Vector signal analyzer

该项目的目标是提高实验室基础设施的质量，从而使研究人员在光子器件设计领域取得世界认可的成果，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）在光子研究方面处于世界领先地位。该项目增强了渥太华大学自然科学研究人员的发现、创新和培训能力，并为学生在电信领域追求新思想提供了更好的机会。该项目将在PON应用中应用相干检测技术，以便在下一代PON框架中增加网络覆盖范围和容量增强。与数字用户线路技术（xDSL）等传统技术相比，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许多服务（如有线电视（CATV）、电话、视频点播、高清电视（HDTV）和在线游戏）的首选。这项研究是创新的，因为对光纤系统更高性能的驱动重新引起了对相干检测的兴趣。相干检测技术最终实现了光符号通信，取代了传统的位通信。因此，可以用更便宜的电子硬件来处理更多的客户。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在加拿大的创新中处于领先地位。反过来，这将使加拿大整体受益，通过引入低成本的光接入网，扩大范围，并能够覆盖过去由于部署和维护成本高而放弃部署网络的偏远地区。它有可能创造更多的在线服务的可用性和获取途径，促进远程教育和远程医疗等领域的发展，并增加国家和世界范围的研究机会和合作。

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.