Desktop Interrogator specifications

Optical hardware specifications

Tuning spectral range:

10 nm minimum (1540.5 nm – 1550.5 nm)
20 nm (around telecoms C-band, customizable)

Number of optical channels:

1-8 under shared or individual source configurations

Spectral resolution (hardware):

2 pm at full speed, 0.4 pm at 0.25x speed (@ 10nm tuning range)

Spectral tuning step (hardware):

2 pm at full speed, 0.4 pm at 0.25x speed

Wavelength accuracy:

1 pm at full speed, 0.5 pm at 0.25x speed

Laser wavelength stability:

1 pm over 5hrs
3 pm over 13 hrs of continuous operation

Laser power stability:

Better than 0.7% over 13 hrs

Optical signal detection dynamic range:

36 dB (42 dB upgraded version)

Full spectrum scan speed:

10 Hz (@2pm)

Acoustic Emission detection dynamic range:

0-500kHz current version, (0-5Mhz upcoming on FBGI mk II)

Maximum optical output power:

1.5 mW / channel (independent sources)
0.4 mW / channel (4 optical output/shared sources)

Power consumption while sweeping spectrally:

4.2W

Software

Breadboard (OEM) interrogator specifications

Optical hardware specifications

Tuning spectral range:

10 nm minimum (1540.5 nm – 1550.5 nm)
20 nm (around telecoms C-band, customizable)

Number of optical channels:

1-8 under shared or individual source configurations

Spectral resolution (hardware):

2 pm at full speed, 0.4 pm at 0.25x speed (@ 10nm tuning range)

Spectral tuning step (hardware):

2 pm at full speed, 0.4 pm at 0.25x speed

Wavelength accuracy:

1 pm at full speed, 0.5 pm at 0.25x speed

Laser wavelength stability:

1 pm over 5hrs
3 pm over 13 hrs of continuous operation

Laser power stability:

Better than 0.7% over 13 hrs

Optical signal detection dynamic range:

36 dB (42 dB upgraded version)

Full spectrum scan speed:

10 Hz (@2pm)

Acoustic Emission detection dynamic range:

0-500kHz current version, (0-5Mhz upcoming on FBGI mk II)

Maximum optical output power:

1.5 mW / channel (independent sources) 0.4 mW / channel (4 optical output/shared sources)

Power consumption while sweeping spectrally:

4.2W

Software