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Procedure
1 Allow the laser and power meter to warm up until sufficiently stabilized; any
2 Set the power meter's wavelength calibration to the appropriate setting.
3 Connect the laser to the power meter via a single-mode fiber cable. Record the
4 Connect the Agilent 11980A as shown in
5 Calculate the difference between the two readings. This value is the insertion
Operation Verification
Operation Verification
drifts in these instruments will cause measurement errors.
optical power.
loss, which must be less than 8 dB.
5-4
Figure
5-1. Record the optical power.
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