EOMs Operating Manual
Ref. Ed. 0 – 08/02/2021 2
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................................... 2
1 HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................................................ 3
1.1 UNPACKING STEPS ..................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 WARNINGS TO AVOID DAMAGE ................................................................................................... 9
2 INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USE ........................................................................................ 10
2.1 CLEANING ................................................................................................................................ 10
2.1 OPTICAL INTERFACES ............................................................................................................... 10
2.1 ELECTRICAL INTERFACES .......................................................................................................... 12
2.2 MAXIMUM RATINGS .................................................................................................................. 14
3 MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS .................................................................................... 15
3.1 INSERTION LOSS (IL) ................................................................................................................ 15
3.2 STATIC EXTINCTION RATIO (SER) ............................................................................................ 18
3.3 HALF-WAVE VOLTAGE (V) AT LOW FREQUENCIES (KHZ) .......................................................... 20
3.4 RESIDUAL AMPLITUDE MODULATION (RAM) ........................................................................... 22
3.5 POLARIZATION EXTINCTION RATIO (PER) ................................................................................ 23
3.6 POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS (PDL).................................................................................. 25
3.7 ELECTRICAL RETURN LOSS S
11
& ELECTRO-OPTICAL BANDWIDTH S
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