Table of Cont ents
16 Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B, and 8166A/B User’s Guide, Fourth Edition
How to Modulate Dual-Wavelength Laser Source Modules 109
How to Use Triggers 110
How to Use Output Triggering 111
Tunable Lasers 113
What is a Tunable Laser ? 115
How to Set the Power 115
How to Set the Output Power of a CW Signal 116
How to Set Output Power 116
How to Set the Optical Output 116
How to Set the Optical Output 118
How to Enable the Optical Output 118
How to Set Power and Attenuation 118
What is Excessive Power ? 120
How to Set the Laser to the Dark Position 120
The Analog Output 121
How to Set the BNC Output Line Mode as an Analog Output 122
How to Set the Wavelength 122
Wavelength Range 122
How to Set the Wavelength Directly 123
How to Set a Relative Wavelength 123
How to Change the Output Wavelength 124
How to Set the Base Wavelength 124
How to Change the Frequency Offset 125
How to Perform a Wavelength Sweep 125
What is a Wavelength Sweep ? 125
How to Set the Wavelength Sweep 125
The Sweep Parameters 125
How to Set the Repeat Mode 126
How to Set the Maximum Power for the Sweep Range 127
How to Perform a Sweep 127
How to Execute a Stepped Sweep 127
How to Execute a Continuous Sweep 129
How to Perform a Manual Sweep 131
How to Modulate a Signal 133
How to Use the Internal Modulation 133
How to Set the Output Power of a Modulated Signal 133
How to Set the Frequency of a Modulated Signal 133
How to Set the Modulation Mode 134
How to Use External Modulation 134