VERONA, Wisconsin—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Optametra announces the first available solutions for testing real coherent transmission systems in real time. Optametra’s OM4105 and OM4106 Coherent Lightwave Signal Analyzers™ enable visualization and measurement of dual-polarized complex-modulated signals in fiber.

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Optametra’s hardware includes the OM3005 polarization-diverse Coherent Modulation Receiver™ (CMR™), enabling simultaneous measurement of any modulation format, including coherent dual-polarization (DP) QPSK, and subsets, such as differential QPSK. Optametra’s software calibrates and processes for real-time burst-mode constellation diagram displays, eye-diagram displays, bit-error detection, polarization (Poincaré sphere), and more. Bit rates to 43 Gb/s (40G DP-QPSK) are supported today, with simple 112 Gb/s (100G DP-QPSK) upgrades available mid-2009.

Optametra will introduce the OM4105 and OM4106 at OFC/NFOEC 2009, San Diego Convention Center, Calif., Booth 2028, March 23-26, 2009.

The ability for carriers to smoothly grow data rates without pulling new fiber is the compelling value proposition of complex and polarization-diverse optical modulation. Carriers and network equipment manufacturers have demonstrated 112 Gb/s transmission in an otherwise-10 Gb/s channel using such modulation; conventional modulation leaves 90% of the fiber capacity unused!

This architectural transformation of telecommunications is driven by growing demand for bandwidth by products such as YouTube, data centers, and high-speed infrastructure build-out. Instead of pulling new fiber at over $50k/km, modulation techniques with greater spectral efficiency offer an easier, more flexible and lower-cost route to increasing network capacity.

Although other tools for visualizing complex optical modulation have been introduced earlier this month, “Optametra’s OM 4005 and OM 4006 Coherent Lightwave Signal Analyzers™ are the first available to measure and display the full optical field of coherent signals,” according to Rob Marsland, President of Optametra, “and they are by far the most cost-effective.” Using intradyne and proven phase-estimation techniques, Optametra’s instruments present in-phase and quadrature eye diagrams, constellations, data waveforms, and bit-error rates (BER) for both polarizations of light in fiber, using either a customer’s standard network sources or available built-in tunable lasers optimized for coherent applications.

U.S. Pricing and Availability
Optametra’s OM4105 and OM4106 Coherent Lightwave Signal Analyzers™ may be ordered today, with standard lead-times of 10-12 weeks ARO, depending on configuration and current availability. Pricing starts at $87,900 in the U.S. Optametra’s products support all four-channel 40 Gs/s or faster real-time oscilloscopes, including those from Agilent, Tektronix, and LeCroy.

Additional information is available at www.optametra.com, including high-resolution images and video.

About Optametra
Optametra, LLC is a privately held company dedicated to developing instrumentation that enables customers to develop, manufacture, install, and monitor complex modulation transceivers. Optametra: complex measurements made simple.

To inquire more or review these products, you will receive the quickest response to inquiries by contacting Daniel van der Weide.

Daniel van der Weide
Vice President of Engineering
(877) 768-8880
dan@optametra.com