of refractive-index profiles and geometry of silica-onsilicon integrated optical waveguides.

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Ensuring the Availability and Reliability of Dark-Fiber Networks

This article explains how EXFO’s DFL-5720 Digital Frequency-Locking System can simplify the implementation of a closed-loop process required for blocking a test laser frequency to perform alignments, ...

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Single-Ended Data-Rate Prediction for the AXS-200/600 Copper Family

This article provides an overview of EXFO's AXS-200/600 copper family testers, designed to deploy advanced, high-rate, triple-play services in a competitive and cost-constrained environment.

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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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