How to Perform a Wavelength Sweep Tunable Lasers
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B, and 8166A/B User’s Guide, Fourth Edition 129
How to Execute a Continuous Sweep
NOTE Continuous sweep mode is not available for the Agilent 81689A
Tunable Laser module.
You cannot choose a repeat mode for a continuous sweep. All multi-
cycle sweeps are one-directional, see Figure 71.
To execute a continuous wavelength sweep over the range 1520 nm to
1560 nm, three times, at a speed of 5 nm/s:
1 Move to the Tunable Laser channel and press [Details].
2 Move to [Sweep Mode] and press Enter.
3 Move to the <Continuous> sweep mode and press E
NTER.
4 Move to [λ Start] and press Enter.
5 Enter 1520.000 and press Enter.
6 Move to [λ Stop] and press Enter.
7 Enter 1560.000, press Enter.
8 Move to [Sweep Cycles] and press Enter.
9 Enter 0003 and press Enter.
10 Move to [Vsweep] and press Enter.
11 Move to 5 nm/s, by using the cursor key, and press Enter.
Figure 73 Pausing a Stepped Sweep
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