Photonics Tech Briefs
Product of the Month
July 2000


Detectors with 12-ps or 18.5-ps
Impulse Response
New Focus

New Focus, Santa Clara, CA, is offering the Models 102X and 14XX time-domain-optimized ultrahigh-speed detectors with guaranteed 12-ps or 18.5-ps FWHM impulse responses. The optically pigtailed devices are battery-powered and have their own bias circuits and DC-power monitors. In FC- or ST-connectorized versions, they are terminated at 50 ohms, so do not require a 6-dB attenuator when they are used with microwave filters. A 50-micron-core multimode option is available for 18.5-ps detectors (Models 14XX). New Focus calls the detectors ideal for time-domain applications in high-speed digital fiber optic communication systems, including measuring eye diagrams and characterizing pulses.

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