Multiple Port Configurations - Agilent Technologies 86038B User Manual

Multiple Port Configurations

Agilent 86038B Photonic Dispersion and Loss Analyzer, Second Edition
The 86038B includes the 8164B Lightwave Measurement System
platform. Modular instruments can be installed in the spare
slots of this platform. In particular, optional switches can be
used to provide multiport measurement support. The 86038B
software supports the use of a 1x2 switch or 1x4 switch to
connect the PDLA to multiple input or output ports of a device.
For example, the 1X4 switch can be used to allow measurement
of 3 or 4 channels of an AWG multiplexer, and to store all of
these results in one data file. A 1x2 switch can be added to
measure both output ports of an add-drop filter.
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