User`s guide

Power Tests Performance Tests

Agilent 81600B Tunable Laser Source Family, Fourth Edition 105

2 Move to the TLS channel of the Agilent 8164A/B Lightwave

Measurement System and set the [Menu] parameters to:

3 For the 81600B #200, #160, #150, #140 and #130, set

<Optical Output> to <High Power(2)>.

4 Set the inital wavelength and power of the TLS to:

5 Connect the fiber to the optical output.

6 Make sure the optical output is switched off.

7 For the 81624A/B power meter channel:

• Zero the 81624A/B. Select <Menu> then <Zero>,

•Set the power range manually to -50dBm,

•Set the Averaging Time to 500 ms,

• Select <dB> as the power units,

•Set λ, the wavelength, to the same as the TLS module, as given in step 4.

8 Switch on the TLS output.

9 At the 81624A/B, select <Menu> then <Disp → Ref>

Tunable Laser Channel [Menu] Parameters Values

Modulation: <mod src><Off>

TLS module -

High Power output, no attenuation

Wavelength

[λ]

Power [P]

Attenuatio

n [Atten]

Agilent 81600B #200 - Output 2 1440.000 nm - 1.000 dBm 59.000 dB

Agilent 81600B #160 - Output 2 1495.000 nm - 1.000 dBm 59.000 dB

Agilent 81600B #150 - Output 2 1450.000 nm - 1.000 dBm 59.000 dB

Agilent 81600B #140 - Output 2

For the 81600B #140 and #142 #003, some wavelengths are set to odd values to avoid

conflict with water absorption lines.

1420.200 nm - 3.000 dBm 57.000 dB

Agilent 81600B #142 #003

1420.200 nm - 1.500 dBm 58.000 dB

Agilent 81600B #130 - Output 2 1260.200 nm - 3.000 dBm 57.000 dB