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Sweep (Not available when used with the Polarisation scrambler Module
in High Resolution PMD mode)
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Single
Statistics
Averaging acquisition
It enables to improve the dynamic range of the measurement by reducing the noise
level. It is recommended to use the Auto mode and configure a manual averaging if
needed only.
No
Low
Medium
High
Auto
NOTE
An increase of the averaging can improve the dynamic range.
Power Level
No
Yes
NOTE
When Yes selected, acquisition stops if not enough power is received.
Make zero (Only when used with the Polarization scrambler module in
High Resolution PMD mode)
It enables to perform the reference of the 81BBS1A broadband source module before a
measurement (see
Chapter 10 Polarization Mode Dispersion Measurement
Continuous measurement with a trace refresh and a real-time
display of the results.
Single measurement with associated results displayed.
A set of measurements can be performed providing result
statistics. This mode also gives access to the following
parameters: Long Term and Number of sweeps.
No averaging of the acquisition sample.
Low averaging (4 samples).
Medium averaging (16 samples).
High averaging (32 samples).
Averaging automatically selected.
No receive power level indication.
Receive power level is indicated in bar graph.
"Performing the reference" on page
User Manual
PMD Activation and self calibration
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