Lambda Scan Applications - Agilent Technologies 8163A Programming Manual

Lambda Scan Applications

Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter, Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System, & Agilent 8166A Lightwave Multichannel
System, Third Edition
The Agilent 816x driver is located in a self-extracting archive file called
hp816x.EXE.
If you do not have ftp or web access, please contact your Agilent
Technologies supplier, or use the version of hp816x.exe on your
installation CD.
Lambda Scan Applications
These functions combine multiple SCPI commands into a single,
functional operation. They are designed to allow quick and easy access
to common instrument command sequences.
These application functions allow you to perform one of the following
applications:
• A Lambda Scan - a Lambda Logging operation where an Agilent 8164A
Lightwave Measurement System with a back-loadable Tunable Laser
module and up to four Power Meters installed, performs a wavelength
sweep where the Tunable Laser module and Power Meters are
coordinated with each other.
• A Multi Frame Lambda Scan - a Lambda Logging operation where an
Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System with a back-loadable
Tunable Laser module performs a wavelength sweep and the Tunable
Laser module is coordinated with Power Meters that are installed in
the mainframe and in other mainframes. These mainframes must be
connected to the GPIB bus and have their Input Trigger Connector
connected to the Output Trigger Connector of the Agilent 8164A
Lightwave Measurement System mainframe.
The following two functions apply to both Lambda Scan and Multi Frame
Lambda Scan applications:
• The Set Lambda Scan Wavelength
(hp816x_set_LambdaScan_wavelength) function allows you to use a
different wavelength than 1550 nm during a Lambda Scan operation.
All Power Meters taking part in the Lambda Scan operation will be set
to the chosen wavelength.
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