Agilent Technologies 11896A, User'S And Service Manual

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Description
The Agilent 11896A polarization controller provides manual and
automatic polarization state adjustments over a wide wavelength range
(1250 to 1600 nm). All possible states of polarization are achieved with
extremely small optical insertion-loss variations (60.002 dB). This
performance combination maximizes measurement accuracy for power
sensitive measurements such as polarization-dependent loss , gain and
optical/electrical responsitivity because the measurement uncertainty
contributed by the polarization controller is minimized. A typical application
conguration using the polarization controller is shown in Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1. T ypical application setup using the Agilent 11896A polarization controller .
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