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WAVEANALYZER™

WaveAnalyzer 200A

Portable Optical Spectrum Analyzer

The WaveAnalyzer 200A is a lightweight portable Optical Spectrum Analyzer

covering the C-band of optical communications. It has been designed for

flexible use in the laboratory and also during installation, turn up and trouble

shooting of optical networks in telecom and datacenter applications. Auto-

matic ranging allows signals from +20 dBm to -50 dBm to be characterized

without adjusting settings or adding attenuators. The instrument is controlled

via touch-screen using Coherent‘s WaveAnalyzer GUI. A protective rubber

bumper comes along with the instrument allowing operation of the unit in

rugged environments.

The WA 200A is based on a coherent measurement principle which allows

operation without any moving part inside the instrument.

Language Support

The WA 200A includes localized GUI with language support

for English, Japanese, Chinese and Italian.

Ruggedness

A special protective bumper ensures the integrity of the

instrument even in rugged environments or when dropped

on the floor. The instrument comes in a hard-shell case

proving protection during transportation and shipment.

Control

The WA 200A can be connected through an Ethernet port

to Local Area Networks and allows signal monitoring and

data gathering or simply remotely controlling either via the

internal webserver which can be accessed by any browser

or through the integrated RESTful API. The WA 200A

supports both acquiring the IP address through DHCP and

setting a fixed address. The USB port allows time-stamped

data to be saved for later analysis when no network

is available.

The WA 200A integrates with Coherent’s well-known

WaveAnalyzer PC software. The WaveAnalyzer GUI serves

as PC based viewer for measurement traces collected on

the WA 200A.

Features

Applications

• Full C-band coverage

• Resolution bandwidth: 1.75 GHz

• Fast: 2 updates / second (typ.)

• Battery operated

• Remote Control via Ethernet

• Language support (incl. Japanese and Chinese)

• No moving parts

• System turn up and trouble shooting

• DWDM testing

• Channel power and OSNR testing

• Channel equalizing

• Lab, network and data center

In-built Signal Analysis

The WA 200A provides full channel analysis of 50 and 100

GHz channels, as well as supporting proposed non-stan-

dard channel spacings such as 37.5 GHz for future high-ca-

pacity 400 Gb/s interconnects. Reporting includes channel

power, center frequency and OSNR measurements.