Typical Use Models - Agilent Technologies 81950A User Manual

Typical Use Models

Agilent 81950A Compact TLS module, First Edition

Typical Use Models

The Agilent 81950A Compact TLS module provides high output power up
to +15.5 dBm.
This module covers a total wavelength range of 40 nm, either:
• In the C-band
with the 81950A Option 210, or
• In the L-band
with the 81950A Option 201.
Their compact single-slot format makes them a flexible and cost-effective
stimulus for single channel and multichannel DWDM applications
Device Characterization at high power levels
The high optical output power of the Agilent 81950A Compact TLS module
improves the testing of all types of optical amplifiers and other active
components as well as broadband passive optical components. It helps
overcome losses in test setups or in the device under test itself. Thus,
engineers can test optical amplifiers such as EDFAs, Raman amplifiers,
SOAs and EDWAs to their limits. This tunable laser provides the high
power levels required to help speed the development of innovative devices
by enabling the test and measurement of nonlinear effects.
Low linewidth source for complex modulation formats
The low linewidth of the Agilent 81950A Compact TLS module makes this
module an ideal light source for transmission systems with (D)QPSK and
higher order modulation formats and and as local oscillator for coherent
receivers. The fine tuning capability allows to precisely set the
intermediate frequency in the coherent receiver.
SBS suppression feature enables high launch power
The SBS Suppression feature avoids the reflection of light induced by
Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS). It enables the launch of the high
optical output power into long fibers without intensity modulation to avoid
impairment in time-domain measurements.
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