LAB WM-453 - Using the New Focus 1554-B Photo Receiver with a LeCroy Oscilloscope

The Optical to Electrical (OE) converter (the manufacturer calls it a photo receiver) is very useful in many applications when checking laser light sources or outputs of data links in fiber optic systems. We have tested a 12GHz model 1554-B from the New Focus company (http://www.newfocus.com/com/) with the LeCroy SDA Zi series oscilloscopes.
Using the New Focus 1554-B Photo Receiver with a LAB BRIEF WM-453
LeCroy Oscilloscope


January, 2010 Introduction
This receiver’s clean responses and 35-ps rise times make the product
Summary well-suited for a time-domain characterization of 10-Gbit/s signals. Using
the scope's built in parametric measurements and math functions we are
The Optical to Electrical (OE)
able to perform the dark calibration and measure extinction ratio.
converter (the manufacturer
calls it a photo receiver) is
very useful in many Set-Up
applications when checking