OPTILAB TWL-C-M Series User Manual page 13

TWL-C-M User's Manual
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On 'Setting', these boxes are for entering in the desired laser
diode driving power and wavelength values.
Adjusting 'Power (in terms of 'dBm')' will increase or decrease
the optical output power. Please refer to 'General' tab for
available range of power level.
Adjusting 'Wavelength' will set TWL-C-M wavelength to desired
point. There are three independent options for this setting,
which are 'Frequency (THz)', 'Wavelength (nm)', and 'Channel'.
For 'Frequency' and 'Wavelength' options, you can set its value
up to MHz point (i.e. 193.312435). Please refer to 'General' tab
for available range of wavelength. 'Channel' option follows ITU-
Grid. Please refer to 'ITU-Grid' tab under 'Help' page for more
detail.
Click on 'Enable' to turn on the laser. Once Laser is on, 'Disable'
will be visible on same button. You can disable laser with
'Disable' button.
This box will display unit's current status of 'Power', 'Frequency',
'Wavelength', and 'Temperature'.
'Status Update' button will update status of laser diode one time.
'Real Time' button will enable real-time status update. Once it
real-time update starts, 'Stop' will be visible on same button.
You can stop this function with 'Stop' button.
[Once 'Stop' button has clicked, please allow '~ 2 second' to
fully stop]
'Save Data' button will save and extract current values on
'Device Status' to excel file, named as 'saved data.csv'
'Low Noise Mode' button will enable low noise mode of laser.
Once it is on, 'OFF' will be visible on same button. User can
disable with 'OFF' button.
'Dither' is for dithering laser. Enter value (GHz) and click 'Set'
button to set the amount of dithering. Then click 'ON' will enable
dither mode. Once enabled, 'OFF' will be visible on same
button. User can disable with 'OFF' button.
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