Agilent Technologies 86038B User Manual page 7

Making Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Agilent 86038B Photonic Dispersion and Loss Analyzer, Second Edition
Length Normalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Wavelength Accuracy Correction . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Swept and Stepped Measurement Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Quick Setup Measurement Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Set up the Normalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Quick Setup Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Measurement Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Flexible Measurement Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Prepare for Normalization Measurement . . . . 82
Setup and Normalization Process. . . . . . . . . . . 82
Measurement Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Setup Parameters and What They Do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Wavelength range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Wavelength increment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Modulation frequency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Samples/Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
IF Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
TLS Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Choosing Setup Parameters for Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Transmission Fiber (All Types) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Fiber Dispersion Compensating Module (DCM) .
86
Fiber Bragg Grating Dispersion Compensators
(or other channel compensators) . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Erbium Doped Fiber (Unpumped) . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Erbium Doped Fiber (Pumped) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Narrowband Filter or DWDM Wavelength
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