How to Perform a Wavelength Sweep Tunable Lasers
Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter, Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System, & Agilent 8166A Lightwave
Multichannel System, Fourth Edition
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6 Move to [λ Stop] and press Enter.
7 Enter 1570.000, press Enter.
8 Move to [Cycles] and press Enter.
9 Enter 3 and press Enter.
10 Move to [Repeat Mode] and press Enter.
11 Move to <Twoway>, by using the cursor key, and press Enter.
12 Move to [Step] and press Enter.
13 Enter 1.000 and press Enter.
14 Move to [Dwell] and press Enter.
15 Enter 0.5000 and press Enter.
16 Press the [Active] hardkey on the front panel of your Tunable Laser module to
enable the optical output.
17 Press [Run Swp] to start the sweep. The screen in Figure 74 appears.
18 The wavelength is swept automatically but you can:
a press [Stop] to end the sweep, or
b press [Pause] to pause the sweep. The screen in Figure 75 appears. You
can:
– Press [Continue] to continue sweeping automatically.
– Press [Prev] or [Next] to sweep manually.
– Press [Stop] to end the sweep.