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VE Visual Enhanced InGaAs Detector

What it does

A VE (Visual Enhanced) InGaAs optical detector offers improved performance across visible to infrared wavelengths. A unique advantage only on Kingfisher Optical Power Meters.

  • It can measure light at visible, near infrared and infrared wavelengths.
  • For wavelengths used in single mode fiber applications (1270 -1650 nm), it has similar characteristics to a typical InGaAs detector.
  • For wavelengths used in multimode fiber applications (830 - 940 nm), the response is much more wavelength-stable. For a typical 850 ±30 nm wavelength window, wavelength related test uncertainty is 3x better, reduced from 1.2 dB (typical InGaAs) to 0.3 dB (VE), similar to a Silicon detector.
  • Can measure red laser VFL power (635 - 670 nm), and SWDM applications (850 - 940 nm).

This graph shows real detector responsivity. The blue line shows VE detector performance:

User benefit

  • Finally, a detector that offers optimum performance for both single mode and multimode fiber applications.
  • Absolute power accuracy for 850 nm applications can be important, since the transceiver operational loss budget is small, and may be as small as 1.2 dB.

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Details
Products
Part Number
Description
Suited for
KI9600A-INGAAS
InGaAs
Suited for
KI9600A-VE
InGaAs
Suited for
KI9600A-H5
H5
Suited for
KI9600A-H3B
H3B
Suited for
KI9600XL-SI5
Si 5mm
Suited for
KI9600XL-GE5
Ge 5mm
Suited for
KI9600XL-GE7
Ge 7mm
Suited for
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