Optical Laser Source Products

Keysight's has a wide range of tunable laser sources to fit your needs for various applications. In addition to the proven 81600B tunable laser source family, Keysight recently introduced a new family of tunable laser sources - the 8160xx family. The 8160xx tunable laser sources offer the full wavelength range from 1260 nm to 1650 nm with no wavelength gaps. All 8160xx tunable laser sources are modules for the Keysight 8164B lightwave measurement system mainframe. This provides test instrumentation with maximum flexibility. Investing in the Keysight 8160xx family of tunable laser sources can realize the cost efficiency and performance required to test components for coarse and dense wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM, DWDM) and passive optical networks (PON).

Keysight offers a broad choice of fixed laser sources, which are available as single-wavelength and dual-wavelength modules as part of the Keysight Lightwave Solution Platform. The Keysight 8165xA Fabry-Perot laser sources can be used in conjunction with optical power meter modules for insertion loss, optical return loss and PDL measurement of broadband components and fiber. The Keysight 81663A Distributed Feedback Laser Sources are best suited for amplifier test and WDM system test applications. Keysight covers PON and common WDM wavelengths with its 81663A Distributed Feedback (DFB) laser source modules. The precise tunability around ITU-grid center wavelength gives you the flexibility to match test setups to the latest requirements of the DWDM-system. The fine-tuning allows to shift the center wavelength from one DWDM transmission channel to the adjacent channel in dense WDM systems. The built-in isolator ensures highest laser stability, even when reflections are present in the optical path.

The Keysight N7711A and N7714A tunable lasers are single-port and four-port sources, available with C-band or L-band wavelength coverage. All models can reach any wavelength point within their specified wavelength in the C- and L-band range. The narrow linewidth and offset grid fine-tuning capability make them ideal sources for realistic loading of the latest transmission systems. In system loading applications, it may be preferable to grid-tune the lasers like system transmitters, simply by changing the channel index. The channel grid is adjustable to standard ITU-T grid spacing like 50 GHz, and to arbitrary grids. The Keysight N7711A and N7714A tunable lasers are available in a compact format with half-rack width and one rack-unit height. This format makes them the right choice for high channel-count system load applications.