Agilent Technologies 8163A - Page 205

How Power Varies with Wavelength VISA Programming Examples
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition 205
/* read the default power from the tunable laser source */
errStatus = viQueryf(vi,"SOURCE2:POW? DEF\n","%s",replyBuf);
checkError(vi,errStatus);
/* set the default power */
errStatus = viPrintf(vi,"SOURCE2:POW %s\n",replyBuf);
checkError(vi,errStatus);
/* turn auto range on*/
errStatus = viPrintf(vi,"SENS1:CHAN1:POW:RANGE:AUTO 1\n");
checkError(vi,errStatus);
/*set the averaging time for measuring to 20ms*/
errStatus = viPrintf(vi,"SENS1:CHAN1:POW:ATIME 0.02\n");
checkError(vi,errStatus);
/* turn laser on */
errStatus = viPrintf(vi,"SOURCE2:POW:STATE 1\n");
checkError(vi,errStatus);
/* increase the wavelength of the tunable laser source 10 nm
until the maximum is reached.
read the results from the power meter and display it */
for(i=1;1;i++)
{
/*query the power */
errStatus = viQueryf(vi,"READ1:CHAN1:POW?\n","%s",replyBuf);
checkError(vi,errStatus);
/* display the power read from power meter and wavelength */
printf("#%02d power:%s
wavelength:%g\n",i,replyBuf,wavelength);
/* increase the wavelength */
wavelength += 10.0e-9;
if(wavelength > wavelength_max) break;
/*set the new wavelength*/
errStatus = viPrintf(vi,"SOURCE2:WAV %g\n",wavelength);
/*
poll the instrument for completion of this command
because adjusting a new wavelength takes some time