Angled And Straight Contact Connectors - Keysight 81960A User Manual

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Angled and Straight Contact Connectors

To ensure most accurate measurements, the Keysight 81960A Fast
sweeping Compact TLS module is equipped with angled contact
connectors.
Angled contact connectors help you to control return loss, since reflected
light tends to reflect into the cladding, reducing the amount of light that
reflects back to the source.
With the angled contact connectors on your instrument, you can only use
CAUTION
cables with angled connectors.
Angled Contact Straight Contact
Connector Symbol Connector Symbol
Figure 5 Angled and Straight Contact Connector Symbols
Figure 5 on page -21 shows the symbols that tell you whether the contact
connector of your Tunable Laser module is angled or straight. The angled
contact connector symbol is colored green.
You should connect straight contact fiber end connectors with neutral
sleeves to straight contact connectors and connect angled contact fiber
end connectors with green sleeves to angled contact connectors.
Angled non-contact fiber end connectors with orange sleeves cannot be
NOTE
directly connected to the instrument.
See Connector Interfaces on page 25 for further details on connector
interfaces and accessories.
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