Optical Component and Module Testing to ensure Operability in the 40G Network
From Oct 2006 - live audio and video

In this webinar, we introduce methods for the optical characterization of high bit rate network elements. We cover both polarization and dispersion characterization tools that are essential to ensuring high bit-rate network operability.  We conclude with a live demonstration of Luna's Optical Vector Analyzer and measurements of a tunable filter package for Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) and FTTx applications.

New Optical Test Methods for 99.99% Uptime Networks
From Oct 2006 - live audio and video

In this webinar, we cover a new approach to high resolution OTDR that can significantly increase the reliability and limit the down-time of the physical layer. The method can identify bends, breaks, splices and polarization effects in an optical network. The method is also capable of mapping the strain and temperature distribution along a fiber optic link. We will conclude with a live measurement of a short-haul optical network.

Combining Component Characterization and Simulation to Enable the Next Generation Optical Network, a joint webinar with RSoft Incorporated (slides only)

In this live web-based seminar, Luna Technologies, a division of Luna Innovations Incorporated, will team with RSoft Design Group Inc., to introduce new techniques for combining optical measurement and characterization technology with modern optical network simulation techniques. 

As the optical physical layer has become more advanced, high resolution measurement of performance parameters such as chromatic dispersion, polarization mode dispersion and loss has become a critical element in ensuring component and network performance.   Modeling and simulation of the physical layer is also a key element in ensuring both component level performance and overall network operability. 

This joint webinar will include introductions to both testing requirements and techniques for modern fiber-optic components and modeling and simulation techniques for robust and reliable network design.  The webinar will conclude with a live demonstration of how both time- and cost-to-market can be reduced by combining the latest advances in both measurement and simulation.

New Rayleigh-Based Technique for Very High Resolution Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensing (slides only)

In this webinar, we will introduce a new technique for high resolution distributed fiber sensing using Luna Technologies’ Optical Backscatter Reflectometer (OBR).  This new Rayleigh-based method provides very high resolution (less than 1 cm) temperature and strain profiling in optical fiber systems and is compatible with standard single- and multi-mode optical fiber.  This combination of high resolution and standard fiber compatibility opens up a range of new applications for distributed sensing in telecommunications, avionics and military fiber optics, structural health monitoring, security, and industrial process monitoring.  Examples of new applications include “touch to locate (TTL)”: locating position in a fiber system during assembly or maintenance simply by touching the fiber, and strain profiling and aging in mission critical fibe.r networks and data bus architectures.  This webinar will conclude with a live demonstration of distributed sensing in a variety of fiber systems.