The DSA8200 Series Sampling Oscilloscope, when configured with one or more optical sampling modules, provide complete optical test solutions for Telecom (125 Mb/s to 43.018 Gb/s) or Datacom (Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 GbE and InfiniBand) applications, as well as general purpose optical component testing.

Each optical module includes all the elements necessary for optical testing:

• Optical to Electrical Converter
• Average Power Monitor
• One or More Reference Receiver Filters
• A Full Bandwidth Optical Path
• A Low-noise Electrical Sampler
• Optional Integrated Clock Recovery (80C12 clock recovery is provided via the 80A05 or 80A07 Clock Recovery Module – sold separately)
• Universal Optical Input Connector