600,000 Euro grant from Anritsu helps Bristol University to acquire 43 Gbit/s tester for optical communications research.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-3 October 2002-ANRITSU: 600,000 Euro grant from Anritsu helps Bristol University to acquire 43 Gbit/s tester for optical communications research (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10032002 The Optics Group of Bristol University's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has taken delivery of the first Anritsu 43.5 Gbit/s Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) system to be sold in the UK.

A grant of over 600,000 Euros from Anritsu's Philanthropy Programme has supported the purchase of the ME7750A system, plus a number of items of support equipment, including a spectrum analyser, an optical power meter and an optical attenuator. The Optics Group at Bristol is working in three areas: novel components/new materials; RF over fibre;...