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Technical Bulletin N°7

Experts in Next Generation Lightwave Test Equipment


Complex Spectrum Analyzer :
The new tool for a complete modulation characterization

Optical Complex Spectrum Analyzer AP2440A application note

Introduction :
With the ever increasing channel bit rates, several new modulation formats were established all aimed to reduce
performance degradation caused by interaction of dispersion and nonlinearity.
DPSK, QPSK, chirp characteristics, return to zero (RZ) are just a few on this list.
Channel narrowing and increasing speeds requires comprehensive test instruments to adequately measure overall
system performance and is where the Optical Complex Spectrum Analyzer (CSA or OCSA) comes in.

What is an Optical Complex Spectrum Analyzer?

An optical complex spectrum analyzer is an optical spectrum analyzer able to characterize the amplitude and relative
phase of each individual optical spectral component of a modulated signal giving what we called 'the optical complex
spectrum'.
After this, a Fourrier transform (FTT) method is applied to convert SPECTRAL DOMAIN <optical complex spectrum>
into TIME DOMAIN.

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More details on the measurement principle


Advantages for high speed system : No speed limit!

Applications
(click on the measurement to enlarge and display comments)

10Gb/s DPSK signal


40Gb/s RZ pulse and adiabatic chirp (intensity and phase 40Gb/s NRZ eye diagram
measurement)

Spectrum comparison between 10Gb/s NRZ


40Gb/s Alpha parameter
10Gb/s NRZ and 10Gb/s duobinary pulse and transient chirp

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