Features:

• Telcordia GR-1209 and GR-1221 qualified
• Small size, low cost
• Available in the following configurations: Single channel discrete VOA; 4 & 8 channel VOA arrays; Higher port counts up to 40 VOAs per module
• Normally-open or Normally-closed
• Low voltage (6.5 V) or high voltage (18 V)
• Singlemode or PM fiber
• Analog DC voltage control
• Independent continuous attenuation control for each channel
• Fast response
• Low insertion loss
• High dynamic range
• Low WDL, PDL, TDL
• Very low power consumption
• Very low crosstalk
• Stable and repeatable in open loop operation
• High attenuation accuracy
• Best-in-class resistance to shock & vibration

Applications:

• Signal power management in optical networks
• Dynamic optical power control and channel equalization in add/drop multiplexer
• Power balancing before modulation and multiplexing
• Active gain equalization in DWDM systems
• Power control into receivers
• Gain tilt control in EDFAs
• Channel balancing for optimizing transmission performance in long-haul and metro networks
• Test equipment

Product Description:

OZ Optics Ltd. offers MEMS-based variable optical attenuator (VOA) in a fast, low cost miniature package. These best-in-class attenuators are available either as single units or as arrays of attenuators in which each VOA has its own independent continuous control. Attenuation is controlled by an analog DC voltage input signal.

OZ Optics Ltd. offers MEMS-based VOAs with either Singlemode or Polarization Maintaining (PM) fibers. Our ingenious manufacturing techniques ensure optimum alignment of PM fibers, allowing high Polarization Extinction Ratios while dramatically minimizing assembly costs.

OZ Optics Ltd. MEMS VOAs are available in any combination of the fol lowing parameters: (1) Single VOAs with 0–6.5 volt or 0–18 volt driving power (2) VOA arrays with 5 volt power supply to the module and 0–6.5 volts on each driving pin (3) normally open or normally closed.

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