User`s guide

Power Tests Performance Tests
Agilent 81600B Tunable Laser Source Family, Fourth Edition 97
1 Set up the equipment as shown in Figure 27 on page 97.
Figure 27 Test Setup for Power Linearity Tests using built-in attenuator
2 Move to the TLS channel of the Agilent 8164A/B Lightwave
Measurement System and set the [Menu] parameters to:
3 Set the inital wavelength and power of the TLS to:
Tunable Laser Channel [Menu] Parameters Values
<Wavelength Mode><λ>
<Source State><Off>
<Power Unit><dBm>
<Power Mode><Manual Att>
Modulation: <mod src><Off>
TLS module -
High Power output, no attenuation
Wavelength
[λ]
Power [P]
Attenuatio
n [Atten]
Agilent 81600B #200 - Output 2 1570.000 nm + 0.000 dBm 0.000 dB
Agilent 81600B #160 - Output 2 1570.000 nm + 0.000 dBm 0.000 dB
Agilent 81600B #150 - Output 2 1550.000 nm + 0.000 dBm 0.000 dB
Agilent 81600B #140 - Output 2 1460.000 nm + 0.000 dBm 0.000 dB
Agilent 81600B #130 - Output 2 1350.000 nm + 0.000 dBm 0.000 dB
Agilent 81600B #142 #003 1460.000 nm + 0.000 dBm 0.000 dB