
Performance Tests
Performance Tests
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Agilent 81618A/9A and Agilent 81622B/3B/4B/6B/7B/8B User’s Guide, Second Edition
Noise Test
This performance test applies to Agilent 81622B/3B/4B/6B/7B/8B
Optical Heads.
N O T E
You must insert a module or a blank panel in the second channel
position of the Agilent 8163A/B Lightwave Multimeter before you
perform the noise measurement.
1
Insert an Agilent 81618A or an Agilent 81619A Optical Head
Interface module into one slot of the Agilent 8163A/B Lightwave
Multimeter and connect the device under test, an 8162xA/B Optical
Head, to the Optical Head Interface module.
2
Make sure the optical input of the Device Under Test (DUT), an
8162xA/B Optical Head, is not receiving any light by placing a
plastic cap over the input adapter. Move to the DUT Power Meter
channel, press [Menu], move to <
Zero
>, and press
Enter
.
3
Press
Appl
, move to <
Stability
>, and press
Enter
. The Stability
Setup Screen appears.
4
Ensure that the correct channel is selected in the upcoming Module
Selection box.
5
Press [Menu] to access the Logging application menu screen.
6
Move to
<Pwr uni
t>, press
Enter
, move to
<W
>, and press
Enter
.
7
Move to <
AvgTime
>, press
Enter
, move to
<1 s
>, and press
Enter
.
8
Move to <
Range mode
>, press
Enter
, move to <
Auto
>, and press
Enter
, and press [Close].
9
Press the [Parameter] softkey, move to [
TotalTime
], press
Enter
, set
the total time to 00:05:00, which is 5 minutes, and press
Enter
.
10
Press the [Measure] softkey to start the measurement.
11
After the stability application has finished, press the [Analysis]
softkey, press the [more] softkey, and note [
∆
P] as the noise value in
the test record.