DATASHEET | OCTOBER 2012

FIBER OPTICS

| REV 2012.10

Information contained herein is deemed reliable and accurate as of the issue date. EMCORE reserves the right to change the design or specification at any time without notice.

Applications

Fiber Optical Protection Switching

Redundant Ring Architectures

FTTx Networks

Features

Automatic, Manual and Remote

Switching

Auto-Switching Time Less than 25ms

SNMP Control Interface

Front Panel LED Indicators

1 RU Rack-Mount Enclosure with Choice

of AC or DC Power Supply

The EOS-6000 Optical A/B Switch is a high-performance solution for network

protection and optical redundancy. Packaged in convenient 1RU housing, this line of

optical switches provides an automatic or manual fiber switching function to protect the

network from inadvertent service outages due to up-stream optical signal degradation.

Each fiber’s optical signal power level is continuously monitored, as is an adjustable

optical trip threshold for each channel. If the primary fiber’s optical signal power level

falls below the desired optical trip threshold, the unit automatically switches to the

secondary fiber, thus eliminating the need for intervention of a system operator. The

EOS-6000 is capable of manual switching or can be switched remotely via SNMP

adding optical protection to many system applications.

The EOS-6000 series is designed as a low power, cost-effective, high-performance

switching solution for applications that demand reliable and rapid response to

changing network conditions

Figure 1: Redundant Path Configuration for CATV Broadcast

Optical Characteristics

EOS-6000 Optical A/B Switch

Medallion 6000

CATV Tx (Main)

Medallion 6000

CATV Tx (Backup)

MAIN

EOS-6000

Optical Switch

BACKUP

NMOA8100/8200

EDFA

RF In

RF In

Property

Units

Min.

Typ.

Max.

Operating Wave Length

Nm

1310 +/- 10 or 1550 +/- 20

Insertion Loss

dB

1.0

1.3

Return Loss

dB

55

60

Polarization Dependent Loss

dB

0.06

0.1

Repeatability

dB

+/-0.01

+/-0.02

Isolation

dB

-60

-50

Input Optical Power

dBm

24

Switching Time

ms

25