Specifications - Agilent Technologies 86038B User Manual

Specifications

Group Delay and Differential Group Delay
loss ≤ 4 dB
Relative Group Delay (rGD) Uncertainty
\ 50 fs
Relative Group Delay (rGD) Repeatability
\
30 fs
Differential Group Delay (DGD) Uncertainty
\ 100 fs \ 2.5% of DGD
Differential Group Delay (DGD) Repeatability
\ \
50 fs 1% of DGD
PMD Uncertainty (typical)
\ 70 fs \ 2% of PMD
Modulation Frequency Range
[a] Ambient temperature change max.
specified wavelength range. Specification does not include instability in test device. Specified loss ranges include loss of
test device and any additional switches or connections in the optical path. Specification valid on day of calibration.
[b] Modulation frequency f
Note: for modulation frequencies, f
[c] GD/CD Swept Mode.
[d] Based on phase measurement uncertainties and modulation frequency uncertainty.
\
For rGD >> 1000 ps add
[e] DGD/PDL Swept Mode using 6 polarization states.
[f] Tested with a set of fibers (SMF and PMF) covering a range of DGD values.
[h] Averaged over 100 nm wavelength span with wavelength increment ≤ 1 nm.
Length
Length Uncertainty
[i] Not including uncertainty of entered value for group refractive index. Specification valid for length ≤ 50 km, based on a
refractive index of 1.4.
[j]
Amplitude
Agilent 86038B Photonic Dispersion and Loss Analyzer, Second Edition
Specifications
[b]
loss ≤ 10 dB
[c],[d]
\ 100 fs
[c],[d]
\
50 fs
[e],[f]
\ 150 fs \ 3% of DGD
[e],[f]
\ \
100 fs 2% of DGD
[e],[f],[h]
\ 100 fs \ 2% of PMD
5 MHz to 2.5 GHz
\
0.5°C since normalization. TLS maximum power set to 0 dBm. Sweep over
= 2 GHz. IFBW = 70 Hz, wavelength increment = 1 nm, PDA correction ON.
mod
, different from 2 GHz, uncertainties typically scale by the factor "2 GHz/f
mod
-6
10 of rGD (contribution from modulation frequency uncertainty).
[a]
apply to swept mode (if not stated otherwise).
loss ≤ 20 dB, typ.
\ 350 fs
\
300 fs
\ 500 fs \ 2% of DGD
\ \
350 fs 1.5% of DGD
\ 300 fs \ 2% of PMD
\ (0.02 mm + 1x10
loss ≤ 30 dB, typ.
\ 4 ps
\
3.5 ps
\ 5 ps \ 12% of DGD
\ \
3.5 ps 12% of DGD
\ 3 ps \ 4% of PMD
mod
-6 [i]
of length) typ.
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