Contents
Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter, Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System, & Agilent 8166A Lightwave
Multichannel System, Fourth Edition
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How to Set the Power Unit 71
What are the Power Units ? 72
How to Set the Calibration Offset 73
How to Set the Reference Level 74
How to Input a Reference Level 74
How to Set the Reference Value to the Current Power Value 74
How to Reference Another Power Measurement Channel 75
How to Set the Wavelength 76
How to Remove Electrical Offsets 76
How to Choose the Range Mode 79
How to Set the Range 80
Upper Power Limit and Resolution 83
How to Set the Averaging Time 84
How to Choose the MinMax Mode 84
How to Turn Off MinMax Mode 86
How to Hold the Screen 87
How to Use Triggers 88
How to Trigger Power Measurements 88
How to Use Output Triggering 89
Dual Power Meters - Master and Slave Channels 90
Laser Sources 91
How to Use Laser Source Modules 93
The Laser Wavelength Value 93
Dual-Wavelength Laser Source Modules 93
How to Enable/Disable Laser Output 94
How to Set Attenuation 95
How to Modulate the Optical Output 95
How to Change Modulation Source 95
How to Disable Modulation 96
How to Use the Internal Modulation 96
How to Set the Frequency of a Modulated Signal 96
How to Set the Modulation Mode 96
How to Increase Linewidth 96
How to Modulate Dual-Wavelength Laser Source Modules 97
How to Use Triggers 98
How to Use Output Triggering 98
Tunable Lasers 101
What is a Tunable Laser ? 103
How to Set the Power 103
How to Set the Output Power of a CW Signal 104
How to Set Output Power 104