User`s guide

Performance Tests Performance Test Instructions
48 Agilent 81689A, 81689B and 81649A Tunable Laser Modules User’s Guide, Third Edition
Test Failure
Always ensure that you use the correct cables and adapters, and that
all connectors are undamaged and extremely clean.
If the Agilent 81689A, Agilent 81689B or Agilent 81649A Compact
Tunable Laser Modules fails any performance test, return the
instrument to the nearest Agilent Technologies Sales/Service Office for
repair.
Instrument Specification
Specifications are the performance characteristics of the instrument
which are certified. These specifications, listed in “Specifications” on
page 33, are the performance standards or limits against which the
Agilent 81689A, Agilent 81689B and Agilent 81649A Compact Tunable
Laser modules can be tested.
The specifications also list some supplemental characteristics of the
Agilent 81689A, Agilent 81689B and Agilent 81649A Compact Tunable
Laser modules. Supplemental characteristics should be considered as
additional information.
Any changes in the specifications due to manufacturing changes,
design, or traceability to the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), will be covered in a manual change supplement, or
revised manual. Such specifications supersede any that were
previously published.
Performance Test Instructions
NOTE • Make sure that all fiber connectors are clean.
• Turn the instruments on, enable the laser and allow the instruments
to warm up.
• Ensure that the Device Under Test (DUT) and all the test equipment
is held within the environmental specifications given in
“Specifications” on page 33