01 Mar 2007 OPTOTEACH is the first POF-WDM teaching system, specifically designed to cover a multitude of lab experiments in the field of optical communication technology, e.g. PI curve and bandwidth measurements or analysis of EMF influences. Light is one of the most important tools of the near future - it can be used almost universally, is cost-effiicient, leaves no environmental footprint, does not endanger human health - and new usages and applications are discovered and developed on an almost constant basis. Many modern systems are based on opto-electrical procedures like multiplexing - especially Wavelength Division Multiplex (WDM). Aside from glass fibers, easy-to-use and cheaply produced polymer optical fibers (POF) are used more often as a transmission medium in optical communication systems. Today, they are already seen as potential standards for in-house and automotive communication systems.
Therefore, enabling students to understand how WDM and/or POF systems can be designed, built and maintained, is an important task of universities and vocational schools that offer education or training in photonics or optical communication technologies.
OPTOTEACH is the first POF-WDM teaching system, specifically designed to cover a multitude of lab experiments in the field of optical communication technology, e.g. PI curve and bandwidth measurements or analysis of EMF influences. OPTOTEACH systems are exclusively built and distributed by HarzOptics. OPTOTEACH systems are currently being used in educational labs at Harz University, Braunschweig University, Dresden University and the Federal Center for Electronics Technology in Oldenburg. |
