Getting Started Laser Safety Information
32 Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Sixth Edition
Initial Safety Information for Tunable Laser Modules
Table 4 Backloadable Tunable Laser Modules - Laser Safety Information
81660B #200 81600B #160 81600B #150 81600B #140 81600B #130 81600B #142 81600B #132
Laser Type EC-Laser
InGaAsP
EC-Laser
InGaAsP
EC-Laser
InGaAsP
EC-Laser
InGaAsP
EC-Laser
InGaAsP
EC-Laser
InGaAsP
EC-Laser
InGaAsP
Wavelength
range
1440 - 1640 nm 1495 - 1640 nm 1450 - 1590 nm 1370 - 1495 nm 1260 - 1375 nm 1370 - 1495 nm 1260 - 1375 nm
Max. CW output
power
1
<15 mW <15 mW <15 mW <15 mW <15 mW <15 mW <15 mW
Beam waist di
ameter
9 µm 9 µm 9 µm 9 µm 9 µm 9 µm 9 µm
Numerical aper
ture
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Laser Class
according to
IEC 60825-1
(2001)- Intl.
1M 1M 1M 1M 1M 1M 1M
Max. permissible
CW output power
163 mW 163 mW 163 mW 52 mW/
163 mW
52 mW/
163 mW
52 mW/
163 mW
52 mW/
163 mW
1
Max. CW output power is defined as the highest possible optical power that the laser source can produce at its output connector.
Table 5 Backloadable Tunable Laser Modules (discontinued) - Laser Safety Information
Agilent 81480B Agilent 81482B Agilent 81680B Agilent 81682B Agilent 81640B Agilent 81642B Agilent 81672B
Laser Type FP-Laser
InGaAsP
FP-Laser
InGaAsP
FP-Laser
InGaAsP
FP-Laser
InGaAsP
FP-Laser
InGaAsP
FP-Laser
InGaAsP
FP-Laser
InGaAsP
Wavelength range 1370-1495 nm 1370-1495 nm 1460-1580 nm 1460-1580 nm 1495-1640 nm 1495-1640 nm 1260-1375 nm
Max. CW output
power
1
<15 mW <15 mW <15 mW <15 mW <15 mW <15 mW <15 mW
Beam waist diameter 9 µm 9 µm 9 µm 9 µm 9 µm 9 µm 9 µm
Numerical aperture 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Laser Class
according to
IEC 60825-1 (2001)- Intl.
1M 1M 1M 1M 1M 1M 1M
Max. permissible CW
output power
52 mW/
163 mW
52 mW/
163 mW
163 mW 163 mW 163 mW 163 mW 52 mW
1
Max. CW output power is defined as the highest possible optical power that the laser source can produce at its output connector.