Agilent Technologies Agilent 8163A User manual

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Agilent 8163A/B Lightwave Multimeter,
Agilent 8164A/B Lightwave Measurement System, &
Agilent 8166A/B Lightwave Multichannel System
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Table of Contents
Getting Started 23
Safety Considerations 25
General 26
Operating Environment 26
Line Power Requirements 27
Input/Output Signals 27
Line Power Connectors 28
Instrument Markings 29
Laser Safety Information 30
Laser Safety Labels 34
Agilent 8163A/B Lightwave Multimeter 36
Agilent 8164A/B Lightwave Measurement System 37
Agilent 8166A/B Lightwave Multichannel System 38
A Description of the User Interface 39
Password 40
User Interface Features 41
How to Navigate/Modify the Display 43
How to Change the Value of a Parameter 53
How to Select a Parameter 53
How to Accept the New Value of a Parameter 54
How to Make a Big Change to a Continuous Parameter 54
How to Make a Small Change to a Continuous Parameter 55
How to Change a Discrete Parameter 57
How to Set All Parameters to Their Default Values 58
If You Make a Mistake 58
If the Parameter Changes to Different Value 58
A Sample Session 59
How to Measure the Power of a Modulated Signal 60
Additional Information 63
Using the System Utilities 64
How to Set the Backlight 65
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How to Set the Date & Time 66
How to Lock/Unlock the High-Power Laser Sources 68
How to Set the Trigger Configuration 69
How to Configure Startup Applications 70
How to Configure your Foot Pedal 71
How to Set the GPIB Address 72
How to Set the Speed of the Serial Interface 73
How to Update a Module 74
How to Select the Printer Type 75
How to Change the Password 76
If You Forget Your Password 76
How to Get Information About Modules 77
How to Get Information About the Mainframe 79
How to Connect an External Monitor 80
How to Connect a Printer 81
Power Measurement 83
How to Measure Power 84
The Power Value 84
How to Set the Power Unit 85
How to Set the Calibration Offset 87
How to Set the Reference Level 88
How to Set the Wavelength 91
How to Remove Electrical Offsets 91
How to Choose the Range Mode 94
How to Set the Range 95
How to Set the Averaging Time 100
How to Choose the MinMax Mode 101
How to Turn Off MinMax Mode 103
How to Hold the Screen 103
How to Use Triggers 104
Dual Power Meters - Master and Slave Channels 107
Laser Sources 109
How to Use Laser Source Modules 110
The Laser Wavelength Value 110
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How to Enable/Disable Laser Output 111
How to Set Attenuation 112
How to Modulate the Optical Output 113
How to Use the Internal Modulation 114
How to Use Triggers 117
Tunable Lasers 119
What is a Tunable Laser ? 121
How to Set the Power 121
How to Set the Output Power of a CW Signal 122
What is Excessive Power ? 126
How to Set the Laser to the Dark Position 127
The Analog Output 128
How to Set the Wavelength 130
Wavelength Range 130
How to Set the Wavelength Directly 131
How to Set a Relative Wavelength 132
How to Perform a Wavelength Sweep 134
What is a Wavelength Sweep ? 134
How to Set the Wavelength Sweep 135
How to Perform a Sweep 137
How to Modulate a Signal 142
How to Use the Internal Modulation 142
How to Use External Modulation 144
How to Configure the Modulation Output 149
How to Use Triggers 150
How to Use Input Triggering 150
How to Use Output Triggering 152
How to Use Auxiliary Functions 153
Automatic Realignment 153
How to Perform a Lambda Zero 155
Auto Cal Off 156
Compact Tunable Lasers 159
Compact Tunable Laser modules 160
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How to Use a compact Tunable Laser 161
The User Interface 161
SBS Suppression 161
Return Loss Measurement 163
Getting Started With Return Loss 165
What is Return Loss? 165
What is Insertion Loss? 165
Equipment required 166
How to Choose a Light Source 167
Return Loss Modules 168
Calibration Measurements 170
Return Loss Measurement 171
Setup 172
Calibrating the Return Loss Module 176
Calibration using the Agilent 81000BR Reference Reflector 177
Calibration using the Agilent 81610CC Reference Cable 180
How to Measure Return Loss 184
Viewing the Calibration Values 186
A Background to Return Loss Measurement 189
Measuring the Reflected Power from a Component with Known
Reflection Factor 189
Measuring the Power Transmitted Through the Reflection
Reference 190
Measuring the Power when there are No Reflections 190
Measuring the Power Transmitted Through the Measurement
Patchcord 191
Measuring the Reflections from the DUT 191
Measuring the Power Transmitted Through the DUT 192
Calculating the Return Loss of the DUT 192
Calculating the Front Panel Delta 195
Calculating the Insertion Loss of the DUT 196
Setting Attenuation and/or Power Levels 197
Agilent 8157xA Variable Optical Attenuator modules 198
How to Use a Variable Optical Attenuator module 199
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The User Interface 199
How to Control the Shutter 202
How to Set Attenuation 203
How to Set a Power Level 207
How to Compensate for Wavelength Dependencies in your test
setup 212
How to Use the Power Control Feature 216
Attenuator Menu Options 217
Attenuator Status Indicators 218
Switching Optical Routes 219
Agilent 8159xB Optical Switch modules 220
How to Use an Optical Switch module 221
The User Interface 221
Dependent and Independent Routing 223
How to set Route A 224
How to set Route B 224
How to Toggle the Switch path 225
Typical Applications 226
Selecting a Laser Source 226
Selecting Measurement and Calibration Paths 227
Inserting or Bypassing an Optical Component 227
Selecting one of several DUTs in a parallel test setup 228
Selecting one of several instruments 228
Applications 229
Working with Application Graphs 231
How to Set Markers 233
How to Zoom In 233
How to Zoom Out 234
To Switch the Grid On/Off 234
How to Use Legends 235
How to Select the Samples Display 237
How to Read Curve Values 239
The Logging Application 242
How to Set Up a Logging Function 243
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Running a Logging Application 248
Analysing a Logging Application 250
On-Screen Messages 253
The Stability Application 254
How to Set Up a Stability Function 256
Running a Stability Application 260
Analysing a Stability Application 262
On-Screen Messages 265
The PACT Application 266
What is the PACT ? 266
How to Set Up PACT 267
How to Measure the Reference 270
How to Perform a Loss Measurement 272
Analysing a PACT Measurement 276
On-Screen Messages 277
The Pmax Curve 278
What is the Pmax Curve ? 278
How to View the Pmax Curve 278
The Return Loss Application 279
Starting the Application 279
Measuring Return Loss 279
Measuring Return Loss and Insertion Loss 280
On-Screen Messages 280
Configuration 281
User Interface 281
Recording Measurement Results 283
Printing Application Measurement Results 283
Saving Application Measurement Results to Diskette 285
Installation and Maintenance 287
Safety Considerations 289
Initial Inspection 290
AC Line Power Supply Requirements 291
Line Power Requirements 291
Line Power Cable 292
Changing the Battery 295
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