SAXONBURG, Pa., Sept. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in photonics, today introduced two powerful new instruments designed to make testing advanced optical networks faster, easier, and more precise: the WaveAnalyzer 200B Portable Optical Spectrum Analyzer and the WaveShaper 500B/X Programmable Optical Filter. The WaveAnalyzer 200B is the only battery-powered portable analyzer in the market capable of delivering up to two full sweeps per second across the entire Super C-Band with an ultra-fine 650 MHz resolution bandwidth. The WaveShaper 500B/X offers unmatched flexibility for production testing of optical transceivers. “These new instruments build on Coherent’s proven leadership in optical network test and measurement,” said Dr. Ralf Stolte, Sr. The WaveShaper 500B/X is built on Coherent’s trusted Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) platform, already used in thousands of deployed units worldwide.