Vector signal analyzer

该项目的目标是提高实验室基础设施的质量，从而使研究人员能够在光子器件设计领域取得世界公认的成果，帮助培养高素质的人才以获得IT行业所需的知识，并使光子技术实验室（PTLab）在光子学研究方面处于世界领先地位。该项目提高了渥太华大学研究人员在自然科学方面的发现、创新和培训能力，并为学生提供了在电信领域追求新思想的更好机会。该项目将在PON应用中应用相干检测技术，以便在下一代PON的框架中增加网络覆盖范围和容量增强。与诸如数字用户线路技术（xDSL）的传统技术相比，PON的成本效益、可靠性和更高的容量使其成为向公共或私人用户提供诸如有线电视（CATV）、电话、视频点播、高清晰度电视（HDTV）和在线游戏的许多服务的主要候选者。这项研究是创新性的，因为在光纤系统中的更高性能的驱动器已经重新对相干检测的兴趣。最终，相干检测技术导致光符号通信而不是传统的比特通信。因此，可以用较便宜的电子硬件来处理大量的客户。购买矢量信号分析仪将为研究人员和学生提供一个极好的机会来评估PON链路中不同子系统的功能，并将使PTLab能够在加拿大的创新中处于领先地位。这反过来又将使整个加拿大受益，因为它引入了一个低成本的光纤接入网络，该网络具有扩展的范围，能够覆盖过去由于部署和维护成本高而放弃网络部署的偏远地区。它有可能创造更多的在线服务，刺激远程教育和远程医疗等领域的发展，以及提供更多的研究机会和国家和世界范围的合作。

The goal of this project is to improve the laboratory infrastructure quality which in turn will enable researchers to achieve world recognizable results in the field of photonics devices design, help to train highly qualified personnel to gain knowledge required in IT industry, and to bring the Photonic Technology Laboratory (PTLab) to the world leading position in photonics research. The project enhances the discovery, innovation and training capability of University of Ottawa researchers in the natural sciences and provides a better opportunity to students for pursuing new ideas in the field of telecommunications. This project will apply coherent detection techniques in PON applications in order to increase network reach and capacity enhancement in the framework of a next generation of PON. Cost effectiveness, reliability and higher capacity of the PON makes it a prime candidate for delivering a number of services such as cable TV (CATV), telephony, video on demand, High Definition TV (HDTV) and online gaming to public or private users, compared to the traditional technologies such as Digital Subscriber Line Technology (xDSL). This research is innovative because the drive for higher performance in optical fiber systems has renewed interest in coherent detection. Ultimately, the coherent detection technique leads to optical symbol communication instead of traditional bit communication. Therefore, a larger number of customers can be handled with the less expensive electronic hardware. The purchase of a vector signal analyzer will provide researchers and students an excellent opportunity to evaluate the functionality of different subsystems in the PON link and will enable PTLab to lead in Canadian innovation. This in turn will benefit Canada as a whole, by introducing a low-cost optical access network with an extended range and the ability to cover remote locations where network deployment has been abandoned in the past due to high cost of deployment and maintenance. It has the potential to create greater availability and access to online services, incite development in fields such as tele-education and tele-medicine, as well as provide an increase in research opportunities and collaboration both nationally and worldwide.