Agilent Technologies 86060C Series, User Manual

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General Information
Specifications and Regulatory Information
Table 1-4. Optical Interface Specifications and Characteristics
Insertion Loss a
Single-mode switches
Multi-mode switches
a. Insertion loss does not include connectors. Include an additional 0.5 dB ( 0.25 dB characteristic ) for each
connector.
1.0 dB (0.7 dB)
0.8 dB (0.6 dB)
Insertion Loss Stability b
b. Drift of any channel relative to one assigned reference channel at ±3
°
C deviation of ambient temperature
over 7 day period.
±0.03 dB (±0.025)
Repeatability c
Sequential switching
Random switching
c. Repeatability measured after four (4) hours warm-up and with a one (1) second pause between
movements.
±0.008 dB (±0.005)
±0.025 dB (±0.01)
Optical Return Loss
d
Single-mode
Multimode
d. Excludes external pigtail backscatter and connector reflections.
58 dB (62 dB)
20 dB
(25 dB)
Polarization Dependent Loss
e
e. Polarization dependent loss only applies to single-mode switches and is measured at 1550 nm.
0.05 dB (0.02 dB)
Isolation
– 80 dB (–100 dB)
Typical Switching Life
10 million cycles, minimum
Switching Time
Between adjacent channels
Each additional channel
330 msec
50 msec