Aragon Photonics Labs. S.L. has signed an exclusive licensing deal with ZEPREN Solutions S.L. involving its Optical Telecommunications Test & Measurement product line, which includes BOSA High-resolution Optical Spectrum Analyzer and HDCA High-Definition Component Analyzer. This agreement expands on the existing collaboration between the two companies that already saw the Concentrated Solar Power Instrumentation product line licensed to ZEPREN in 2023.
“This agreement enables APL to focus its efforts in enhancing its products and applications for Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing. We consider this business line strategic for the company in the coming years” said Francisco López, President of Aragon Photonics.
“We will continue supporting all existing customers and invest in the product line to keep providing innovative test & measurement solutions for the optical communications and photonic integrated chips markets”, stated Asier Villafranca, CEO of ZEPREN Solutions.
Both companies expect to continue collaborating to build up the technology ecosystem in Aragon.
Aragon Photonics will be exhibiting at ECOC Exhibition 2023,the key meeting place for everyone in the fiber optic communication technology industry.
Come by and check out our Brillouin Optical Spectrum Analyzer “BOSA” & High Definition Component Analyzer “HDCA” at our booth (#700) from October 2nd to 4th, 2023.
Be welcome to come by our booth (#700) and meet with our colleagues to discuss your challenges and explore our solutions.
The kick-off meeting for the SAFE (Tsunami early warning system using available seafloor fiber cables) project took place on the 12th of December 2022; this meeting marks the starting point of the successfully funded project under the European Union’s Horizon research and innovation programme. In the meeting were present the R&D directors of all the entities present in the consortium (Aragón Photonics Labs, GeoAzur, Portuguese institute for the Ocean and the Atmosphere, Telxius and University of Alcala de Henares) and an evaluator and reviewer from the European Innovation Council.
Aragon Photonics will be exhibiting at the X Spanish-Portuguese Assembly of Geodesy and Geophysics, organized by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional de España and IPMA Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera. Be welcome to our booth, from the 28th of November to the 1st of December and tell us about your technical needs.
We will show you the performance of our DFOS equipments:
– HDAS (High Fidelity Distritubed Acoustic Sensor) a DAS which allows for the detection of vibrations along the fiber based on our Chirped-pulse Phase OTDR patented technology.
– Our new product that complements our fantastic HDAS equipment line: BLAST (Brillouin Loop Analyzer of Strain and Temperature).
Aragon Photonics prelaunches the new BOSA 500, a model capable of measuring up to four bands in one single unit. This new product can retrieve any optical communications signal with the highest fidelity in O, S, C & L bands.
Thanks to our Brillouin spurious-free filter the new BOSA 500 operates with 10 MHz resolution and sub-picometric wavelength accuracy from 1265 nm to 1615 nm. The graphical user interface can be divided to display two different wavelength bands at the same time.
The new BOSA 500 box can built in two OEM lasers thanks to a careful design and appropriate dimensions. Besides, it is fully rack-integrable in a 5U rack size and comes with handles for easy transport and care.
This new model joins our BOSA series, ranging from the BOSA 400, the most advanced & versatile high-resolution OSA, the BOSA 100 which allows the use of an external laser and the BOSA lite, the most balanced high resolution OSA. Finally, this product completes our range of test & measurement equipment for optical communications that includes the HDCA high definition component analyzer series.
Aragon Photonics will be exhibiting at the 28th SolarPACES Conference organized by SolarPACES the International CSP research organization developing concentrating solar thermal power, heat and solar chemistry technologies. Be welcome to our booth, from the 27th to the 30th of September and tell us about your technical needs.
We will show you the performance of our thermosolar field instrumentation:
– CONDOR: Our portable solar reflectometer that measures reflectance with a high level of reliability in six wavelengths, characterizing the response of a mirror at different wavelengths along the sun spectrum applying the ISO9050 and ASTM-G173 standards.
– INCUS: Our portable receiver tube solar spectrophotometer that allows the measuring of the receiver tube optical properties in the solar field of a parabolic trough CSP plant.
Aragon Photonics will be exhibiting at the at the 27th international conference on optical fiber sensors (OFS) in Alexandria (Virginia, USA). Be welcome to our booth, from the 29th of August to the 2nd of September and tell us about your technical needs.
We will show you the performance of our DFOS equipments:
– HDAS (High Fidelity Distritubed Acoustic Sensor) a DAS which allows for the detection of vibrations along the fiber based on our Chirped-pulse Phase OTDR patented technology.
– Our new product that complements our fantastic HDAS equipment line.
Make sure to visit us. If you prefer to schedule a meeting or can´t attend OFS, please contact us. We are looking forward to meeting you soon!
Submarine cables currently carry 98% of international Internet traffic. We rely globally on this technology to communicate, conduct financial transactions and transmit information securely. Although submarine cables are a highly secure technology, it is extremely important to have effective maintenance systems in place to guarantee the operation of the infrastructure and to deal with any incidents caused by natural and human phenomena (e.g. anchor strikes by ships).
In this scenario, systems that ensure the protection and predictive maintenance of submarine cable infrastructures (PSI), such as the one developed by the public-private consortium comprising AFR-IX telecom, the University of Alcalá, the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) and Aragón Photonics, are key to guaranteeing data transmission.
It is an intelligent monitoring system based on DAS (Distributed Acoustic Sensor) technology, which prevents cable damage by providing early warning of potentially damaging activities. At the same time, this system could have a direct application for underwater seismic measurements, as it allows the submarine cables to be converted into large offshore seismic sensor arrays at a minimal cost.
For its application, AFR-IX telecom will provide its know-how in submarine cables. Specifically, it will facilitate the application of the system on its Medusa submarine cable and also the use of the Barcelona Cable Landing Station (open port scheduled to be operational in the first quarter of 2022) to store the data collected in real time.
For their part, specialists from the University of Alcalá have world-renowned experience in DAS research, while the ICM-CSIC has experts in the development and implementation of seismological and oceanographic software. Finally, Aragón Photonics will provide its high-performance acoustic sensing (HDAS) equipment, developed in collaboration with the University of Alcalá, and will create an infrastructure for monitoring and processing optical signals in a fibre that will make it possible to analyse how variations in the seabed environment – temperature and movement – translate into variations in these signals.
The project is funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (PSI project reference PLEC2021-007875) and the NextGenerationEU/PRTR programme of the European Union, with a total of 1,446,136.92 euros.
Pioneering system based on DAS technology and artificial intelligence
The new monitoring system, based on DAS technology, features on the one hand a high-fidelity fibre interrogator (HDAS), a device that allows recording small deformations in optical signals along a fibre optic cable, and on the other hand an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of analysing the data collected by the HDAS and transforming it into an intelligent interpretation of the potential threat to the cable in all possible situations, as well as environmental variations on the seabed.
This makes it possible to continuously analyse natural and man-made threats to the fibre optic infrastructure and to generate early warnings for preventive action. In short, a completely innovative maintenance scheme in the field of submarine cable infrastructure.
“This system will increase the resilience of the communications network and significantly reduce the extremely high costs of submarine cable repairs”, says Norman Albi, CEO of AFR-IX telecom.
Another point in favour of the system is that it uses a technology (DAS) which, as mentioned above, allows underwater seismic measurements to be taken, which will help to better understand phenomena such as tides, ocean currents or meteotsunamis, i.e. tsunamis of meteorological origin. In fact, the same HDAS equipment that they plan to use in the project was recently monitoring the seismic movements of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma.
Finally, DAS technology provides the opportunity to monitor marine ecosystems by tracking groups such as cetaceans, which contributes to their protection and to the conservation of the habitats in which they live.
Medusa and Barcelona CLS, key elements of the Project
To apply the technology of the pioneering monitoring system, AFR-IX will facilitate the use of its future submarine cable Medusa, which will link nine Mediterranean countries and will be operational in 2024.
Specifically, in order to develop the intelligent monitoring system, access to the Medusa submarine cable will be provided from the cable landing stations in Barcelona (Barcelona Cable Landing Station –CLS – promoted by AFR-IX), Torreguadiaro and Zahara de los Atunes, and other possible landing points in countries of the European community.
From each landing station, a high-speed network will be provided through high-capacity routers and the Medusa submarine cable system network for the real-time DAS data to be transported to Barcelona CLS, where it will be processed by the University of Alcalá. The 24/7 Network Operation Centre team will guarantee the operation and security of the network at the cable station sites and at Barcelona CLS so that the data can be analysed at all times.
PSI project ref. PLEC2021-007875, funded by:
About AFR-IX telecom
AFR-IX telecom is an infrastructure and telecommunications operator founded in 2013 with headquarters in Barcelona, owner of the Medusa submarine cable and the Barcelona Cable Landing Station, an open port that is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2022 with the aim of being a leading digital port in the Mediterranean and with a capacity for up to eight submarine cables. In addition, AFR-IX is a telecommunications operator with licences in Portugal, USA and several African countries such as South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, DRC, Mali, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Niger and Cameroon
About Aragón Photonics
Aragón Photonics Labs. S.L.U. (APL) is a company specialised in the development, manufacture and commercialisation of high-performance test and measurement equipment based on optoelectronic and photonic techniques. APL was created in 2004 as a spin-off company of the University of Zaragoza with the main objectives of developing, manufacturing and commercialising a test and measurement device (BOSA) based on a patented high-resolution optical spectroscopy technique.
About Universidad Alcalá
The team of the University of Alcalá (UAH) participating in this proposal is formed by members of two research groups of the Department of Electronics of the UAH: the Photonics Engineering Group, GRIFO, and the Group of Electronic Engineering Applied to Intelligent Spaces and Transport, GEINTRA. These two groups have collaborated in previous projects related to the area of research involved in this proposal.
Both research groups have been recognised as a “High Performance Group” in the UAH, given their high scientific production.
About Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM – CSIC)
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM) in Barcelona is the largest marine research centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). It is made up of specialists in different aspects of oceanographic research. With the aim of understanding the ocean for the health of the planet, researchers at the ICM carry out cutting-edge research to promote the transfer of knowledge and technology in relation to ocean and climate interactions, the conservation and sustainable use of marine life and ecosystems, and the mitigation of the impacts of natural hazards and anthropogenic activity. In 2020 the ICM was awarded the Severo Ochoa accreditation for Excellence, a distinction that proves the institution’s leadership in the field of marine research in Spain and highlights its commitment to generate social impact.
Last September we were present again at a face-to-face event after a long time. At ECOC we pre-launched our new optical communications family member, the HDCA: a must have instrument to characterize optical passive devices.
We are aware that many of you could not attend this event so we have prepared a product presentation for next 1st of December (15:00 UTC+1) in which we will show the new HDCA in a very different way. This presentation will take place in Secpholand, the virtual-real environment designed by SECPHO where attendees can enjoy a 3D model of the product HDCA and interact among them and with the Aragon Photonics team.
Aragon Photonics will be exhibiting at the CLEO Conference 2021, the premier international forum for scientific and technical optics which this year is arranged virtually.
Come by and check out our Optical Spectrum Analyzer “BOSA” & Distributed Acoustic Sensor “HDAS” at our digital booth from May 10th to 14th, 2021.
Be welcome to come by our digital booth (#4105) and meet with our colleagues to discuss your challenges and explore our solutions.
Aragon Photonics will be exhibiting at the SPIE Photonics West 2021, the world’s largest Optics and Photonics Technologies event which this year is arranged virtually.
Come by and check out our Optical Spectrum Analyzer “BOSA” & Distributed Acoustic Sensor “HDAS” at our digital booth from March 6th to 11th, 2021.
Be welcome to come by our digital stand and meet with our colleagues to discuss your challenges and explore our solutions.
Every year, the Official College and School of Telecommunications Engineers of Aragon gives the Information Society of Aragon Award which recognizes those people, companies and institutions that have proven to be a true benchmark of good work in the sector of the New information and Telecommunication Technologies in Aragon.
This year, we have been granted with the Company of the Year award for our long business career focused on the development of innovative technologies and services in the field of ICT, and for its broad international projection. The award will be presented on the Night of Telecommunications, an event that this time will take place virtually on February 5.
The Night of Telecommunications
Since 2001, the Night of Telecommunications and the Information Society of Aragon has been held in Zaragoza, an event organized by the College of Telecommunications Engineers of Aragon and the Territorial Demarcation of the COIT of Aragon, in collaboration with the Higher Technical School of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Zaragoza. It is the most important social and professional event that the sector celebrates in Aragon, thanks to the collaboration of an important group of companies and institutions, such as the DGA and the assistance of a large number of professionals and prominent personalities from around the world of technologies of information and telecommunications.
This December took place the AGU Fall Meeting, the largest gathering of Earth and space scientists in the world. Many sessions, Innovations, Town Halls, and Workshops were held over the two weeks that the event lasted.
In the schedule was included the 2020 AGU Workshop on Distributed Acoustic Sensing, that held many sessions included varied talk formats and topics related to collecting and using DAS data as well as presentations from instrument vendors aimed at a broad audience, from new users to experienced researchers.
Aragon Photonics participated in this section named “Industry Talks” where several companies presented our solutions for the seismology sector. Thus, our colleague Javier Vidal presented our HDAS team, an interrogator capable of detecting earthquakes using fiber optic cables, both terrestrial and undersea.
Aragon Photonics will be exhibiting at OFC 2020, the world’s largest conference and exhibition for optical communications and networking professionals.
Come by and check out our Optical Spectrum Analyzer “BOSA” & Distributed Acoustic Sensor “HDAS” at San Diego Convention Center from March 10th to 12th, 2020.
Be welcome to come by our stand #3830 and meet with our colleagues to discuss your challenges and explore our solutions.
Aragon Photonics keeps investing in its solar energy instrumentation division by participating this week in CSP Madrid 2019, one of the major events for the concentrating solar power industry, as a sponsor and exhibitor. Stop by Aragon Photonics booth for live demonstrations of our bestselling solar reflectometer CONDOR and our new receiver tube spectrophotometer INCUS.
INCUS is a portable spectrophotometer capable of performing fast and accurate measurements of the optical performance of parabolic trough receivers. INCUS has been designed for use in the solar field with usability and robustness in mind. Concentrated solar power parabolic trough collector efficiency monitoring is critical for pre-installation quality control of solar receiver, validation for commissioning, cleaning supervision and planning, and field performance estimation. Learn more in the INCUS product page.
CONDOR and INCUS are based on patents owned by ABENGOA and licensed in an exclusive basis to Aragon Photonics. Both products have been extensively tested in operating CSP plants and shaped with O&M technicians feedback.
Aragon Photonics is pleased to exhibit and sponsor at the 7th Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors EWOFS 2019, in Limassol (Cyprus), 1-4 October. We’ll be demonstrating the HDAS, our Distributed Acoustic Sensor. Come by stand #3!
Aragon Photonics will be exhibiting our optical spectrum analyzer BOSA at Fiera Roma, Italy from September 24th to 26th, 2018. Come by our stand #707 and meet our colleagues for demo show.
Last OFC’18 was really successful for Aragon Photonics. Thanks to all that had the chance to visit us in San Diego. We keep working in new developments for our optical spectrum analyzer BOSA platform.
Please be welcome to join us at the ECOC Exhibition in Gothemburg. Exhibition dates are 18-20 September. Venue is The Svenska Massan, The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre.
We have booth #442 and we’ll be pleased to meet you there. There’s one optical spectrum analyzer BOSA for your application!
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”2033″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/6″][vc_column_text]February 27, 2017 – Zaragoza, Spain – Aragon Photonics and Yenista Optics, both manufacturers of fiber optic test and measurement equipment, have signed a partnership agreement to collaborate on high resolution optical spectrum analysis equipment. The companies will work together on next-generation technology, business development, sales and customer support. The first step of the cooperation is the interoperability of Aragon’s BOSA100 high resolution optical spectrum analyzer and Yenista’s T100S-HP tunable laser.
The companies believe that putting to work the synergies of their respective technologies will enable more advanced test equipment for the demanding fiber optic test & measurement market, in particular, high spectral resolution measurements that include polarization and phase information. These measurements are of paramount importance in the characterization of complex modulation formats such as PAM4 for datacenters and PolMux QAM and PSK for Metro & Long-Haul Coherent Systems. The technology will also benefit the characterization of laser devices as side-mode spacing, SMSR and chirp can be accurately measured.
“At Aragon, we are thrilled to join forces with a great company such as Yenista in developing and promoting high-performance optical test equipment,” said Asier Villafranca, CEO of Aragon, “We believe this cooperation will bring us a step further in the photonic test & measurement industry.”
“This partnership is an important step for Yenista. It enables us to offer Hi-Res OSAs as well as classical OSAs to our customers”, stated Michiel van der Keur, CEO of Yenista Optics, “Moreover, all customers that already own our laser can directly benefit from the interoperability with Aragon’s BOSA100”.
All the best,
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Aragon Photonics was exhibiting at ECOC 2016 on September 19-21 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Visitors could see the new and amazing optical spectrum analyzer BOSA 400 and the great-balanced BOSA Lite performances, including the new software utilities and capabilities. We want to thank all the visitors their time and consideration for coming by our booth. Hope to see you very soon!
The new optical spectrum analyzer BOSA 400 is finally here! The fastest and most accurate BOSA we’ve ever built is now available.
BOSA 400 was introduced on March 22nd at OFC in Anaheim (California). With a complete redesigned housing and software and improved performance and accuracy it is the best high resolution OSA you can find in the market today.
Join us at ECOC’15 in Valencia and find out how the new optical spectrum analyzer BOSA looks like!
We’ll be showing the performance of this new BOSA and all the capabilities of our BOSA product range. Come by and see the BOSA Lite, the most affordable High Resolution OSA and the BOSA 200, the most advanced and versatile HR-OSA.Make sure to visit us. If you prefer to schedule a meeting or can´t attend ECOC, please contact us here. We are looking forward to meeting you in Spain!
Aragon Photonics will be exhibiting at OFC 2015 in Los Angeles Convention Center. Be welcome to our booth #1932 at LACC, 24-26 March and tell us about your technical needs.
We will show you the performance of our High Resolution optical spectrum analyzer OSA’s:
– BOSA200, the most advanced and versatile OSA in the market.
– BOSALite, the best balance in high-resolution spectroscopy.
Make sure to visit us. If you prefer to schedule a meeting or can´t attend OFC, please contact us. We are looking forward to meeting you soon!
The Aragon Photonics Team
Aragon Photonics will be demonstrating the new BOSA Lite at ECOC’14 Exhibition in Cannes, France 22-24 September.
Visit us in booth #166 at Cannes Convention Center!
We are pleased to introduce a new member of the BOSA familiy: the BOSA Lite, a compact and cost-effective High Resolution Optical Spectrum Analyzer based on our patented Brillouin technology. With 20MHz of pure optical resolution and 80dB of spurious-free dynamic range, this new BOSA Lite complements his brother BOSA 200, the most advanced and versatile High Resolution OSA.
Please, be welcome to our booth #166. If you prefer to schedule a meeting with us, request it using our Contact Form.
Aragon Photonics will be demonstrating the new BOSA Lite at FOE’14 Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan 16-18 April.
Visit us in booth #21-37 (Hightech) at Tokyo Big Sight!
We are pleased to introduce a new member of the BOSA familiy: the BOSA Lite, a compact and cost-effective High Resolution Optical Spectrum Analyzer based on our patented Brillouin technology. With 20MHz of pure optical resolution and 80dB of spurious-free dynamic range, this new BOSA Lite complements his brother BOSA 200, the most advanced and versatile High Resolution OSA.
Please, be welcome to our booth #21-37 (Hightech). If you prefer to schedule a meeting with us, request it using our Contact Form.
Aragon Photonics will be introducing the new BOSA Lite at OFC’14 Exhibition in San Francisco (CA), USA 11-13 March.
Visit us in booth #2221 at the Moscone Center!
We are pleased to introduce at OFC’14 a new member of the BOSA familiy: the BOSA Lite, a compact and cost-effective High Resolution Optical Spectrum Analyzer based on our patented Brillouin technology. With 20MHz of pure optical resolution and 80dB of spurious-free dynamic range, this new BOSA Lite complements his brother BOSA 200, the most advanced and versatile High Resolution OSA.
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All the best,
The Aragon Photonics team
Aragon Photonics will be exhibiting at Asia Communications and Photonics Conference in Beijing, November 12-15.
Come by our partner Globaltek’s booth to see BOSA measuring live.
We hope to see you there!
We are pleased to inform that we will be showing and demonstrating our optical spectrum analyzer BOSA at the Exhibition of the European Conference in Optical Communications (ECOC 2013), 23-25 September in London ExCeL.
You are all invited to come by our booth #136. Hope to see you soon!
Regards,
The Aragon Photonics Team
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