The Luna Quarterly

The Luna team was very excited to attend ECOC 2021, the European Conference on Optical Communications held in Bordeaux, France in mid September. COVID-19 travel restrictions notwithstanding, the show was a success and very productive, providing a great opportunity for technical consultations, discussing futures projects, and reconnecting with customers and partners.

In addition to the usual hot topics such as photonics integrated circuits (PICs), 400/800G high-speed transmission, data center networks and co-packaged optics, one strong theme at the conference was the increasing complexity of systems and devices integrated onto a single chip using Silicon Photonics for both telecom and non-telecom applications. As testing and characterizing these systems become more complex, Luna demonstrated how its photonics test and measurement products address these challenges with unique solutions to accelerate the testing and product introduction to market.

The following solutions were demonstrated at the Luna Innovations Booth during ECOC 2021:

Silicon Photonics and Optical Component Testing

• Fast and Accurate distributed optical loss and dispersion analysis
• See inside PICs with micrometer level spatial resolution
• Automated polarization control for quick TE/TM alignment 
• Expanding the OBR platform to 1060 nm devices

Polarization Measurement, Control and Emulation

• Measure PDL, SOP, DOP, PMD, PER and more
• Swept wavelengths measurements of PDL, PMD, IL and more
• Polarization impairment emulation of PMD, PDL and fast SOP for stress testing 400G/800G coherent receivers
• Polarization control, scrambling, switching, stabilization, and generation for production floor environments

Data Center Fiber Optic Testing

• Portable reflectometer with micrometer to millimeter scale spatial resolution
• Most accurate tool for length, latency, and optical loss up to 500 m
• Quickly assess and diagnose link integrity of SM and MM fibers
• Zero-dead zone OTDR like measurement