User`s guide

Specifications Agilent 81600B Family Tunable Laser Source Module Specifications
54 Agilent 81600B Tunable Laser Source Family, Fourth Edition
81600B opt. 160 TLS module, 1495 nm - 1640 nm, low SSE
Agilent 81600B opt.160 2.3
Wavelength range 1495 nm to 1640 nm
Wavelength resolution 0.1 pm, 12.5 MHz at 1550 nm
Mode-hop free tunability full wavelength range
Max. sweep speed 80 nm/s
Stepped mode Continuous sweep mode (typ.)
at 5 nm/s at 40 nm/s at 80 nm/s
Absolute wavelength accuracy
[1]
±10 pm, typ. ±3.6 pm ±4.0 pm ±4.6 pm ±6.1 pm
Relative wavelength accuracy
[1]
±5 pm, typ. ±2 pm ±2.4 pm ±2.8 pm ±4.0 pm
Wavelength repeatability ±0.8 pm, typ. ±0.5 pm ±0.3 pm ±0.4 pm ±0.7 pm
Wavelength stability
[3]
(typ.) ≤ ±1 pm, 24 hours
Linewidth (typ.), coherence control off
Effective linewidth (typ.), coherence ctrl.
on
100 kHz
> 50 MHz (1510 nm – 1620 nm, at max. constant output power)
Output 1 (low SSE) Output 2 (high power)
Maximum output power
(continuous power during sweep)
≥ -2 dBm peak typ.
≥ -4 dBm (1520 nm – 1610 nm)
≥ -6 dBm (1510 nm – 1620 nm)
≥ -7 dBm (1495 nm – 1640 nm)
≥ +7 dBm peak typ.
≥ +5 dBm (1520 nm – 1610 nm)
≥ +3 dBm (1510 nm – 1620 nm)
≥ -1 dBm (1495 nm – 1640 nm)
Attenuation max. 60 dB
Power repeatability (typ.) ±0.003 dB
Power stability
[3]
±0.01 dB, 1 hour
typ. ±0.03 dB, 24 hours
Power linearity ±0.1 dB ±0.1 dB
(±0.3 dB in attenuation mode)
Power flatness versus wavelength ±0.25 dB, typ. ±0.1 dB (1495 nm – 1630 nm) ±0.3 dB, typ. ±0.15 dB
Continuous sweep mode
at 5 nm/s at 40 nm/s at 80 nm/s
Dynamic power reproducibility (typ.) ±0.005 mB ±0.01 dB ±0.015 dB
Dynamic relative power flatness (typ.) ±0.01 dB ±0.02 dB ±0.04 dB
Side-mode suppression ratio (typ.)
[2]
≥ 40 dB (1520 nm – 1610 nm)