Agilent Technologies 8163A Manual page 268

Applications
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If no Tunable Laser module is selected, you cannot exit by pressing Enter.
Selecting/Deselecting Power Meters
8 Move to the Module Selection box. As a default, all Power Meters are selected,
this means that all Power Meters will log power measurements. Press [Edit].
9 To deselect a Power Meter channel, move to the Power Meter as denoted by
slot and channel numbers, see "Slot and Channel Numbers" on page 41, press
[Unset].
10To select a Power Meter channel, press [Edit], move to the Power Meter as
denoted by slot and channel numbers, see "Slot and Channel Numbers" on
page 41, press [Set].
11Perform steps until you have selected the required Power Meters for your
application and press Enter.
If no Power Meter channel is selected, you cannot exit by pressing Enter.
Setting Sweep Parameters
12Move to [λ Start], press Enter, enter the start wavelength of the sweep, and
press Enter.
13Move to [λ Stop], press Enter, enter the stop wavelength of the sweep, and
press Enter.
14Move to [Step], press Enter, enter the step size for the sweep, and press Enter.
The step size defines:
• the size of the change in the wavelength for each step of a stepped sweep and
• the wavelength interval between power measurements, the first power meas-
urement is taken at [λ Start] and the last must be taken at [λ Stop].
15Move to [P max], press Enter, enter the maximum power in dBm for the sweep,
and press Enter. The instrument chooses a constant power level for the
measurement using the following constraints:
• the power will be less than or equal to the [P max] value you set and
• the power will be less than or equal to the maximum power possible for the
chosen Tunable Laser module across the chosen wavelength range.
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