The EMU-AltaVe facility allows experimentation in Ultra High speed optical communication systems, THz technologies and SDM-based systems, supporting a wide range of research needs from academia and industry. Our laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art equipments, including:

 

  • Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG): Keysight M8199A-ATO Arbitrary Waveform Generator

     

    •  With four channels, rate  from 128 GSa/s  and up to 70 GHz of analog bandwidth.

 

 

  • Optical Phase and Quadrature Modulator: IDPhotonics OMFT-C-01-FA Modulator

     

    • With integrated bias and bandwidth up tp 60 GHz this IQ modulator suports symbol rates beyond 120 GBd.

 

 

  • Optical Front-End with an Integrated Local Oscillator: Keysight N4391B-070 Optical Modulation Analyzer/ Keysight UXR0704A

     

    • Real-time oscilloscope with 4  channels, 80 GHz bandwidth and 256-GSa/s sampling rate. It is equipped with a N4391B Optical Modulation Analyzer for optical coherent detection.

 

 

  • Vector Network Analyzer (VNA): Anritsu VNA ME7838/AX/EX/DG

     

     
    • Continuous frequency coverage from a few MHz to 330 GHz including the respective calibration sets.
    • Calibration stability for 24 hours  around 0.1 dB and 0.5º for S21.
    • Dynamic range around 105 dB  for bands of the order of 110 GHz.
    • It allows the measurement of  active devices with a linear power sweep range  > 50 dB.

       

     

 

 

 

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