User`s guide

Cleaning Procedures for Lightwave Test and Measurement Equipment
244 Agilent 81600B Tunable Laser Source Family, Fourth Edition
Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Why is it important to clean optical devices ?. . . . . . . . .246
What materials do I need for proper cleaning?. . . . . . . .247
Standard Cleaning Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
Additional Cleaning Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
Preserving Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
General Cleaning Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
How to clean connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
How to clean optical head adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
How to clean connector interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
How to clean bare fiber adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
How to clean lenses and instruments with an optical glass plate
259
How to clean instruments with a fixed connector interface .260
How to clean instruments with a physical contact interface.261
How to clean instruments with a recessed lens interface. . .262
How to clean optical devices that are sensitive to mechanical
stress and pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
How to clean metal filters or attenuating mesh filters . . . . . .264
Additional Cleaning Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
How to clean bare fiber ends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
How to clean large area lenses and mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Other Cleaning Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268