By Santec Press Release
Santec, a leading manufacturer of fiber-optic components, sub-systems and optical test instruments, announces the release of a manual version of their popular bandwidth-adjustable tunable filter. Â This fiber-optic instrument incorporates a transmission filter whose wavelength and bandwidth can be adjusted independently. Â The filter has a flat-top shaped profile with excellent dispersion characteristics. Â The flexibility of the filter ensures suitability for a wide range of applications, however, it is particularly indispensable for filtering noise from 40Gb/s and higher data rate transmission signals.
The tuning range of the filter is from 1530nm to 1610nm.  The bandwidth is a djustable from 0.2nm to 10nm.  Custom filters such as notch filters, high or low pass filters are also available.  Models with different wavelength ranges will also be developed in the future.
FEATURES Wavelength tuning range        80nm Wavelength range                1530 – 1610nm (C+L Band) Bandwidth tuning                0.2 – 10.0nm Independently tunable wavelength & bandwidth Flat-top filter shape
APPLICATIONS 40Gb/s and higher data rate transmission test DWDM channel selection ASEÂ noise filtering Pulse shaping Next generation bundle wavelength OXC
NOTES for EDITORS Santec Corporation was established in 1979. It is headquartered in Komaki, Japan and has subsidiaries in America (Santec U.S.A. Corporation), U.K. (Santec Europe Ltd.) and China (Santec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.). It is listed on the Nippon New Market – “Hercules” section of the Osaka Securities Exchange.  The company employs 125 staff and serves customers in more than 30 countries; these include most of the world's major telecommunications companies and telecommunication system manufacturers.
Santec's products include a broad range of optical components and tunable laser light sources for the optical fiber industry, together with a range of fiber optic test and measurement instruments. It is particularly strong in the DWDM and CWDM markets.
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