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YOKOGAWA AQ6376, User Manual

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Index

No.  Message 

Cause of Warning

171 

Illegal address 

An illegal address was set to an IP address.

172 

This version is not compatible 

Attempted to load an incompatible update file.

173 

Update file read error 

 An incorrect number of files or file corruption was found when 
attempting to load the update file.

174 

Invalid password 

The password entered for the key lock is not correct.

175 

Re-entered password is not matched 

The two passwords entered for the key lock do not match.

176 

Password needs to be 4-digit number 

The password entered for the key lock is not a 4-digit number.

No. 200 - 299: Warnings for hardware failures

200 

Fan motor stopped! 

 The fan motor (main unit) stopped. Automatically shuts down after 
10 seconds from occurrence. 

201 

Calibration data failed! 

 Started up in emulation mode because there was a problem with the 
instrument’s calibration data. 

202 

Fan motor stopped 

The CPU fan stopped.

205 

Internal communication error! 

An abnormality occurred during instrument-internal communication.

206 

Internal communication error! 

An abnormality occurred during instrument-internal communication.

207 

Internal Temperature Over! 

 Internal temperature is abnormally high. Automatically shuts down 
after 10 seconds from occurrence. 

208 

Monochromator fan motor stopped! 

The monochromator fan stopped.

209 

PD temperature over! 

 Enterd emulation mode because there was a problem with the light 
detector temperature.

210 

Internal Temperature warning! 

Warning for rising internal temperature. 

211 

Auto offset error! 

Obtained an abnormal value during AUTO OFFSET operation. 

212 

Auto offset error! 

Obtained an abnormal value during AUTO OFFSET operation. 

213 

Auto temperature control error! 

Problem with the light detector temperature control. 

214 

Measurement sequence error! 

 The sweep stopped because measurement sequence fell into 
disorder during the sweep.

220 

Boot sequence error! 

 Started up in emulation mode because an abnormality occurred 
upon start-up 

221 

Boot sequence error! 

 Started up in emulation mode because an abnormality occurred 
upon start-up 

222 

Emulation Mode. 

Entered emulation mode because an abnormality occurred. 

223 

Boot sequence error! 

 Started up in emulation mode because an abnormality occurred 
upon start-up 

224 

Internal communication error! 

An abnormality occurred during instrument-internal communication.

225 

Internal communication error! 

An abnormality occurred during instrument-internal communication.

226 

Internal communication error! 

An abnormality occurred during instrument-internal communication.

227 

Internal communication error! 

An abnormality occurred during instrument-internal communication.

228 

Memory allocation error! 

Data memory initialization failed.

230 

Monochromator error! 

 Entered emulation mode because an abnormality with the operation 
of the monochromator occurred. 

231 

Monochromator error! 

 Entered emulation mode because an abnormality with the operation 
of the monochromator occurred. 

232 

Monochromator error! 

 Entered emulation mode because an abnormality with the operation 
of the monochromator occurred. 

233 

Monochromator  error! 

 Entered emulation mode because an abnormality with the operation 
of the monochromator occurred. 

234 

Monochromator error! 

 Entered emulation mode because an abnormality with the operation 
of the monochromator occurred. 

235 

Monochromator error! 

 Entered emulation mode because an abnormality with the operation 
of the monochromator occurred. 

236 

Monochromator  error! 

 Entered emulation mode because an abnormality with the operation 
of the monochromator occurred. 

9.10  Warning Display Function

Summary of Contents for AQ6376

Page 1: ...User s Manual AQ6376 Optical Spectrum Analyzer IM AQ6376 01EN 2nd Edition ...

Page 2: ...02EN Provided as a printed manual This guide explains the handling precautions basic operations and specifications of the AQ6376 AQ6376 Optical Spectrum Analyzer IM AQ6376 92Z1 A document for China The EN in the manual number is the language code Contact information of Yokogawa offices worldwide is provided on the following sheet Document Description Description PIM 113 01Z2 List of worldwide cont...

Page 3: ...ii IM AQ6376 01EN Revisions 1st Edition April 2016 2nd Edition October 2017 ...

Page 4: ...n be taken to prevent such occurrences CAUTION Calls attentions to actions or conditions that could cause light injury to the user or damage to the instrument or user s data and precautions that can be taken to prevent such occurrences French AVERTISSEMENT Attire l attention sur des gestes ou des conditions susceptibles de provoquer des blessures graves voire mortelles et sur les précautions de sé...

Page 5: ... experienced users may not need to carry out all the steps Explanation This subsection describes the setup parameters and the limitations on the procedures It may not give a detailed explanation of the function For a detailed explanation of the function see chapter 2 Notations Used in the Procedures Panel Keys and Soft keys Bold characters used in the procedural explanations indicate characters th...

Page 6: ...bration Purging Auto Sweep Setting and Measurement Other Settings Waveform Display Displaying Calculated Waveforms Marker Display Searching Waveform Analysis Waveform Analysis GO NO GO Judgment Saving Display Data and Printing Out Storage Media Saving Data Section 2 1 Section 2 2 Section 2 3 Section 4 1 Section 4 2 to 4 11 Section 5 1 to 5 4 Section 5 5 Section 5 9 Section 5 13 to 5 14 Section 6 1...

Page 7: ... Screen Display 3 7 3 5 Setting the Date and Time 3 8 Chapter 4 Measurement 4 1 Auto Measurement 4 1 4 2 Horizontal Vertical Axis Settings 4 2 4 3 Sub Scale 4 7 4 4 Setting the Reference Level 4 11 4 5 Center Wavelength Center Frequency Center Wavenumber Setting 4 15 4 6 Sweep Width Settings 4 21 4 7 Wavelength Frequency Wavenumber Resolution Settings 4 25 4 8 Sampling Point Interval Settings 4 27...

Page 8: ... Amp Gain and NF Measurement Except Wavenumber Mode 6 19 6 9 Optical Filter Characteristics Measurement Except Wavenumber Mode 6 26 6 10 Editing the Grid Table Except Wavenumber Mode 6 35 6 11 Measurement of Level Fluctuations in Single Wavelength Light 0 nm Sweeping 6 39 6 12 Go No Go Judgment Template 6 42 6 13 Specifying an Analysis Range 6 54 6 14 Correcting Displayed Values 6 57 6 15 Analysis...

Page 9: ... Accuracy 9 7 9 6 Replacing Fuses 9 8 9 7 Daily Maintenance 9 9 9 8 Care during Storage 9 11 9 9 Recommended Replacement Parts 9 12 9 10 Warning Display Function 9 13 Appendix Appendix 1 GRID Table for WDM Wevelength App 1 Appendix 2 Data Calculation Algorithms for Spectrum Widths App 2 Appendix 3 Details of Each Analytical Functions App 11 Appendix 4 Detailed Explanations of WDM Analysis Function...

Page 10: ...gger input USB mouse USB keyboard USB storage medium USB mouse USB storage medium USB 101 keyboard AQ6376 1500 3400 nm USB POWER FUNCTION DATA ENTRY CENTER SWEEP SPAN LEVEL ZOOM SETUP MARKER DISPLAY PEAK SEARCH TRACE ANALYSIS USER MEMORY FILE SYSTEM ADVANCE PROGRAM OREMOTE UNDO LOCAL HELP COPY PRESET COARSE 7 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3 0 BACK SPASE nm ENTER m ENTER OPTICAL INPUT 600 1700nm CALIBRATION OUTPUT...

Page 11: ... monochromator in order to eliminate moisture contained in the internal air the PURGE GAS OUT is open This reduces the effects of light absorption in measurements Auto Measurement See section 4 1 for the operating procedure This function automatically sets the optimal measuring conditions for the input light and displays the spectrum waveform This function is useful when the characteristics of the...

Page 12: ...y wavenumber of the active trace measured waveform to center wavelength frequency wavenumber VIEW MEAS Sets the currently displayed ZOOM scale as the measurement scale CENTER START STOP SPAN for the next sweep MARKER CENTER Sets the wavelength frequency wavenumber of the moving marker to center wavelength frequency wavenumber Δλ SPAN Sets the sweep width as six times the RMS 20 dB width of the act...

Page 13: ...y depending on the resolution setting In order to deal with this issue the instrument is equipped with the dBm dBm nm soft key to allow the level axis displays to switch from the absolute power dBm mW μW nW pW per resolution to power spectral density dBm nm mW nm μW nm nW nm pW nm In the case of power spectral density displays a measured value is converted to power per 1 nm Therefore whatever reso...

Page 14: ...ange can be set in units of 0 1 µs Note that after the measurement points are set input trigger signals during the movement to the next measurement point are ignored The time varies depending on the measurement wavelength band and the number of sampling points sampling intervals Since the SMPL TRG IN terminal is pulled up internally it can be set to the HIGH level while it is in the open state and...

Page 15: ...without implementing the AUTORANGE function Therefore if the level of the input light is high the output voltage level is saturated The saturation level and noise level varies depending on the REF level The table below shows the relationship between the REF level and the saturation level REF LEVEL dBm or dBm nm Saturation Level dBm REF 0 23 dBm or more 0 REF 10 13 dBm or more 10 REF 20 3 dBm or mo...

Page 16: ... section 4 12 for the operating procedure A trace shows a waveform and measurement conditions The instrument has a total of seven independent traces A through G Multiple traces can be displayed at the same time on the waveform screen In addition display ON OFF and mode settings can be set separately for each trace Traces can be set to the following modes WRITE mode Section 5 2 FIX mode Section 5 2...

Page 17: ... from different traces normalized display or curve fit display is performed according to the set CALCULATE mode Note that CALCULATE mode can only be set for traces C F and G Also the available calculations vary from trace to trace For more information see chapter 6 Normalized Display Function See section 5 6 for the operating procedure This function is one of the trace CALCULATE modes It normalize...

Page 18: ... and adjacent markers Line Markers There are four line markers two wavelength line markers and two level line markers Wavelength line markers show wavelength and wavelength difference and level line markers show level values and level difference Also you can use line markers to specify a sweep or analysis range Advanced Markers There are four advanced markers There are three types of advanced mark...

Page 19: ...er at the peak or bottom is set to the next peak local maximum value or bottom local minimum value If such peak or bottom is not found a warning appears WARNING 103 No data in active trace NEXT SEARCH RIGHT On the marker trace waveform the advanced marker at the peak or bottom is set to the peak local maximum value or bottom local minimum value on its right If such peak or bottom is not found a wa...

Page 20: ... waveform is overwritten in real time When you press the NOISE MASK soft key the current noise mask value is displayed in the noise mask value setting screen The allowed settings for the noise mask setting are OFF 210 dBm and the range from 100 to 0 dBm fine in steps of 1 coarse in steps of 10 Peak Bottom Search See section 5 13 and 5 14 for the operating procedure The peak bottom search function ...

Page 21: ...de suppression ratio SMSR can be measured from the DFB LD measured waveform FP LD and LED TOTAL POWER Measurement Optical power can be measured by integrating the measured waveform level measurements PMD Measurement See section 6 6 for the operating procedure It is possible to measure the polarization mode dispersion PMD of a DUT such as an optical fiber by using the instrument in combination with...

Page 22: ... an optical device The following three templates are provided Upper limit line Lower limit line Target line Go No Go Judgment See section 6 12 for the operating procedure The Go No Go test function compares the active trace waveform against reference data template data preset by the user and performs a test on the measured waveform Go No Go test The template function can be used effectively in sit...

Page 23: ...meter setting values and data of each function are initialized Help See section 8 3 for the operating procedure Displays an explanation of the soft key menus Certain soft keys have additional help text MORE INFO MORE INFO contains detailed explanations of the corresponding soft keys Locking Keys See section 8 5 for the operating procedure This function locks key input temporarily to prevent users ...

Page 24: ...e infrarouge est toujours émise depuis le connecteur de sortie optique Ne regardez jamais directement dans le connecteur de sortie optique La lumière infrarouge risquerait de gravement vous blesser ou de provoquer une perte de vision Procedure 1 Turn the power to the instrument ON Turn ON the MAIN POWER switch and press the POWER switch For instructions on turning the power ON and OFF see chapter ...

Page 25: ...reen 6 Press the CANCEL soft key to cancel alignment adjustment partway through the process Note After alignment has been executed wavelength calibration is also performed automatically inside the instrument The alignment adjustment has no effect if the process is stopped The instrument remains in the state prior to execution of the alignment adjustment 2 1 Alignment Adjustment ...

Page 26: ...t the instrument is designed for input through optical fiber only It will not work with inputs that do not pass through optical fiber such as direct input of a gas laser beam to the optical input connector or bonding an LED to the optical input connector It is important to note that optical spectrum measurements taken through such inputs are completely unreliable For spatial light measurements inp...

Page 27: ... sortie optique La lumière infrarouge risquerait de gravement vous blesser ou de provoquer une perte de vision Procedure Wavelength Calibration Using the Internal Reference Light Source 1 Turn the power to the instrument ON Turn ON the MAIN POWER switch and press the POWER switch For instructions on turning the power ON and OFF see chapter 7 of the Getting Started Guide IM AQ6376 02EN 2 Use a 9 5 ...

Page 28: ... light source If the wavelength error of the instrument is outside of 0 5 nm Readjustment required Please contact your nearest Yokogawa representative If you are using a reference light source with multiple absorption lines and the instrument s wavelength shift is greater than the wavelength interval of the absorption lines with the result that an adjacent absorption line is used as the reference ...

Page 29: ...y during wavelength calibration to cancel the wavelength calibration process For Gas Cell Absorption Line Type Light Sources 5 Press the EXECUTE GAS CELL soft key A screen for specifying the wavelength of the external light source is displayed 6 Select the gas cell absorption line wavelength value using the rotary knob or the arrow keys The allowed wavelength range is 1500 3400 nm 7 Press nm ENTER...

Page 30: ...propriate wavelength value 8 Press the EXECUTE soft key Wavelength calibration is executed The previous screen is displayed again after the calibration process ends 9 Press the CANCEL soft key during wavelength calibration to cancel the wavelength calibration process Note It is not necessary to perform calibration on multiple wavelengths If calibration is performed on multiple wavelengths only the...

Page 31: ...rbon dioxide absorption lines in the measurement results Nitrogen gas is recommended for AQ6376 which has hygroscopic optical components and ambient water vapor may interfere with measurements CAUTION The instrument warranty will be void if damage is caused by the use of inappropriate facilities French ATTENTION La garantie de l instrument est nulle si les dommages sont causés par l utilisation de...

Page 32: ...urge gas Use ultra high purity liquid nitrogen which must be 99 9999 pure grade with the heat exchanger is recommended The gas temperature must be 23 5 C If compressed nitrogen must be used the gas must be dry oil free and uncontaminated Never use compressed nitrogen from a supplier who uses oil or water in the compression process Maximum rating Pressure and flow rate of purge gas must be lower th...

Page 33: ...5 SCFH 12 L min 1 4 outer diameter nylon tubing As Required Must not be rubber Purge gas As Required 99 9999 pure grade nitrogen gas recommended Precision flowmeter Pressure regulator Purge gas manifold outlet in your facility Shut off valve PURGE GAS IN port PURGE GAS OUT port Air opening Nylon tubing AQ6376 1 Open the purge gas shut off valve then adjust the pressure regulator to provide an appr...

Page 34: ...ust from entering the inside When installing required equipment and components remove this resin tube Resin tubing The recommended purge gas flow rate into the AQ6376 is 15 to 20 SCFH 7 to 9 5 L min The figure below shows the purge efficiency by 15 and 20 SCFH pure nitrogen gas flow rate Purge efficiency of the AQ6376 1 0 0 9 0 8 0 7 0 6 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 00 0 30 1 00 1 30 2 00 Elapsed tim...

Page 35: ...will simply result in an inaccurate measurement level without improving resolution Optical fibers with a thick core diameter are especially useful for inputting spatial light for measurement but they have poor resolution Choose the best type of optical fiber for your particular application Note that the instrument is designed for input through optical fiber only It will not work with inputs that d...

Page 36: ...GI fiber provides a relatively accurate spectrum if the light source is low coherent light such as white light natural light or an LED If the light source has high coherency as in the case of a laser beam interference will occur inside the optical fiber and the intensity distribution of light radiating from the fiber tip will vary according to the fiber form As a result the spectrum measurement le...

Page 37: ...application Stray Light from the Monochromator The instrument has a newly designed high performance monochromator Depending on the measurement conditions stray light at a level 30 to 50 dB below the original spectrum as well as other stray light specific to the monochromator may occur in wavelength areas about 300 nm from the peak wavelength If this stray light is likely to have a severe impact on...

Page 38: ... and is not an indication of any problem Even if such spikes occur satisfactory performance in terms of resolution dynamic range and the like can be ensured These spikes will disappear if the resolution is set to a coarser value Ripples in the 1800 1950 2450 2950 nm Area Water OH ions present in the monochromator absorb light in the 1800 1950 2450 2950 nm area resulting in ripples in the measureme...

Page 39: ...the thin solid line displays the correspondence with the ghost caused by high order diffraction light The numbers written next to the thin solid line indicate the level of suppression of the ghost caused by high order diffraction light relative to the correct optical spectrum However the values are rough estimates they are not guaranteed For example if a 1060 nm light which is shorter than the mea...

Page 40: ...diately Contains a submenu Indicates that there is a submenu of additional items related to the current item Press to display the submenu A separate window will be displayed Press to display a separate window in the screen for entry of numerical parameters A submenu and separate window will be displayed Press to move to the submenu and display a separate window This softkey returns to the previous...

Page 41: ...dB km SUB LIN D dB D REF LEVEL POSITION DIV LEVEL 1 2 LEVEL 2 2 The LEVEL soft key menu is split into two parts This key switches between the menus In addition in some cases this may change to a function that closes the window For example when the MORE 1 2 soft key is pressed the menu changes to the LEVEL 2 2 soft key menu and the key display changes to MORE 2 2 Shows the submenu of the soft key m...

Page 42: ...perations the Same as the Panel Keys Displaying the Top Menu Right click the mouse in the screen The names of the front panel keys in the instrument s FUNCTION section are displayed CENTER SPAN LEVEL SWEEP ZOOM SETUP TRACE DISPLAY MARKER PEAK SEARCH ANALYSIS USER MEMORY FILE PROGRAM ADVANCE SYSTEM UNDO LOCAL COPY PRESET HELP Selecting Items Move the pointer to the item you wish to select and click...

Page 43: ...8 Sets screen display Analysis functions MARKER SHIFT F9 Sets marker SEARCH SHIFT F10 PEAK BOTTOM search function ANALYSIS SHIFT F11 Sets analysis function Other USER ALT F1 User settings menu MEMORY ALT F2 Memory FILE ALT F3 Saves opens files file actions PROGRAM ALT F4 Program Functions ADVANCE ALT F5 Advanced functions SYSTEM ALT F6 System settings Soft keys F1 to F9 F1 to F9 Depends on FUNCTIO...

Page 44: ...rror when inputting values with the numeric keypad 4 Press BACK SPACE The last right most entered character in the numeric keypad input area is removed allowing entry of the correct character Note If the value entered with the numeric keypad is not in the allowed value range the nearest allowed value will be set By holding the BACK SPACE key down you can erase the entire entry in the numeric keypa...

Page 45: ...the character in the character selection area that you wish to enter Use the rotary knob or arrow keys to move the cursor in the character selection area 4 Press the ENTER soft key The character selected at the cursor position in the label input area is displayed 5 To move the cursor or insert or delete a character in the label input area press the corresponding soft key 6 When the character strin...

Page 46: ...mber of level data display digits below the decimal point to 3 digits Transparent Display Changing the Display Colors Transparent Display 3 Continuing on from step 2 press the WINDOW TRANSPARENT OFF ON soft key Transparent display turns ON or OFF When ON the parameter input window and overview display window are displayed transparently Changing the Display Colors 3 Continuing on from step 2 press ...

Page 47: ...yed Entering the Date and Time 4 Press the CURSOR soft key then move the cursor to the item you wish to input The cursor moves each time you press the soft key 5 Press a numeric key button to enter a number 6 Press ENTER The input number is entered Changing the Display Format 7 Press the MO DY YR soft key The date is displayed in the order Month Day Year Press the DY MO YR soft key The date is dis...

Page 48: ... Screen after auto sweep stop Screen after auto sweep start value Explanation The wavelength range of input light that can be auto measured is 1500 3400 nm The following four items are set automatically after which measurement is performed Center wavelength CENTER Sweep width SPAN Reference level REF LEVEL Resolution RESOLUTION After performing one auto sweep and setting optimal measurement condit...

Page 49: ...z cm 1 soft key Setting the Measured Wavelength to Air Wavelength or Vacuum Wavelength 1 Press SETUP The soft key menu for sweep condition settings appears 2 Press the MEAS WL AIR VACUUM soft key The measured wavelength is changed to either a vacuum wavelength or an air wavelength Note This function only applies to measurements taken after the setting is selected Previously measured waveforms are ...

Page 50: ...een is displayed 3 Enter a log scale value using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 4 Press ENTER Setting to Linear Scale Display 1 Press LEVEL The soft key menu for vertical axis settings appears along with the reference level setting screen 2 Press the LIN SCALE soft key The vertical axis is displayed with the currently specified linear scale values 3 Press the LIN BASE LEVEL soft key...

Page 51: ...visions as selected Note This is only available when the main scale is a log scale When it is a linear scale the number of divisions is fixed at 10 Reference Level Screen Position Setting for LOG SCALE 4 Continuing on from step 3 press the REF LEVEL POSITION soft key A screen for setting the screen position of the reference level REF position is displayed 5 Enter a value starting from the bottom o...

Page 52: ...er SETUP Default nm This key can be used to enter settings such as frequency display mode on the X axis and wavelength display mode for the marker value Also the MARKER UNIT nm THz soft key s setting changes in conjunction with the setting of the HORIZON SCALE soft key However changing the MARKER UNIT nm THz soft key s setting does not change the setting for the HORIZON SCALE nm THz soft key Note ...

Page 53: ... 1 DIV are set in the reference level LIN BASE LEVEL mW Value when the vertical axis is linear scale you can set the level scale low end This is not available when using a log scale The setting range is 0 0 to REF level x 0 9 Settings can be adjusted in steps of 0 1 The value changes in steps of 1 if you press the COARSE key Values can only be set in the instrument set for the REF level When the s...

Page 54: ...ey The soft key menu for the sub scale appears 3 Press the AUTO SUB SCALE OFF ON soft key to select ON Setting the Sub Scale REF Position 1 Press LEVEL 2 Press the MORE 1 2 soft key 3 Press the SUB REF LVL POSITION soft key The REF position setting screen is displayed 4 Enter a value using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad Note The sub scale is displayed when a differential waveform ba...

Page 55: ...m soft key The instruments of the sub scale change to dB km At the same time the log scale value setting screen is displayed 4 Enter a value using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 5 Press ENTER When displaying the loss characteristics of the optical fiber per unit of length km 6 Continuing on from step 5 press the LENGTH soft key The optical fiber length entry screen appears 7 Enter a...

Page 56: ...ing the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 5 Press ENTER Setting the Sub Scale Units to D 1 Press LEVEL 2 Press the MORE 1 2 soft key 3 Press the SUB SCALE D soft key The instruments of the sub scale display change to At the same time the log scale value setting screen is displayed 4 Enter a value using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 5 Press ENTER Setting the Sub Scale Lower ...

Page 57: ...n steps of 0 1 SCALE MIN Sets the scale lower end value This is available when the sub scale is LIN or The range that can be set is as follows For LIN 0 to the sub scale value D x 10 For 0 to the sub scale value D x 10 LENGTH km Sets the length of the optical fiber This is available when the sub scale is dB km The setting range is 0 001 to 99 999 km Settings can be adjusted in steps of 0 001 The v...

Page 58: ...g Scale 1 Press LEVEL The soft key menu for vertical axis settings appears along with the reference level setting screen 2 When the vertical axis is not using a log scale press the LOG SCALE soft key If a log scale is displayed continue to step 4 3 Press the REF LEVEL soft key The reference level setting screen is displayed 4 Enter a reference value using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key ...

Page 59: ...ale is displayed continue to step 4 3 Press the REF LEVEL soft key The reference level setting screen is displayed 4 Enter a reference value using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad When a value is input a soft key menu for selecting the instrument appears 5 Press the soft key corresponding to the desired units The reference level is set Note When entered with the rotary knob or arrow k...

Page 60: ...F ON soft key to select ON Note Sets the peak level of the measured waveform of the active trace as the reference level This does not operate if the active trace is not set to WRITE i e if it is set to MAX HOLD MIN HOLD CALCULATE or ROLL AVG When set to ON is displayed at the bottom of the screen in inverse video Sets the moving marker level as the reference level 1 Press MARKER 2 With the moving ...

Page 61: ...he active trace PEAK REF LEVEL Sets the peak level of the waveform of the active trace to the reference level Displays the specified reference level peak level value and waveform in the reference level setting screen The reference level setting can be changed after being set initially The setting can be changed within the range of 90 0 30 0 dBm for LOG scale or 1 00 pW 1000 mW for linear scale If ...

Page 62: ...ENTER The soft key menu for center wavelength frequency wavenumber settings appears along with the center wavelength frequency wavenumber setting screen 2 Press the CENTER WL FREQ WNUM soft key 3 Enter a center wavelength frequency wavenumber using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 4 Press nm ENTER Note It is not necessary to press nm ENTER when using the rotary knob or arrow keys The ...

Page 63: ...ency Wavenumber 5 Press the STOP WL FREQ WNUM soft key The stop wavelength frequency wavenumber setting screen appears 6 Enter a stop wavelength or stop frequency using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 7 Press nm ENTER Note It is not necessary to press nm ENTER when using the rotary knob or arrow keys The set value is applied to the measurement conditions area When a setting is change...

Page 64: ...ency wavenumber is displayed and the displayed waveform is redrawn according to the changed center wavelength frequency wavenumber Setting the ZOOM Scale Center Wavelength Frequency Wavenumber to the Center Wavelength Frequency Wavenumber 1 Press CENTER 2 Press the VIEW MEAS soft key The specified center wavelength frequency wavenumber is displayed and the currently set ZOOM scale is set as the me...

Page 65: ...th the moving marker displayed press the MARKER CENTER soft key The specified center wavelength frequency wavenumber is displayed and the displayed waveform is redrawn according to the changed center wavelength frequency wavenumber For details on displaying moving markers see the explanation in section 5 9 4 5 Center Wavelength Center Frequency Center Wavenumber Setting ...

Page 66: ...velength Frequency Wavenumber The ranges that can be set are as follows Stop wavelength 1500 000 to 4350 000 nm Stop frequency 88 0000 to 256 0000 THz Stop wavenumber 2941 000 to 8530 000 cm 1 You can change the values using the rotary or arrow keys The value changes in 1 nm 0 1 THz 1 cm 1 steps if you press the COARSE key The value changes in 0 1 nm 0 01 THz 0 1 cm 1 steps if you do not press the...

Page 67: ...ayed The center frequency frequency wavenumber can be changed after the setting is made initially MEAN WL CENTER Sets the RMS center wavelength of the spectrum lowered by the threshold value 20 dB from the waveform peak of the active trace to the center wavelength frequency wavenumber The center wavelength frequency wavenumber can be changed after the setting is made initially VIEW MEAS This key i...

Page 68: ... key menu for sweep width settings appears along with the sweep width setting screen 2 Press SPAN WL FREQ WNUM for wavelength frequency wavenumber measurement 3 Enter a sweep width using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 4 Press nm ENTER Note It is not necessary to press nm ENTER when using the rotary knob or arrow keys The set value is applied to the measurement conditions area When a...

Page 69: ...r Stop Frequency 5 Press the STOP WL FREQ WNUM soft key The stop wavelength frequency wavenumber setting screen is displayed 6 Enter a stop wavelength frequency wavenumber using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 7 Press nm ENTER Note It is not necessary to press nm ENTER when using the rotary knob or arrow keys The set value is applied to the measurement conditions area When a setting ...

Page 70: ...isplayed press the MK L1 L2 SPAN soft key Sets spacing between line markers 1 and 2 for sweep width For details on displaying line markers see the explanation in section 5 9 Note If only one of the line markers is displayed for L1 the wavelength on the right edge of the screen is set to the measurement stop wavelength For L2 the wavelength on the left edge of the screen is set to the measurement s...

Page 71: ...2941 000 to 8530 000 cm 1 You can change the values using the rotary or arrow keys The value changes in 1 nm 0 1 THz 1 cm 1 steps if you press the COARSE key The value changes in 0 1 nm 0 01 THz 0 1 cm 1 steps if you do not press the COARSE key Note Setting the sweep width changes the start wavelength and stop wavelength The center wavelength frequency does not change Changing the center wavelengt...

Page 72: ...ry value using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad in the resolution screen that appears when you press the RESOLUTION soft key the soft key value that is closest to the entered value is set The instrument displays if the settings for span the number of sampling points and the resolution are inappropriate When is displayed normal measurement is not possible Corrective Action When UNCAL I...

Page 73: ...skirts of the waveform This type of spike occurs due to characteristics of the optical block and is not an indication of any problem Even if such spikes occur satisfactory performance in terms of resolution dynamic range and the like can be ensured These spikes will disappear if the resolution is set to a coarser value Ripples in the 1800 1950 2450 2950 nm Area Water OH ions present in the monochr...

Page 74: ...nterval respectively To automatically set the sampling points and interval according to the span and wavelength frequency resolution settings press SAMPLING POINT AUTO The sampling points or interval setting screen is displayed If you pressed SAMPLING POINT AUTO the sampling points and interval are set automatically 3 Enter a number of samples or interval using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeri...

Page 75: ...ng for the span see the explanation in section 4 6 Sweep Width Setting Note Increasing the number of sampling points or decreasing the sampling interval reduces the sweeping speed Settings that would cause the number of samples in the sweep range to be extremely few cannot be entered If the setting for the number of samples is changed the sampling interval value also changes accordingly Relationsh...

Page 76: ...ition settings appears 2 Press the SENS MODE soft key Seven sensitivity choices appear in the soft key menu 3 Press the soft key corresponding to the desired choice The screen returns to the previous stage and the value specified by the SENS MODE soft key is displayed Note If you set the sensitivity to HIGH1 HIGH3 it is forced to set to CHOP MODE ...

Page 77: ... power Stray light suppression ratio 40 dB or more Valid High dynamic measurement using internal modulation Measurement can be taken with stray light removed Long duration high sensitivity measurements possible since offset does not change Measurement time is long Stray light suppression ratio 60 dB or more Stray Light from the Monochromator The instrument has a newly designed high performance mon...

Page 78: ...uch as LEDs light sources 2x Select this value to set the sweep speed to approximately twice the speed of the 1x value Select this value when you are measuring light sources that have comparatively gentle spectrum shape level changes such as LED light sources Measurements using this value have the following characteristics If you select this value when UNCAL is displayed for waveforms that have sh...

Page 79: ... keys or numeric key pad 4 Press ENTER The value specified by the AVERAGE TIMES soft key is displayed Note Increasing the averaging times reduces the sweeping speed but the S N improves Explanation AVERAGE TIMES This key is used to set the average times for each point The setting range is 1 to 999 If you press the COARSE key you can use the rotary knob or arrow keys to change the numerical value i...

Page 80: ...races appears 2 Press the ACTIVE TRACE soft key Traces A through G appear in soft keys 3 Press the soft key corresponding to the trace you wish to use That trace is set as the active trace in the example below this will be trace B 4 Press the VIEW B soft key and select DISP 5 Press the WRITE B soft key Trace B is placed in write mode Note Waveforms of traces for which VIEW A VIEW G are set to BLAN...

Page 81: ...nges to BLK When you press this key the highlight toggles between VIEW DISP and VIEW BLANK Note that if BLANK is set markers applied to the trace set in DISP will be cleared The at symbol indicates the currently selected trace One is included from A G Write Mode WRITE This key is used to set the active trace to write mode When a trace is set to write mode waveform data are written to it and update...

Page 82: ...ng Sweep interval setting Note Sweeping can also be performed by clicking the sweep icons located at the bottom of the screen During a sweep the sweep bar is displayed below the X axis indicating conditions during the current sweep During a sweep a sweep icon indicating the sweep status is displayed in the lower left corner of the screen Sweep progress from the start wavelength to the sweep wavele...

Page 83: ...T POINT This key is used to set the number of sampling points for performing SEGMENT MEASURE When you press this key the current number of sampling points is displayed in the parameter entry window The number of sampling points can be set in the range of 1 to 50 001 in the DATA ENTRY section When the setting value of SEGEMENT POINT is larger than the value which deducted points in this time from m...

Page 84: ... soft key and select ON When set to ON is displayed at the very bottom of the screen 4 Press the REPEAT or SINGLE soft key Sweeping between line markers begins 5 To cancel press the SWEEP MKR L1 L2 OFF ON soft key and select OFF Sweeping is performed over the entire screen Sweep range Note If both L1 and L2 are set sweeping is executed between line markers 1 and 2 If just L1 is set the sweep occur...

Page 85: ...e setting screen is displayed 5 Enter a peak hold value using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad A value larger than the period of the pulse light being measured must be entered for the peak hold value 6 Press ENTER Displaying the Pulse Light Measurement Waveform 7 Press SWEEP The soft key menu for sweep appears 8 Press the SINGLE or REPEAT soft key Sweeping begins and a waveform is dis...

Page 86: ...ss ENTER Note The GATE MODE soft key will be unavailable if the following settings are used To enable the soft key change the settings Unavailable when SWEEP MODE is set to 2x Available when it is set to 1x See section 4 10 Unavailable when CHOP MODE of SENS MODE is not set to OFF Available when it is set to OFF See section 4 9 Unavailable when AVERAGE TIMES is not set to 1 Available when it is se...

Page 87: ...s data when the external signal gate signal is active and measures the pulse light To use this mode you need to set the sampling interval and signal logic For details see Gate Sampling Measurement described later Measurement Sensitivity and Corresponding Pulse Width The measurement sensitivity is determined based on the light pulse width Select the appropriate sensitivity level based on the pulse ...

Page 88: ...n be sampled enabling the full waveform can be displayed Because the AQ6376 does not show data that is sampled when the gate signal is inactive the wavelength data during this period may be missed but because the sampling time and gate signal pulse light are asynchronous performing repeat sweep using the MAX HOLD function eventually results in all the waveform data in the span range to be shown Fo...

Page 89: ... page 4 40 Gate Signal Logic Use GATE LOGIC to set the gate signal logic POSI Sampling is performed when the gate signal is at high level NEGA Sampling is performed when the gate signal is at low level There is an external trigger input terminal on the rear panel of the AQ6376 The input signal is TTL level Note The following operations cannot be performed in GATE MODE Set the trigger conditions se...

Page 90: ...yed 3 Press the TRIG INPUT MODE soft key The trigger input mode s setting menu is displayed 4 To set sample trigger mode or sweep trigger mode press the SMPL TRIG or SWEEP TRIG soft key respectively If you set SWEEP TRIG that concludes the settings If you press the EXEC soft key the instrument returns to the original screen Note In sample trigger mode set SWEEP SPEED to 1x In sweep trigger mode se...

Page 91: ...key External trigger mode is set Setting Trigger Conditions for SMPL TRIG 9 Press the TRIGGER SETTING soft key The trigger condition setting menu is displayed 10 Press the EDGE soft key RISE switches to FALL or vice versa 11 Press the DELAY soft key 12 Enter a delay time and press ENTER Note When AVERAGE TIMES is set sweeping stops when a number of external signals equaling the specified sampling ...

Page 92: ...sed to set the external trigger signal detection edges RISE The rising edge is recognized as a trigger FALL The falling edge is recognized as a trigger DELAY µs This key is used to set the delay time between trigger signal edge detection and data measurement The setting range is 0 to 1000 0 µs fine steps of 0 1 coarse steps of 1 For information about the external trigger measurement function see s...

Page 93: ...ing If the time that the external trigger input signal level is low is less than this pulse width the instrument cannot perform the sweep Sensitivity Name and Minimum Pulse Width Sensitivity Setting Minimum Pulse Width NORM HOLD 50 ms NORM AUTO 50 ms NORMAL 50 ms MID 50 ms HIGH1 CHOP 100 ms HIGH2 CHOP 250 ms HIGH3 CHOP 2050 ms 4 16 External Trigger Measurement ...

Page 94: ...ayed 3 Press the TRIG OUTPUT MODE soft key The trigger output setting menu is displayed 4 Press the SWEEP STATUS soft key Note When pulse light measurement is specified external trigger output cannot be performed Turn OFF PLS LIGHT MEASURE Explanation You can synchronize sweeping from the trigger output terminal on the rear panel of the instrument and output a positive logic signal Signals are onl...

Page 95: ... be smoothed out when measured Note that when noise is superimposed on abrupt changes in the spectrum the peaks and valleys of the spectrum are integrated thereby reducing the measurement resolution Therefore it is recommended not to use the Smoothing function all the time but rather to use it judiciously checking the effects on the measured spectrum Also if a relatively small number of samples is...

Page 96: ...ity choices appear in the soft key menu 3 Press the NORM HOLD soft key The screen returns to the previous stage and NORM HOLD is displayed for the SENS MODE soft key 4 Press SWEEP The soft key menu for sweep appears 5 Press the SINGLE or REPEAT soft key An analog voltage is output corresponding to the input light Note The analog out function is enabled only when the sensitivity is set to NORM HOLD...

Page 97: ...aturation level REF LEVEL dBm or dBm nm Saturation Level dBm REF 0 23 dBm or more 0 REF 10 13 dBm or more 10 REF 20 3 dBm or more 20 REF 30 7 dBm or more 30 REF 17 dBm or more At wavelength 1450 to 1620 nm ANALOG OUT Output Specifications Output saturation voltage 6 V or more Offset voltage including noise 5 mVp p Bandwidth 10 kHz or more Load 1 kΩ or more 4 19 Analog Out ...

Page 98: ...ngth for Zooming 2 Press the PEAK ZOOM CTR soft key The peak wavelength frequency wavenumber is set as the zoom center wavelength frequency wavenumber Proceed to step 5 2 Press the ZOOM CENTER WL FREQ WNUM soft key The zoom center wavelength setting screen is displayed 3 Enter a zoom center wavelength using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 4 Press nm ENTER 5 Press the ZOOM SPAN WL FRE...

Page 99: ...played 3 Enter a zoom start wavelength frequency wavenumber using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 4 Press nm ENTER 5 Press the ZOOM STOP WL FREQ WNUM soft key A screen for specifying the zoom stop wavelength frequency wavenumber is displayed 6 Enter a zoom stop wavelength frequency wavenumber using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 7 Press nm ENTER Waveform display exampl...

Page 100: ...range in the overview window Drag the mouse in the waveform display area to set the zoom area Zoom After changing the display scale zooming is displayed The zoom area is displayed as a dotted line in the overview window Note If you change the display scale to a value different from the measurement scale ZOOMING appears on screen Also an overview window that shows the measurement scale is displayed...

Page 101: ... Window and Setting the Display Position 1 Press ZOOM 2 Press the OVERVIEW DISPLAY OFF L R soft key Each time the soft key is pressed the setting changes in the order Hide Display Left and Display Right Setting the Window Size 1 Press ZOOM 2 Press the OVERVIEW SIZE LARGE SMALL soft key The window switches between large and small Waveform display example OVERVIEW DISPLAY OFF L R set to L and OVERVI...

Page 102: ...the mouse pointer changes to a hand tool Changing the Zoom Start Stop Wavelength Frequency Wavenumber 1 Move the mouse pointer into the overview window 2 Drag a vertical dotted line of the zoom area When doing so the mouse pointer changes to an arrow Specifying a New Zoom Area 1 Move the mouse pointer into the overview window 2 Drag outside of the zoom area A new zoom area is created When doing so...

Page 103: ...lue in 1 2 5 steps The value changes in 1 nm 0 1 THz 1 cm 1 steps if you do not press the COARSE key Zoom Start Wavelength Frequency Wavenumber The ranges that can be set are as follows Start wavelength 550 000 to 3399 950 nm Start frequency 32 0000 to 199 9950 THz Start wavenumber 1078 000 to 6666 950 cm 1 You can change the values using the rotary or arrow keys The value changes in 1 nm 0 1 THz ...

Page 104: ...ay sweep width does not change Changing the wavelength display sweep width changes the zoom start wavelength and zoom stop wavelength The zoom center wavelength does not change When the zoom start or stop wavelength is set one wavelength becomes fixed and this changes the value of the wavelength display sweep width In addition the zoom center wavelength value is also changed at the same time The a...

Page 105: ...ime you press the soft key DISP switches to BLANK or viceversa Trace B is given as an example Updating a Waveform 5 Press the WRITE soft key The trace area display switches to WRITE 6 Perform measurement The wavelength data is updated Fixing a Waveform 5 Press the FIX soft key The trace area display switches to FIX 6 The waveform data is fixed Even if measurement is performed the waveform data is ...

Page 106: ... trace display changes to BLK When you press this key the highlight toggles between VIEW DISP and VIEW BLANK Note that if BLANK is set markers applied to the trace set in DISP will be cleared The at symbol indicates the currently selected trace One is included from A G Write Mode WRITE This key is used to set the active trace to write mode When a trace is set to write mode waveform data are writte...

Page 107: ...t key DISP switches to BLANK or vice versa Trace B is given as an example Holding the Maximum Minimum Value 5 Press the HOLD soft key The soft key menu for selecting MAX MIN appears 6 To hold the maximum value press the MAX HOLD soft key To hold the minimum value press the MIN HOLD soft key The maximum or minimum value is held 7 Perform measurement If you selected MAX HOLD and the measured value i...

Page 108: ...he active trace and becomes the target of the operation below 4 Press the VIEW soft key of the selected trace and select DISP Each time you press the soft key DISP switches to BLANK or viceversa Trace B is given as an example Setting the Averaging Times 5 Press the ROLL AVE soft key The averaging times dialog box is displayed 6 Enter a number of averaging times using the rotary knob step keys or n...

Page 109: ...uation Wj i Wj 1 i n 1 n W i 1 n i 1 2 N Wj i Newly displayed waveform Wj 1 i Previously displayed waveform W i Newly obtained waveform N Number of sampling points n Number of averagings Note The setting values of the NOISE MASK function are not affected by sweep averaging The noise mask is executed when the results of the sweep average are displayed When CHOP MODE in the measurement sensitivity s...

Page 110: ... or viceversa Selecting a Calculation 5 Press the CALCULATE soft key The LOG and Linear selection menus are displayed 6 For log calculations press the LOG MATH soft key For linear calculations press the LIN MATH soft key The soft key menu showing the choices for calculation appears 7 Press the soft key corresponding to the desired calculation The calculation executes Note Trace to trace calculatio...

Page 111: ... trace B from trace A in LOG form C B A LOG Subtracts trace A from trace B in LOG form C A B LOG Adds trace A and trace B in LOG form LIN MATH This key is used to perform linear calculations on trace to trace data and write the results to trace F Calculations can be applied to trace A and trace B The calculation results are displayed in the main scale C A B LIN Adds trace A and trace B in linear f...

Page 112: ...ACE B TRACE C Transmitted light Reflected light The value of k is an absorption coefficient which is used in determining the DUT reflectivity and transmission efficiency Different algorithms are used depending on whether transmission efficiency or reflectivity is estimated so the k value also varies accordingly The following equation can be used to determine kr and kt In the equation Pin is the le...

Page 113: ...ts trace E from trace D in LOG form F E D LOG Subtracts trace D from trace E in LOG form F D E LOG Adds trace D and trace E in LOG form LIN MATH This key is used to perform linear calculations on trace to trace data and write the results to trace F Calculations can be applied to trace C trace D and trace E The calculation results are displayed in the main scale F C D LIN Adds trace C and trace D i...

Page 114: ...IN Subtracts trace F from trace C in linear form G F C LIN Subtracts trace C from trace F in linear form G E F LIN Adds trace E and trace F in linear form G E F LIN Subtracts trace F from trace E in linear form G F E LIN Subtracts trace E from trace F in linear form NORMALIZE This is one of the trace calculation modes The trace data is normalized and displayed The normalization results can be writ...

Page 115: ... soft key and select DISP Each time you press the soft key DISP switches to BLANK or viceversa 5 Press the CALCULATE G soft key 6 Press the NORMALIZE soft key 7 To normalize Trace A press the G NORM A soft key to normalize Trace B press G NORM B and to normalize Trace G press G NORM C Example of waveform before normalization Example of waveform after normalization Note Normalization is not possibl...

Page 116: ...eys 3 Press the Trace G soft key The Trace G setting menu is displayed 4 Press the VIEW G DISP BLANK soft key and select DISP Each time you press the soft key DISP switches to BLANK or viceversa 5 Press the CALCULATE G soft key 6 Press the CURVE FIT soft key The menu for selecting the trace to curve fit is displayed 7 To curve fit Trace A press the G CRV FIT A soft key to curve fit Trace B press G...

Page 117: ...s displayed 12 Press the soft key corresponding to the range to be set as the calculation target Entire range Between L1 and L2 Outside L1 and L2 Note For information about the calculation target range see the explanation Selecting the Curve Fitting Algorithm 13 Press the FITTING ALGO soft key The algorithm setting menu is displayed 14 Press the soft key corresponding to the algorithm you wish to ...

Page 118: ...IT soft key 7 To peak curve fit Trace A press the G PKCVFIT A soft key to peak curve fit Trace B press G PKCVFIT B and to peak curve fit Trace G press G PKCVFIT C Step 8 and thereafter are the same as for curve fitting Example of the screen for running peak curve fitting when the curve fitting function is set to GAUSS 5 7 Curve Fitting ...

Page 119: ...teps of 1 The trace display at the side of the data area changes to CRV FIT and MKR FIT Curve Fit Target Trace Soft Key Display G CRV FIT A Curve fits trace A G CRV FIT B Curve fits trace B G CRV FIT C Curve fits trace C G MKR FIT Make the curve fit data form markers which are set currently MKR FIT is independent on the trace Example of a curve fitted waveform data range OUTSIDE L1 L2 Example of a...

Page 120: ...e G Calculations are applied to mode peaks at the threshold value or more The threshold value is set in the range of 0 to 99 dB steps of 1 The trace display at the side of the data area changes to PKCVFIT Peak Curve Fit Target Trace Soft Key Display G PKCVFIT A Peak curve fits trace A G PKCVFIT B Peak curve fits trace B G PKCVFIT C Peak curve fits trace C 5 7 Curve Fitting ...

Page 121: ...ine Marker 1 Line Marker 1 Line Marker 2 Line Marker 1 Line Marker2 Line Marker 1 or Line Marker 2 Line Marker 2 or Line Marker 1 OPERATION AREA when set to OUTSIDE L1 L2 OPERATION AREA when set to INSIDE L1 L2 OPERATION AREA Curve Fitting Algorithm Soft Key Display Description GAUSS Normal distribution curve LORENZ Lorenz curve 3RDPOLY 3rd poly 4THPOLY 4th poly 5THPOLY 5th poly Note If G MKR FIT ...

Page 122: ...r density of trace D F PWR NBW D Power density of trace E F PWR NBW E 8 Press the BANDWIDTH soft key The bandwidth setting menu appears 9 Enter the value using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric keypad 10 Press ENTER Explanation In setting the unit LEVEL UNIT of the vertical axis in section 5 2 Horizontal Vertical Axis Settings the power per nanometer can be displayed but here the power per the...

Page 123: ...NTER 4 Or refer to the following and move the moving marker Direction Moving Procedure Move to right Turn the rotary knob to the right Press the UP arrow key Move to left Turn the rotary knob to the left Press the DOWN arrow key Placing Fixed Markers 3 With the moving marker displayed press the SET MARKER soft key The SET soft key and marker number screen are displayed 4 Press the SET soft key The...

Page 124: ...t key 4 The number of the fixed marker to be cleared is entered in the DATA ENTRY section 5 Press the CLEAR soft key Clearing All Markers 3 Press the ALL MARKER CLEAR soft key All markers moving markers and fixed markers displayed on the screen are cleared In addition the MARKER ACTIVE soft key turns OFF 5 9 Marker Display ...

Page 125: ...he Zoom Center Wavelength Frequency Wavenumber With the moving marker displayed press the MARKER ZOOM CTR soft key The zoom center wavelength frequency wavenumber setting screen and setting value are displayed For information on the zoom center wavelength frequency wavenumber see section 5 1 Zooming In Out on a Wavelength The zoom center wavelength can be set by continuing from the DATA ENTRY sect...

Page 126: ...NG soft key Note When set to OFFSET the difference between the moving marker and each fixed marker is displayed When set to SPACING the difference between the moving marker and the smallest numbered fixed marker is displayed along with the difference from each of the fixed markers Automatically Updating the Level Value of the Fixed Markers The fixed marker s level value is updated to track the wav...

Page 127: ...ss the MARKER UNIT soft key The marker unit selection menu is displayed 4 Press the nm THz cm 1 soft key Note The display unit for the marker value wavelength or frequency can be set independently of the waveform display s horizontal axis units wavelength or frequency that were specified using the HORIZON SCALE nm THz soft key 5 9 Marker Display ...

Page 128: ...left of the waveform area Note Wavelength line markers cannot be displayed if the active trace measurement span is 0 000 nm When both wavelength line markers 1 and 2 are displayed the wavelength difference L2 L1 is shown below the marker values Moving Wavelength Line Markers 4 Refer to the following and move the line marker Direction Moving Procedure Move to right Turn the rotary knob to the right...

Page 129: ...lay Scale ZOOM SPAN With line marker 1 and 2 displayed press the MRK L1 L2 ZOOM SPAN soft key The display sweep width setting screen and setting value are displayed You can also rewrite the currently displayed waveform according to the specified ZOOM SPAN See section 5 1 Note If only one of the line markers is displayed for L1 the wavelength on the right edge of the screen is set to the measuremen...

Page 130: ...rkers 4 Refer to the following and move the level line marker Direction Moving Procedure Move upward Turn the rotary knob to the right Press the UP arrow key Move downward Turn the rotary knob to the left Press the DOWN arrow key Clearing Level Line Markers 1 Press the MARKER switch The soft key menu for marker settings appears 2 Press the MORE 1 3 soft key 3 Press the LINE MARKER 3 OFF ON or LINE...

Page 131: ...r selecting the marker target trace appears 6 Press a soft key from TRACE A to TRACE G The marker can now be displayed on the selected waveform Note If the active trace is not set to DISP you cannot use the advanced markers Set VIEW DISP BLANK under TRACE to DISP If you press the ADV MARKER ACTIVE OFF ON soft key to turn it on the moving markers MARKER ACTIVE OFF ON described on page 5 26 will aut...

Page 132: ...ensity marker appears on the waveform 8 Press the RETURN soft key The menu returns to the previous level 9 Press the BANDWIDTH soft key The normalization bandwidth setting menu appears 10 Enter the normalization bandwidth value using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric keypad 11 Press ENTER Power spectral density marker Note A power spectral density marker cannot be assigned to a differential wa...

Page 133: ...TER Integrated power marker Integration range Note An integrated power marker cannot be assigned to a differential waveform based on LOG values or normalized waveform Moving an Advanced Marker Enter the wavelength using the numeric keypad and then press nm ENTER Or move the moving marker by referring to the information below Movement direction Movement method Move to the right Turn the rotary knob...

Page 134: ...e of the waveform and the marker value is displayed in the data area Finding the Next Peak Bottom Level 5 When the advanced marker is displayed at the peak or bottom of the waveform press the NEXT LEVEL SEARCH soft key On the marker trace waveform the moving marker at the peak or bottom is set to the next peak local maximum value or bottom local minimum value Finding the Level Peak Bottom to the R...

Page 135: ...s settings section 4 2 and execute a measurement section 4 13 Change the number of samples section 4 8 and execute a measurement section 4 13 Clearing All Advanced Markers 1 Press MARKER A soft key menu for marker settings appears 2 Press the ADVANCE MARKER soft key A soft key menu for advanced marker settings appears 3 Press the ALL CLEAR soft key All displayed advanced markers moving markers pow...

Page 136: ...1024 fixed markers can be set In addition fixed markers can be set across different traces Fixed markers are assigned marker numbers in order starting from 001 You can enter an arbitrary number using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad A number up to 1024 can be set Marker Data in the Data Area Marker values wavelength values and level values for the displayed moving and fixed markers ar...

Page 137: ...is 0 000 nm If a fixed marker is placed at the 210 dBm wavelength value is displayed as the level difference from that fixed marker When a fixed marker is positioned and the moving marker is set to a wavelength value of 210 dBm the level difference is set to 210 00 dB regardless of the fixed marker s level OFFSET Sets the difference value display as the difference between each marker and the movin...

Page 138: ... 3 and 4 are displayed the level difference L4 L3 is shown below the marker values Marker values displayed Wavelength L2 L1 and level L4 L3 difference displayed Note You can move line markers by dragging them As you drag the line markers in the overview window move accordingly Line Markers in the Overview Window The instrument s OVERVIEW window is displayed when the display scale is enlarged or re...

Page 139: ...nce and level difference between the moving markers M2 1 M4 3 Moving markers A number is displayed with the moving marker When active the marker is solidly filled Power Density Markers Power density markers show power values per normalization bandwidth by assuming the marker position on the waveform to be the center The power values are displayed in the data area They are used to determine convert...

Page 140: ...you press the COARSE key you can set the value in 10 GHz steps using the rotary knob or arrow keys If you do not press the COARSE key you can set the value in 1 GHz steps To determine the signal level of a modulated optical signal set the integration frequency range so that the point approximately 30 dB below the spectrum peak is included The waveform in the integration range appears highlighted i...

Page 141: ...Upper The default for Trace C F and G is Lower Fixing a Trace 3 Press the HOLD soft key Fixing Releasing the Upper Trace 4 Press the UPPER HOLD OFF ON soft key The trace assigned to the upper split is fixed along with the scale To release the trace press the UPPER HOLD OFF ON soft key again The display scale and waveform are updated Fixing Releasing the Lower Trace 4 Press the LOWER HOLD OFF ON so...

Page 142: ...lower screen HOLD has the characteristics below These are the same for the upper and lower splits The display scale is fixed The trace is fixed When HOLD is applied to a screen with the active trace WRITE the active trace automatically changes to the FIX state FIX When a screen setting is changed from the HOLD state to NORMAL DISPLAY the last set display scale is set as the display scale When a tr...

Page 143: ...tting screen is displayed 3 Enter a noise mask value using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 4 Press ENTER 5 Press the MASK LINE VERT HRZN soft key and select VERT or HRZN Trace clearing Note The allowed setting range for the noise mask value is OFF 999 and 100 0 Settings can be adjusted in steps of 1 The value changes in steps of 10 if you press the COARSE key ...

Page 144: ...splays the waveform with level values at or below the mask value as the mask value Mask line VERT Displays the waveform with level values at or below the mask value as the display lower limit value 210 dBm Mask line Note The noise mask function is disabled when the vertical axis is linear 5 11 Noise Mask ...

Page 145: ...race A to G The screen returns to the previous state after a selection is made 5 Press the DESTINATION TRACE soft key and select the copy destination trace A to G The screen returns to the previous state after a selection is made 6 Press the COPY EXECUTE soft key The copy executes Note After the copy is executed the copy destination trace status changes to FIX and DISP If the copy source and desti...

Page 146: ...Press the MORE 1 2 soft key 3 Press the TRACE CLEAR soft key 4 Press the soft key A through G corresponding to the trace of the data you wish to clear 5 To clear the data from all traces press the ALL TRACE soft key Trace List 1 Press TRACE The soft key menu for trace settings appears 2 Press the TRACE LIST soft key 5 12 Copying and Clearing Traces ...

Page 147: ... marker is set on the waveform bottom the minimum level value and the marker value is displayed in the data area Note If the active trace is not set to DISP the moving marker cannot be used Set the trace VIEW DISP BLANK soft key setting to DISP Even if you press PEAK SEARCH the moving marker is displayed Finding the Next Peak Bottom Level 6 With the moving marker displayed at a waveform peak or bo...

Page 148: ... Mode Judgment Reference 1 Press PEAK SEARCH The menu for detecting the peak value is displayed 2 Press the MORE 1 2 soft key The 2 2 soft key screen is displayed 3 Press the MODE DIFF soft key The screen for setting the minimum peak bottom difference of the mode judgment reference is displayed 4 Enter a peak bottom difference using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 5 Press nm ENTER Au...

Page 149: ...vel value or bottom minimum level value which follows the currently set moving marker value level value in the active trace waveform If there is no such peak or bottom a warning data is displayed WARNING 103 No data in active trace NEXT SEARCH RIGHT Sets a moving marker at the peak maximum level value or bottom minimum level value to the right of the currently set moving marker value level value i...

Page 150: ...set execution applies over the span between line markers 1 and 2 If just WL1 is set execution applies over the span from line marker 1 to the right edge of the screen If just WL2 is set execution applies over the span from the left edge of the screen to line marker 2 SEARCH ANA ZOOM AREA OFF ON When set to ON peak searching bottom searching PEAK SEARCH key and analysis function ANALYSIS key are on...

Page 151: ...splayed in the data area The moving marker is set on the highest peak Moving marker Fixed marker 009 Marker number Finding Multiple Bottom Wavelengths Levels 5 Continuing from step 4 press the BOTTOM SEARCH soft key Fixed markers are set on the multiple bottoms of the waveform and the marker values are displayed in the data area The moving marker is set on the lowest bottom Note If the active trac...

Page 152: ... The screen for setting the threshold appears 5 Enter the detection threshold using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric keypad 6 Press nm ENTER Setting the Detection List Sort Order 4 Press the SORT BY soft key Each time you press the soft key the setting toggles between WL and LVL Explanation The instrument detects multiple peaks maximum level values or bottoms minimum level values of the measu...

Page 153: ...through the data area BOTTOM SEARCH A bottom search a search for the minimum level values is performed on the active trace waveform Fixed markers are displayed on the bottom points The moving marker is displayed on the minimum bottom the minimum level value The marker values are displayed in the data area If the bottoms are off the screen their markers are displayed at the top or bottom edge of th...

Page 154: ... are displayed in the data area Data area When changing the analysis parameters 4 Continuing on from step 3 press the PARAMETER SETTING soft key The analysis parameter setting screen is displayed 5 Move the cursor with the arrow keys and enter a setting value with the numeric key pad 6 Press the CLOSE WINDOW soft key The analysis parameter setting screen closes and the soft key menu returns to the...

Page 155: ...ANALYSIS OFF ON soft key to select ON At the end of each sweep the SPEC WIDTH ANALYSIS 1 or ANALYSIS 2 function that was selected is executed automatically Note If the AUTO SEARCH soft key is ON when the AUTO ANALYSIS soft key is turned ON AUTO SEARCH is automatically turned OFF When the AUTO ANALYSIS soft key is set to ON is displayed at the bottom of the screen in inverse video Saving Analysis R...

Page 156: ...see section 6 2 Notch Width Measurement Results Display The analysis results are displayed in the data area Analysis results Δλ Spectrum width λc Spectrum width center Analysis parameter setting value SPEC WIDTH THRESH You can set threshold values for each spectrum width analysis algorithm After the setting is made analysis is executed and the display is updated The setting range is 0 01 to 50 00 ...

Page 157: ...ANALYSIS The soft key menu for analyzing measured waveforms appears 2 Press the SPEC WIDTH soft key The analysis algorithm selection menu is displayed 3 Press the NOTCH soft key Analysis is performed and the results are displayed in the data area Notch width measured waveform BOTTOM Data area Analyzes the waveform with the minimum level value as a referemce Notch width measured waveform PEAK Data ...

Page 158: ... To switch PEAK and BOTTOM press the SELECT soft key 6 Press the CLOSE WINDOW soft key The analysis parameter setting screen closes and the soft key menu returns to the previous stage 7 Press the ANALYSIS EXECUTE soft key Analysis is performed according to the changed parameters and the results are displayed in the data area Analysis parameter setting screen Note For details about the notch width ...

Page 159: ...e analysis parameters 4 Continuing on from step 3 press the PARAMETER SETTING soft key The SMSR measurement parameter setting screen is displayed 5 Move the cursor with the arrow keys or soft keys and enter a setting value with the numeric key pad To switch SMSR1 and SMSR2 press the SELECT soft key 6 Press the CLOSE WINDOW soft key The SMSR measurement parameter setting screen closes and the soft ...

Page 160: ...ce of DFB LDs and the like MASK AREA SMSR Mode peak Side mode Note For details on SMSR analysis algorithms see appendix 3 Details of Analysis Functions Results Display The analysis results are displayed in the data area Analysis results PK Mode peak wavelength level value 2nd PK Side mode wavelength level value Analysis parameter setting value MODE 1 Set the 2nd peak excluding the MASK AREA as the...

Page 161: ...rea When changing the analysis parameters 4 Continuing on from step 3 press the PARAMETER SETTING soft key The power offset setting screen is displayed 5 Enter a setting value with the numeric key pad 6 Press the CLOSE WINDOW soft key The power offset setting screen closes and the soft key menu returns to the previous stage 7 Press the ANALYSIS EXECUTE soft key Analysis is performed according to t...

Page 162: ...a area When changing the analysis parameters 4 Continuing on from step 3 press the PARAMETER SETTING soft key The measurement parameter setting screen for the type of light source selected is displayed 5 Move the cursor with the arrow keys or soft keys and enter a setting value with the numeric key pad To select a check box align the cursor then press the SELECT soft key 6 Press the CLOSE WINDOW s...

Page 163: ...ting value with the numeric key pad 6 Press the CLOSE WINDOW soft key The thresh level setting screen closes and the soft key menu returns to the previous stage 7 Press the ANALYSIS EXECUTE soft key Analysis is performed according to the changed parameters and the results are displayed in the data area Note When PMD measurement is performed waveform data at or below the threshold level from the pe...

Page 164: ... conditions so that the entire wavelength range of the wideband light source is measured Set the resolution to about 0 1 nm 2 Press SWEEP Next press the REPEAT soft key Repeat sweeping begins 3 While watching the waveform during repeat sweeping adjust the polarization controller so as to maximize the waveform s peak bottom difference the level difference between the maximum and minimum values 4 Af...

Page 165: ... menu for analyzing measured waveforms appears 2 Press the ANALYSIS 2 soft key The analysis function selection menu is displayed 3 Press the WDM soft key Analysis is performed and the results are displayed in a list The analysis results display screen is switched with the SWITCH DISPLAY soft key Data area Note When zooming a waveform if you click in the list of analysis results the waveform of the...

Page 166: ...th the numeric key pad To select a check box align the cursor then press the SELECT soft key Analysis parameter setting screen 6 Press the CLOSE WINDOW soft key The WDM analysis parameter setting screen closes and the soft key menu returns to the previous stage 7 Press the ANALYSIS EXECUTE soft key Analysis is performed according to the changed parameters and the results are displayed in a list An...

Page 167: ...ly divided into the following three configurations Parameter settings may be changed as desired according to the details of the particular analysis Parameters related to channel detection CHANNEL DETECTION SETTING Parameters related to noise level measurement INTERPOLATION SETTING Parameters related to analysis results display method DISPLAY SETTING These are explained below See appendix 4 WDM Ana...

Page 168: ...L MODE DIFF DISPLAY MASK Parameter Settings Related to Noise Level Measurement These parameters are used to set the interpolation method and bandwidth for noise level measurement NOISE ALGO Select one of the five algorithms shown below for measuring the noise level If AUTO FIX or AUTO CTR is set the measurement parameters at another noise level are set automatically To set the values manually sele...

Page 169: ...anually NOISE AREA This parameter is used to set the range of waveform data to be used in determining the noise level through interpolation This parameter is only set when NOISE ALGO is set to MANUAL FIX MASK AREA This parameter is used to set the range of signal light to be masked when determining the noise level through interpolation This parameter is only set when FITTING ALGO is not set to LIN...

Page 170: ...avelength GRID Table for information on changing the grid table DRIFT MEAS Drift display using past measurement wavelength as a reference The procedure for this display type varies depending on the reference Press the MAX MIN RESET key if you want to use the waveform data of the current active trace as a reference To change the measurement conditions and set the initially measured waveform as the ...

Page 171: ...ed as a numerical value OUTPUT SLOPE OUTPUT RESULTS of analysis results POINT DISPLAY This parameter is used to display the range of data used in interpolation for determining the noise level Data used for fitting blue Fitting curve red MASK AREA NOISE AREA between X X Noise measurement point 6 7 WDM Transmission Signal Analysis Except Wavenumber Mode ...

Page 172: ...ng the optical amp Except Wavenumber Mode 1 Press ANALYSIS The soft key menu for analyzing measured waveforms appears 2 Press the ANALYSIS 2 soft key The analysis function selection menu is displayed 3 Press the EDFA NF soft key Analysis is performed and the results are displayed in a list The analysis results display screen is switched with the SWITCH DISPLAY soft key Note When zooming a waveform...

Page 173: ...then press the SELECT soft key 6 Press the CLOSE WINDOW soft key The EDFA NF analysis parameter setting screen closes and the soft key menu returns to the previous stage 7 Press the ANALYSIS EXECUTE soft key Analysis is performed according to the changed parameters and the results are displayed in a list Analysis parameter setting screen Note See appendix 5 Optical Amp Analysis Function for a desc...

Page 174: ... the Optical Amp on Trace A 1 Input the signal light sent to the optical amp into the instrument 2 Press TRACE followed by the ACTIVE TRACE soft key then select A 3 Press the VIEW A soft key and select DISP 4 Press the WRITE A soft key Trace A enters write mode 5 Measure the signal light waveform according to measurement conditions matching the signal light waveform For details on the measuring pr...

Page 175: ...ed by the ACTIVE TRACE soft key then select B 9 Press the VIEW B soft key and select DISP 10 Press the WRITE B soft key Trace B enters write mode 11 Measure the waveform of the output light with the same measurement conditions used for measuring the signal light waveform Examples of signal and output light waveforms 6 8 Optical Amp Gain and NF Measurement Except Wavenumber Mode ...

Page 176: ... each See appendix 3 Analysis Function Details for a description of the parameters Parameter Settings Related to Channel Detection These parameters are used to set the threshold level and the like for WDM channel detection THRESH LEVEL This parameter is used to set the threshold level for channel detection This setting determines how far down in decibels from the peak level to detect a mode peak a...

Page 177: ...IX or AUTO CTR is selected the FITTING AREA and MASK AREA parameters are set automatically according to the measured waveform FITTING ALGO is set to LINEAR See appendix 5 Optical Amp Analysis Function for a description of the parameters FITTING ALGO This parameter is used to select the interpolation algorithm for determining the ASE level This parameter is only set when ASE ALGO is set to MANUAL F...

Page 178: ... the method for calculating the measurement resolution RBi of each channel used in computing the NF value The default is MEASURED If the measuring resolution varies greatly from channel to channel or in other such cases set to CAL DATA MEASURED Determine the value of the THRESH 3dB width for each channel from the TRACE B waveform and set to RBi CAL DATA Set the actual resolution value stored in th...

Page 179: ...Press the FILTER PK soft key Analysis is performed and the results are displayed in the data area When changing the analysis parameters 4 Continuing on from step 3 press the PARAMETER SETTING soft key The FILTER PK analysis parameter setting screen is displayed If a setting screen has multiple pages press the NEXT PAGE soft key to display the next screen 5 Move the cursor with the arrow keys or so...

Page 180: ... step 3 press the PARAMETER SETTING soft key The FILTER BTM analysis parameter setting screen is displayed If a setting screen has multiple pages press the NEXT PAGE soft key to display the next screen 5 Move the cursor with the arrow keys or soft keys and enter a setting value with the numeric key pad To select a check box align the cursor then press the SELECT soft key 6 Press the CLOSE WINDOW s...

Page 181: ... the waveform screen When changing the analysis parameters 4 Continuing on from step 3 press the PARAMETER SETTING soft key The WDM FIL PK analysis parameter setting screen is displayed If a setting screen has multiple pages press the NEXT PAGE soft key to display the next screen 5 Move the cursor with the arrow keys or soft keys and enter a setting value with the numeric key pad To select a check...

Page 182: ...ed channel is displayed in the center of the waveform screen When changing the analysis parameters 4 Continuing on from step 3 press the PARAMETER SETTING soft key The WDM FIL BTM analysis parameter setting screen is displayed If a setting screen has multiple pages press the NEXT PAGE soft key to display the next screen 5 Move the cursor with the arrow keys or soft keys and enter a setting value w...

Page 183: ...ilter Acquiring Waveforms Required for Analysis The following configuration and general procedure is used to measure WDM optical filter characteristics A pass band type WDM optical filter is used as an example Reference spectrum Wideband light source AQ6376 ex TRACE A Spectrum measurement after passing through the filter Wideband light source AQ6376 DUT ex TRACE B 6 9 Optical Filter Characteristic...

Page 184: ... to write mode in the next step Writing the Waveform of the Output Light from the Optical Filter to Trace B 1 Input the emitted light from the light source to the optical filter then input the light that is output from the optical filter into the instrument 2 Press TRACE followed by the ACTIVE TRACE soft key then select B 3 Press the VIEW B soft key and select DISP 4 Press the WRITE B soft key Tra...

Page 185: ...n of the parameters Parameter Settings Related to Channel Detection These parameters are used to set algorithms and threshold level for WDM channel detection ALGO Depending on the selected algorithm select one of the following four algorithms for WDM channel detection and reference wavelength analysis on each channel PEAK MEAN GRID FIT GRID The channel detection and reference wavelength analysis r...

Page 186: ...nter wavelength of each channel is the reference wavelength MEAN WL 3 dB When GRID FIT is selected The mode peak detected within GRID WL PLUSMINUS SYMBOL TEST BAND 2 is set as the channel The GRID wavelength nearest to each channel is the reference wavelength GRID WL 6 9 Optical Filter Characteristics Measurement Except Wavenumber Mode ...

Page 187: ...e for the peak bottom difference during channel peak detection TEST BAND This parameter is used to set the bandwidth for reference wavelength analysis Parameter Settings for the Analysis Items These parameters are set for each WDM optical filter analysis item The analysis parameter setting screen is displayed Note See appendix 6 Optical Filter Analysis Function for a description of the optical fil...

Page 188: ... Setting the Frequency Spacing 3 Press one of the keys from 200 GHz SPACING to 12 5 GHz SPACING Depending on the selected soft key a frequency spacing table of 200 GHz 100 GHz 50 GHz 25 GHz or 12 5 GHz can be used Setting the Reference Wavelength 4 Press the REFERENCE WAVELENGTH soft key A screen for specifying the standard wavelength is displayed 5 Enter the standard wavelength using the rotary k...

Page 189: ... or arrow keys then press nm ENTER 8 Press the EXECUTE soft key The settings entered up to this point are finalized and the previous menu is displayed allowing setting of the reference wavelength Setting the Start Wavelength Setting the Stop Wavelength Setting the Frequency Spacing Setting the Reference Wavelength 9 Press the REFERENCE WAVELENGTH soft key A screen for specifying the standard wavel...

Page 190: ...oint having the same value as the wavelength of the cursor selected channel point is inserted Subsequent channel points are shifted down by one point Deleting Channel Points 4 Continuing on from step 3 place the cursor on the channel point you wish to delete using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 5 Press the DELETE soft key The channel point at the cursor is deleted Subsequent channel...

Page 191: ...h This can be set in the range of 1500 0000 to 3400 0000 nm Custom Grid Table Users can edit this Grid table freely It is created automatically by setting the start stop wavelength frequency reference wavelength frequency and frequency spacing Users can add or delete an arbitrary channel to from the created Grid table or edit wavelength frequency values for each channel there START WL Sets the sta...

Page 192: ...y knob or numeric key pad 4 Press nm ENTER Setting the Resolution to 2 000 nm 5 Press SETUP The soft key menu for sweep condition settings appears 6 Press the RESOLUTION soft key The resolution selection menu is displayed 7 Press the 2 000nm soft key 8 Press nm ENTER Setting the Sweep Width to 0 nm 9 Press SPAN The soft key menu for setting the sweep width appears 10 Press the SPAN WL soft key The...

Page 193: ...axis as a result The sweeping time varies depending on the measurement sensitivity SENS MODE soft key under SETUP If the setting for this key is less than the sweeping time for each sensitivity the setting for the key is invalid and the MINIMUM setting is used 6 11 Measurement of Level Fluctuations in Single Wavelength Light 0 nm Sweeping ...

Page 194: ...weep width is 0 nm the horizontal axis is set as the time axis The time required to measure from the left edge to the right edge of the screen is set The allowed settings are MINIMUM and the range of 1 to 50 s The value changes in 1 s steps If you press the COARSE key you can change the setting in 1 2 5 steps If 0 is entered MINIMUM is shown on the display Also the sweeping time varies depending o...

Page 195: ...e B NONE No extrapolation 7 To edit template data move the cursor to the location of the data to be edited using the rotary knob or arrow keys then press the VALUE EDIT soft key Enter a value using the numeric key pad rotary knob or arrow keys 8 To add template data press the INSERT soft key The data at the cursor location is added Edit the value using the procedure in step 7 and set it as new dat...

Page 196: ...the data type appears 2 Press the MORE 1 2 soft key then press the TEMPLATE soft key 3 Press the READ soft key 4 Press the FILE soft key The load target line selection menu is displayed where is the currently set contents 5 Press the UPPER LINE LOWER LINE or TARGET LINE soft key once The screen returns to the previous stage 6 Move the cursor to the template data file to load from the file list the...

Page 197: ...te Use of this function does not change the template data Use of this function does not query the template type Both absolute and relative are supported Shifts set by this function apply to all three line types UPPER LIMIT LINE LOWER LIMIT LINE AND TARGET LINE To shift just one line edit the template data Switching Absolute and Relative Value and Shifting the Template This function shifts the wave...

Page 198: ...e instrument enters Relative mode Changing ZOOM CENTER WL and REF LEVEL ZOOM CENTER WL 1544 000 nm REF LEVEL 10 00 dBm 4 Press ZOOM followed by the ZOOM CENTER WL soft key 5 Enter 1544 000 using the rotary knob or arrow keys then press nm ENTER 6 Press LEVEL followed by the REF LEVEL soft key 7 Enter 10 00 using the rotary knob or arrow keys then press nm ENTER The template relative value does not...

Page 199: ...d by the TEMPLATE soft key 9 Press the TEMPLATE EDIT soft key The edit menu is displayed 10 Press the MODE ABS REL soft key then select ABS The instrument enters Absolute mode The results and template are shifted 3 nm to the left on screen 6 12 Go No Go Judgment Template ...

Page 200: ...N OFF switch menu is displayed 3 Press the soft keys for each of the three lines UPPER LINE DISPLAY LOWER LINE DISPLAY and TARGET LINE DISPLAY and select ON or OFF The selection changes each time you press the key Note If the GO NO GO soft key is set to ON a Go No Go test is performed according to the test type even if the TEMPLATE DISPLAY soft key indicator is set to OFF 6 12 Go No Go Judgment Te...

Page 201: ...paring it to the measured waveform Upper Limit Line Judgment 70 50 30 10 10 1547 5 1550 1552 5 REF PASS Wavelength nm Level dBm Upper Limit Line Judgment result Judgment conditions measured data upper limit line Go PASS upper limit line measured data No Go FAIL Lower Limit Line Judgment 70 50 30 10 10 1547 5 1550 1552 5 REF FAIL Level dBm Wavelength nm Lower Limit Line Judgment conditions measured...

Page 202: ...the line marker search SEARCH ANA L1 L2 key and zoom area search function SEARCH ANA ZOOM AREA key are enabled Target Line The target line function displays the targeted spectrum on the measurement screen without comparing it to the measured waveform This function can be used for displaying and adjusting the target spectrum serving as a reference for adjustments such as adjusting the optical axis ...

Page 203: ... Judgment and Wavelength Range 70 50 30 10 10 1547 5 1550 1552 5 REF FAIL Upper Limit Line Lower Limit Line Level dBm Wavelength nm NG points 70 50 30 10 10 1549 1550 1551 REF PASS Upper Limit Line Lower Limit Line Level dBm Wavelength nm If the waveform is zoomed and the NG point is outside the displayed range the judgment result is PASS Note When performing Go No Go judgment display the waveleng...

Page 204: ... When ZOOM CENTER WL 1550 nm When ZOOM CENTER WL is changed to 1548 5 nm template also moves in synch with the waveform RELATIVE Templates RELATIVE template data are specified as relative values with respect to the display scale These template data are fixed to the scale position even if the center wavelength or display sweep width of the display scale is changed not linked to the waveform When ZO...

Page 205: ...cent data point None No extrapolation For Type A and Type B 70 50 30 10 10 1545 1550 1555 REF Wavelength nm Level dBm Extrapol Type A Extrapol Type B Template data point Tem plate data area For Extrapolation Type of None Wavelength nm Level dBm NG area Upper limit line Lower limit line Template data point Note Data created through extrapolation is limited by the LOG LIMIT setting For templates set...

Page 206: ...e template type ABSOLUTE or RELATIVE Extrapolation type A or B or None Wavelength and level data 1550 123 20 00 Up to 50001 points of data sorted in order starting from the data of the smallest wavelength AQ6376 CSV file containing the above template data AQ6376 TEMPLATE TYPE ABSOLUTE EXTRAPOL A 1540 000 20 00 1550 000 10 00 1560 000 20 00 Note Only English capital letters and numbers are supporte...

Page 207: ...reen 5 Press ANALYSIS The soft key menu for analyzing measured waveforms appears 6 Press the ANALYSIS 1 soft key The analysis function selection menu is displayed 7 Press the POWER soft key Analysis is performed between line markers and the results are displayed in the data area 8 To cancel press the SEARCH ANA L1 L2 soft key and select OFF Analysis is performed over the entire screen Totalized po...

Page 208: ... MORE 1 3 MORE 2 3 soft keys in succession 4 Press the SEARCH ANA ZOOM AREA soft key and select ON 5 Press ANALYSIS The soft key menu for analyzing measured waveforms appears 6 Press the ANALYSIS 1 soft key The analysis function selection menu is displayed 7 Press the POWER soft key Analysis is performed between display scales and the results are displayed in the data area Data area Note When the ...

Page 209: ...e two ranges is the range for analysis The following shows the POWER measurement analysis range when both the SEARCH ANA L1 L2 and SEARCH ANA ZOOM AREA soft keys are ON As both of these soft keys are ON and at the bottom of the screen are displayed in inverse video The area between line markers overlaps the zoom area 6 13 Specifying an Analysis Range ...

Page 210: ...er a wavelength shift amount using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 4 Press ENTER Setting the Level Shift Amount 1 Press SYSTEM 2 Press the LEVEL SHIFT soft key The level shift setting screen is displayed 3 Enter a level shift amount using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 4 Press ENTER Note After entering the wavelength or level shift amount the setting is applied to the ...

Page 211: ...ue obtained from the light power meter and set this amount as the instrument s level shift Explanation Input Optical Fiber Numerical Aperture NA and Level Measurement Values The level measurement error of the instrument changes as shown in the figure below according to the numerical aperture NA of the optical fiber connected to the input connector The instrument s absolute level is calibrated usin...

Page 212: ... relative terms WL SHIFT nm This key is used to set the wavelength shift When the wavelength shift is changed the set value is added to the display value on the wavelength axis This key is used for purposes such as correcting differences in wavelength display values among different measurement instruments The setting range is 5 000 to 5 000 nm Settings can be adjusted in steps of 0 001 nm The valu...

Page 213: ...trum data of each measurement can be saved to files Logging Screen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Number Function 1 Parameter display area 2 Wavelength scale per division 3 Displays different scales depending on the displayed item such as wavelength power and SNR 4 Time scale 5 Cursor information C1 C2 C2 C1 6 Cursors C1 C2 7 Thumbnail area Displays the waveform data at the current cursor position 8 Overview d...

Page 214: ...s 3 Press the LOGGING PARAMETER soft key The logging parameter setting screen appears 4 Move the cursor using the arrow keys or soft keys and enter the value using the numeric keypad To select a check box align the cursor and then press the SELECT soft key 5 Press the CLOSE WINDOW soft key The logging parameter setting screen closes and the soft key menu returns to the previous level Note The LOGG...

Page 215: ...itions appears When the Logging Item Is WDM 3 Press the ANALYSIS PARAMETER soft key The WDM analysis parameter setting screen appears For the operating procedure see steps 4 to 6 in When changing the analysis parameters of section 6 7 For parameter descriptions see section 6 7 If you change a parameter the value specified in section 6 7 will also change because the parameter is shared 6 15 Analysi...

Page 216: ...alues is displayed 4 Press the MODE DIFF soft key The screen for setting the mode judgment reference is displayed 5 Enter the mode judgment reference using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric keypad 6 Press nm ENTER Note For a description of the mode judgment reference see MODE DIFF in section 5 13 If you change a setting the value specified in section 5 13 will also change because the parameter...

Page 217: ...udgment reference using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric keypad 6 Press nm ENTER Note For a description of the mode judgment reference see MODE DIFF in section 5 13 When the Logging Item Is DFB LD 3 Press the ANALYSIS PARAMETER soft key The DFB LD analysis parameter setting screen appears For the operating procedure see steps 4 to 6 in section 6 5 For parameter descriptions see appendix 3 If ...

Page 218: ... press the CANCEL soft key The previous soft key menu will return Note When TRACE LOGGING is ON the AQ6376 checks the amount of free space in the temporary trace data storage space before starting to log If there is insufficient free memory space a warning will appear WARNING 151 Disk space is not enough for logging If this happens reduce the number of waveform data values SAMPLING POINT or reduce...

Page 219: ...ng 4 Press the SPECTRUM DISPLAY soft key The waveform of the data being logged appears on the screen normal spectrum waveform display Note You cannot use the SPECTRUM DISPLAY soft key when data logging is stopped Returning to the Previous Screen 5 Press the RETURN soft key The AQ6376 returns to the previous screen 6 15 Analysis Data Logging ...

Page 220: ... Press the GRAPH ITEM soft key The displayed menu varies depending on what is being logged When the Logging Item Is WDM 4 To display the wavelength graph press the WAVELENGTH soft key To display the level graph press the LEVEL soft key To display the SNR graph press the SNR soft key When the Logging Item Is PEAK MULTI PEAK 4 To display the wavelength graph press the PEAK WL soft key To display the...

Page 221: ...ay the center wavelength graph CENTER WL To display the spectral width graph of the center wavelength based on the XdB WIDTH Center WL SPWD parameter SPEC WD To display the total power graph MORE1 2 and then POWER To display the mode offset graph MORE1 2 and then OFFSET To display the spectral width σ graph of the center wavelength based on the RMS parameter MORE1 2 and then SIGMA To display the s...

Page 222: ...ter is DFB LD When the logging parameter is PEAK Setting the Table Data Display Mode 1 Press ADVANCE and then the DATA LOGGING soft key The soft key menu for data logging appears 2 Press the SETUP soft key A menu for setting the data logging conditions appears 3 Press the TABLE SETTING soft key The table data display method setting menu appears 4 Press the TABLE MODE CURR SUMM soft key The display...

Page 223: ...graph value that you want to make the reference value time For instructions on how to move the cursors see Displaying Graph Values Using Cursors on the next page 2 Press ADVANCE and then the DATA LOGGING soft key The soft key menu for data logging appears 3 Press the SETUP soft key A menu for setting the data logging conditions appears 4 Press the REF DATA SET soft key The reference value is set t...

Page 224: ...in the graph display area and the cursor values are displayed at the lower right of the graph area Each time you press the CURSOR SELECT C1 C2 soft key the current cursor toggles between cursor C1 and C2 4 Move the cursor using the rotary knob Cursors C1 C2 Cursor information Note The difference between the two cursor values C2 C1 is displayed below the cursor values The horizontal axis shows the ...

Page 225: ...CE and then the DATA LOGGING soft key The soft key menu for data logging appears 2 Press the CURSOR SCALE soft key The cursor scale soft key menu appears Zooming in on the Horizontal Scale 3 Press the X ZOOM IN soft key The horizontal scale is expanded in 1 2 5 steps at the current cursor cursor C1 or C2 position Center Expand 6 15 Analysis Data Logging ...

Page 226: ...UT soft key The horizontal scale is reduced in 1 2 5 steps at the current cursor cursor C1 or C2 position Center Reduce Zooming in on the Vertical Scale 3 Press the Y ZOOM IN soft key The vertical scale is expanded in 1 2 5 steps at the current cursor cursor C1 or C2 position Center value Expand 6 15 Analysis Data Logging ...

Page 227: ...1 or C2 position Center value Reduce Initializing the Graph Display Zoom 4 Press the ZOOM INITIALIZE soft key Note Zooming of the vertical and horizontal scales will be initialized if you perform any of the following operations If you clear the logging data If you start a new data logging session If you initialize the data section 8 2 6 15 Analysis Data Logging ...

Page 228: ...he trace to load appears 4 Press the soft key of the trace you want to load the data into The waveform data at the current cursor position cursor C1 or C2 is loaded into the selected trace and the menu returns to the previous level If you press the RETURN soft key a few times to return to the ADVANCE level the waveform data of the specified trace will be displayed Waveform data is loaded Note You ...

Page 229: ...then the DATA LOGGING soft key The soft key menu for data logging appears 2 Press the LOGGING DATA SAVE soft key The soft key menu for saving the data and TRACELIST appear For the operating procedure see step 4 and subsequent steps in section 7 10 6 15 Analysis Data Logging ...

Page 230: ...Logging Data of section 7 10 Deleting the Logging Data 1 Press ADVANCE and then the DATA LOGGING soft key The soft key menu for data logging appears 2 Press the LOGGING DATA CLEAR soft key The EXECUTE and CANCEL soft keys appear 3 Press the EXECUTE soft key The logging data is deleted If you do not want to delete the logging data press the CANCEL soft key The previous soft key menu will return Not...

Page 231: ...3 53 20 ELAPSED 00 01 11 Specified measurement time Elapsed time since logging was started Measurement start time START measurement end time END Next measurement time NEXT Table Data Display Current Display Displays the current analysis data list of all analysis items in a table ABS absolute value display REL relative value display Measurement time of the displayed data REF data time Summary Displ...

Page 232: ...ep conditions the logging interval is set to SWEEP TIME If this happens a warning appears WARNING 153 Sweep time exceeds the set interval If this message appears check the logging interval TEST DURATION Sets the total logging duration of one test The setting range depends on the LOGGING MODE setting maximum logging count and logging interval The minimum logging duration is the logging interval The...

Page 233: ...n the effective range it will be logged as the same peak If it is not the AQ6376 assumes that the previous peak has disappeared and a new peak has appeared and adds a new peak Selectable range 0 1 nm to 10 nm You must enter the wavelength even when the display mode is set to frequency Example Center wavelength 1550 9180 nm Channel matching range e g λ THRESH 1 00 nm 1549 9180 nm to 1551 9180 nm 1s...

Page 234: ...E LOGGING ON the temporary storage area must have sufficient free space for saving waveform data of all logging measurements If there is insufficient free memory space at the start of logging a warning will appear Warning 151 Disk space is not enough for logging If this happens reduce the number of waveform data values SAMPLING POINT or reduce the logging time to decrease the waveform data size Te...

Page 235: ...ORAGE soft key is enabled or disabled dimmed If the REMOVE USB STORAGE soft key is disabled dimmed the USB storage media can be safely removed 2 If the REMOVE USB STORAGE soft key is enabled press the REMOVE USB STORAGE soft key If the REMOVE USB STORAGE soft key is disabled dimmed the USB storage media can be safely removed Note If there are 2 or more USB storage devices only the first connected ...

Page 236: ...the internal memory Temporarily Saving Trace Data to Internal Memory 1 Press MEMORY The soft key menu for the internal memory appears 2 Press the SAVE soft key The internal memory list and trace list are displayed 3 Select a destination memory number using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad 4 Press the soft key corresponding to the trace to be saved The trace data is saved to the select...

Page 237: ... memory number 5 Returning to the waveform display screen data of the selected memory number is displayed in the specified trace number Change display contents Clearing Memory Data 1 Press MEMORY The soft key menu for the internal memory appears 2 Press the CLEAR soft key The internal memory list and trace list are displayed 3 Select the memory number of the data to be cleared using the rotary kno...

Page 238: ...played 3 Press the LIST PARAMETER soft key then select either LBL label or CONDTN data measurement condition The displayed items of the memory list change to labels or measurement conditions You can also change the display contents of the memory list by using the SAVE RECALL and CLEAR menus LBL Label CONDIN Measurement conditions 7 2 Temporarily Saving and Redisplaying Traces to and from Internal ...

Page 239: ...ximum value detection display waveforms MAX_H Minimum value detection display waveforms MIN_H Curve fit waveforms CRV FIT A CRV FIT B CRV FIT C Peak curve fit waveforms PKCVFIT A PKCVFIT B PKCVFIT C LOG calculation display waveforms A B B A A B C D D C C D D E E D D E C F F C C F E F F E E F F E E F Linear calculation display waveforms A B LIN A B LIN B A LIN 1 k A B 1 k B A C D LIN C D LIN D C LI...

Page 240: ...s au dispositif de stockage USB clignote Cela risquerait d endommager le dispositif ou les données se trouvant sur ce dernier De plus toujours faire passer un support de stockage USB à l état de retrait en toute sécurité en suivant la procédure figurant à la section 7 1 avant de le retirer Saving Trace Data Selecting the Method of Automatically Setting the File Name 1 Press FILE The soft key menu ...

Page 241: ...le list Selecting the Save Destination and Data Format 5 Press the MEMORY soft key and specify a save destination of INT internal memory or EXT USB storage medium 6 Press the FILE TYPE soft key and specify a data format of BIN binary or CSV ASCII format 7 3 Saving Loading Displayed Data ...

Page 242: ...signed in the form WXXXX CSV or WXXXX WV7 where XXXX is a serial number or saved date and time For creating a directory and sorting the file list see the next page 9 Using the rotary knob move the cursor to the line in the file list displaying NEW FILE 10 Press the FILE NAME soft key The text entry window and corresponding soft key menu are displayed 11 Follow the instructions in section 3 3 to en...

Page 243: ...rectory and Sorting Files Perform the following procedure if needed 16 Press the MAKE DIRECTORY soft key The menu for creating directories is displayed 17 Press the DIRECTORY NAME soft key The text entry window and corresponding soft key menu are displayed Enter a directory name in the same manner as when entering a file name 18 Press the EXECUTE soft key The directory is created Press the CANCEL ...

Page 244: ...he previous stage 4 Press the READ soft key The file list is displayed on screen Trace list File list Selecting the File to Be Loaded 5 Press the MEMORY soft key and specify INT internal memory or EXT USB storage medium A file list of the selected medium is displayed 6 Select a file to load from the file list using the rotary knob or the arrow keys If the VIEW soft key is pressed the display toggl...

Page 245: ... selected trace number The trace selection menu is displayed 8 Press the soft key corresponding to the trace to be assigned Executing the Load 9 Press the EXECUTE soft key The file is loaded and displayed as the specified trace number When the RETURN soft key is pressed the file is not loaded The screen returns to the previous stage 7 3 Saving Loading Displayed Data ...

Page 246: ...Y is selected and the screen returns to the previous stage 4 Press the WRITE soft key The memory list and file list are displayed Memory list File list Selecting the Save Destination and Data Format 5 Press the MEMORY soft key and specify a save destination of INT internal memory or EXT USB storage medium 6 Press the FILE TYPE soft key and specify a data format of BIN binary or CSV ASCII format 7 ...

Page 247: ...WXXXX CSV or WXXXX WV7 where XXXX is a serial number saved date and time For creating a directory and sorting the file list see the page 7 9 For the auto file name see section 7 12 9 Press the CURSOR soft key then set the cursor selection to DOWN on the file list side An underscore is displayed with the memory number selected in step 8 10 Using the rotary knob or arrow keys move the cursor to the ...

Page 248: ...overwritten 15 Press the EXECUTE soft key The save executes When the RETURN soft key is pressed the data is saved The screen returns to the previous stage 16 When overwriting during a save a confirmation message appears Press the YES soft key To cancel the save press NO soft key 7 3 Saving Loading Displayed Data ...

Page 249: ... soft key The memory list and file list are displayed Memory list File list Selecting the File to Be Loaded 5 Press the MEMORY soft key and specify INT internal memory or EXT USB storage medium A file list of the selected medium is displayed 6 Press the CURSOR soft key then set the cursor selection to UP on the file list side 7 Select a file to load from the file list using the rotary knob or the ...

Page 250: ...elect the memory number of the load destination using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad Executing the Load 10 Press the EXECUTE soft key The file is loaded and registered into the specified memory number When the RETURN soft key is pressed the file is not loaded The screen returns to the previous stage 7 3 Saving Loading Displayed Data ...

Page 251: ...y use the characters allowed in file names by MS DOS when changing a file name The maximum file name length is 56 characters including the extension The following characters can be used in file names 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Data Format Data can be saved in the following two formats BIN Saves the file in binary format With this selection the waveform data ca...

Page 252: ...REFL 5 5 LSCL 10 0 RESLN 0 050 AVG 1 SMPLAUTO 1 SMPL 501 SMPLINTVL 0 0100 MID MEAS LSUNT 0 Measurement condition parameters NMSKH OFF RESCOR 0 SMOOTH 0 MEASWL 1 SWPSPD 0 CHGPT 0 RESCAL0_0 10000 RESCAL0_1 0 RESCAL0_2 0 RESCAL1_0 10000 RESCAL1_1 0 RESCAL1_2 0 RESPARM 10000 FREQPARM 10000 WNUMPARM 10000 TRACE DATA 1548 0000 55 653 1548 0100 55 796 Waveform data 1553 0000 52 706 7 3 Saving Loading Dis...

Page 253: ...ask setting NMSKV VERTICAL NMSKH HOLIZONTAL RESCORE 0 Resolution correction setting 0 OFF 1 ON SMOOTH 0 Smoothing setting 0 OFF 1 ON MEASWL 1 Wavelength in the air or in a vacuum 0 AIR 1 VACUUM SWPSPD 0 Sweep speed 0 1x 1 2x CHGPT 0 RESCAL0_0 10000 Resolution effective value correction coefficient RESCAL0_1 0 Resolution effective value correction coefficient RESCAL0_2 0 Resolution effective value ...

Page 254: ...he front of the data above Similarly if EXTERNAL TRIGGER is selected an E is added Measurement Identifier The data below is saved as a waveform identifier depending on the waveform type Format Waveform Format Waveform Format Waveform Type Type Type MEAS WRITE E D E D LOG C FL C F LIN MAXH MAX HOLD C D C D LOG C FL C F LIN MINH MIN HOLD D E D E LOG F CL F C LIN RAVG ROLL AVG C DL C D LIN E FL E F L...

Page 255: ...the vertical axis scale is linear For LOG Scale TRACE DATA Header indicating the start of the trace data CR LF Wavelength value and level value LOG of first point CR LF Wavelength value and level value LOG of second point CR LF Wavelength value and level value LOG of final point For LINEAR Scale TRACE DATA Header indicating the start of the trace data E CR LF Wavelength value and level value LINEA...

Page 256: ...tif de stockage USB et ne coupez pas l alimentation lorsque le voyant d accès au dispositif de stockage USB clignote Cela risquerait d endommager le dispositif ou les données se trouvant sur ce dernier De plus toujours faire passer un support de stockage USB à l état de retrait en toute sécurité en suivant la procédure figurant à la section 7 1 avant de le retirer Saving all trace data Setting the...

Page 257: ... automatically set to AXXXX CSV where XXXX is a serial number or saved date and time For the auto file name see section 7 3 6 Using the rotary knob move the cursor to the row on the file list that displays NEW FILE 7 Press the FILE NAME soft key The text input window and corresponding soft key menu appear 8 Enter a file name according to the instructions in section 4 3 9 Press the DONE soft key Th...

Page 258: ...s the YES soft key To cancel saving overwriting press the NO soft key File Name Loading all trace data Setting the file type of files to load to ALL TRACE 1 Press the FILE key The soft key menu for data saving and loading appears 2 Press the ITEM SELECT soft key A menu for selecting files to save appears 3 Press the TRACE ALL soft key TRACE becomes selected and the screen returns to the previous m...

Page 259: ...cted medium is displayed 6 Using the rotary knob or arrow keys select the file to load from the file list See page 7 9 for information on file sorting Sorting files Executing the load 7 Press the EXECUTE soft key The file is loaded and the specified trace number is displayed If you press the RETURN soft key loading is cancelled The screen returns to the previous menu 7 4 Saving Loading Displayed D...

Page 260: ...7 3 File Name AXXXX CSV XXXX is a serial number from 0000 to 9999 or saved date and time Note File names can only contain the same characters that are allowed for MS DOS file names File names can contain up to 56 characters including the extension The supported characters are as follows 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz File Size The maximum file size differs dependi...

Page 261: ...LYZER label 57 characters Measurement condition parameters Measurement conditions of each trace measurement conditions when files were saved and trace settings are saved MEAS SETTING section Measurement settings when files were saved TRACE SETTING section Trace settings active trace information each trace s settings presence absence of measured data TRACE A to TRACE G Measurement conditions for ea...

Page 262: ...h ATTENTION Ne retirez pas le dispositif de stockage USB et ne coupez pas l alimentation lorsque le voyant d accès au dispositif de stockage USB clignote Cela risquerait d endommager le dispositif ou les données se trouvant sur ce dernier De plus toujours faire passer un support de stockage USB à l état de retrait en toute sécurité en suivant la procédure figurant à la section 7 1 avant de le reti...

Page 263: ...l number or saved date and time For creating a directory and sorting the file list see the page 7 9 For the auto file name see section 7 3 6 Using the rotary knob or arrow keys move the cursor to the line in the file list displaying NEW FILE 7 Press the FILE NAME soft key The text entry window and corresponding soft key menu are displayed 8 Follow the instructions in section 3 3 to enter a file na...

Page 264: ...ious stage 12 When overwriting during a save a confirmation message appears Press the YES soft key To cancel the save press NO soft key Loading Settings Setting the Type of the File to Be Loaded to SETTING 1 Press FILE 2 Press the ITEM SELECT soft key The soft key menu switches 3 Press the SETTING soft key SETTING is selected and the screen returns to the previous stage 4 Press the READ soft key T...

Page 265: ...ayed 6 Select a file to load from the file list using the rotary knob or the arrow keys You can also press the FILE SORT soft key to sort the files For more information see page 7 9 File sort Executing the Load 7 Press the EXECUTE soft key The file is loaded and the settings on the instrument are changed When the RETURN soft key is pressed the file is not loaded The screen returns to the previous ...

Page 266: ...igned as follows For the auto file name see section 7 3 File name SXXXX ST7 XXXX is a serial number from 0000 to 9999 or saved date and time Note Only use the characters allowed in file names by MS DOS when changing a file name The maximum file name length is 56 characters including the extension The following characters can be used in file names 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklm...

Page 267: ...re in section 7 1 before removing it French ATTENTION Ne retirez pas le dispositif de stockage USB et ne coupez pas l alimentation lorsque le voyant d accès au dispositif de stockage USB clignote Cela risquerait d endommager le dispositif ou les données se trouvant sur ce dernier De plus toujours faire passer un support de stockage USB à l état de retrait en toute sécurité en suivant la procédure ...

Page 268: ...ist of the selected medium is displayed 6 Press the FILE TYPE soft key and specify a data format of DT7 ASCII or CSV ASCII format Selecting Data Items to Save 7 Press the OUTPUT ITEM SETTING soft key The menu for selecting data items to be saved is displayed 8 Press the Data Item soft key and specify ON save or OFF do not save 7 6 Saving Loading Analysis Results Data ...

Page 269: ...ey menu are displayed 11 Follow the instructions in section 3 3 to enter a file name 12 Press the DONE soft key The file name is confirmed and the screen returns to the previous stage Sets the file name Creates a directory Sorts the file list Setting the Save Method and Executing the Save 13 Press the WRITE MODE soft key and specify OVER overwrite or ADD add 14 To overwrite an existing file move t...

Page 270: ...ge 4 Press the READ soft key The file list is displayed Selecting the File to Be Loaded 5 Press the MEMORY soft key and specify INT internal memory or EXT USB storage medium A file list of the selected medium is displayed 6 Select a file to load from the file list using the rotary knob or the arrow keys You can also press the FILE SORT soft key to sort the files For more information see page 7 9 S...

Page 271: ...1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 App Index Executing the Load 7 Press the EXECUTE soft key The file is loaded When the RETURN soft key is pressed the file is not loaded The screen returns to the previous stage 7 6 Saving Loading Analysis Results Data ...

Page 272: ...d in file names 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Saveable Data The following data can be saved Saved Item Initial Value Description DATE TIME ON Date and time LABEL ON Label DATA AREA ON Data area value CONDITION ON Measurement conditions TRACE DATA OFF Trace data OUTPUT WINDOW OFF Output window data used by program function File Size The file size differs depending...

Page 273: ...UT 0 00dB ASE ALGO AUTO FIX FIT AREA AUTO MASK AREA FIT ALGO LINEAR NO WAVELENGTH INPUT LVL OUTPUT LVL ASE LVL RESOLN GAIN NF Header and data nm dBm dBm dBm nm dB dB analysis results 1 1544 4983 29 320 2 260 22 281 0 102 27 017 8 533 2 1545 3041 29 530 2 420 22 184 0 101 27 064 8 619 CTRWL 1551 670000 SPAN 20 000000 REFL 10 0 dBm LSCL 10 0 RESLN 0 100 Measurement condition parameter AVG 1 SMPL 200...

Page 274: ...AR and data NO WAVELENGTH nm INPUT LVL dBm OUTPUT LVL dBm ASE LVL dBm RESOLN nm GAIN dB NF dB 1 1544 4983 29 320 2 260 22 281 0 102 27 017 8 533 2 1545 3041 29 530 2 420 22 184 0 101 27 064 8 619 CTRWL 1551 670000 SPAN 20 000000 REFL dBm 10 0 Measurement condition parameter LSCL 10 0 RESLN 0 100 AVG 1 SMPL 2001 HIGH 2 NMSK OFF 1541 6700 23 200 Sampling point portion of the waveform data wavelength...

Page 275: ...ION Ne retirez pas le dispositif de stockage USB et ne coupez pas l alimentation lorsque le voyant d accès au dispositif de stockage USB clignote Cela risquerait d endommager le dispositif ou les données se trouvant sur ce dernier De plus toujours faire passer un support de stockage USB à l état de retrait en toute sécurité en suivant la procédure figurant à la section 7 1 avant de le retirer Sett...

Page 276: ...of INT internal memory or EXT USB storage medium Selecting a Memory Number to Save 6 Press the CURSOR soft key then set the cursor selection to UP on the program list side 7 Select the program number of the data to save using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad Selected program number 7 7 Saving Loading Program Data ...

Page 277: ...ne in the file list displaying NEW FILE 10 Press the FILE NAME soft key The text entry window and corresponding soft key menu are displayed 11 Follow the instructions in section 3 3 to enter a file name 12 Press the DONE soft key The file name is confirmed and the screen returns to the previous stage Moves the cursor Sets the file name Creates a directory Sorts the file list Executing the Save 13 ...

Page 278: ...is displayed Program list File list Selecting the File to Be Loaded 5 Press the MEMORY soft key and specify INT internal memory or EXT USB storage medium A file list of the selected medium is displayed 6 Press the CURSOR soft key then set the cursor selection to UP on the file list side 7 Select a file to load from the file list using the rotary knob or the arrow keys You can also press the FILE S...

Page 279: ... on the program list side 9 Select the program number of the load destination using the rotary knob arrow keys or numeric key pad Executing the Load 10 Press the EXECUTE soft key The file is loaded and registered to the specified program number When the RETURN soft key is pressed the file is not loaded The screen returns to the previous stage 7 7 Saving Loading Program Data ...

Page 280: ...file name see section 7 3 File name PXXXX PG7 XXXX is a serial number from 0000 to 9999 or saved date and time Note Only use the characters allowed in file names by MS DOS when changing a file name The maximum file name length is 56 characters including the extension The following characters can be used in file names 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz File Size The fi...

Page 281: ...TENTION Ne retirez pas le dispositif de stockage USB et ne coupez pas l alimentation lorsque le voyant d accès au dispositif de stockage USB clignote Cela risquerait d endommager le dispositif ou les données se trouvant sur ce dernier De plus toujours faire passer un support de stockage USB à l état de retrait en toute sécurité en suivant la procédure figurant à la section 7 1 avant de le retirer ...

Page 282: ... save destination of INT internal memory or EXT USB storage medium Selecting the Color 6 Press the MODE soft key and specify B W black white COLOR or PRESET COL only waveform markers in color Selecting the Color and File Format 7 Press the FILE TYPE soft key to select BMP or TIFF 7 8 Saving Screen Image Data ...

Page 283: ...cursor to the line in the file list displaying NEW FILE 10 Press the FILE NAME soft key The text entry window and corresponding soft key menu are displayed 11 Follow the instructions in section 3 3 to enter a file name 12 Press the DONE soft key The file name is confirmed and the screen returns to the previous stage Sets the file name Creates a directory Sorts the file list Executing the Save 14 T...

Page 284: ...le name The maximum file name length is 56 characters including the extension The following characters can be used in file names 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Color You can save the file in black and white or color If set to PRESET COLOR only waveforms and markers are displayed in color all other items e g soft keys grid text background are displayed in black whi...

Page 285: ...z pas le dispositif de stockage USB et ne coupez pas l alimentation lorsque le voyant d accès au dispositif de stockage USB clignote Cela risquerait d endommager le dispositif ou les données se trouvant sur ce dernier De plus toujours faire passer un support de stockage USB à l état de retrait en toute sécurité en suivant la procédure figurant à la section 7 1 avant de le retirer Setting the Type ...

Page 286: ...y a save destination of INT internal memory or EXT USB storage medium Selecting a Template to Save 6 Press the FILE soft key where is UPPER LOWER or TARGET The template selection screen appears 7 Press the soft key corresponding to the template to be saved Selected template 7 9 Saving Loading Template Data ...

Page 287: ...or to the line in the file list displaying NEW FILE 10 Press the FILE NAME soft key The text entry window and corresponding soft key menu are displayed 11 Follow the instructions in section 4 3 to enter a file name 12 Press the DONE soft key The file name is confirmed and the screen returns to the previous stage Sets the file name Creates a directory Sorts files Executing the Save 13 To overwrite ...

Page 288: ...4 Press the READ soft key The template list is displayed Template list File list Selecting the File to Be Loaded 5 Press the MEMORY soft key and specify INT internal memory or EXT USB storage medium A file list of the selected medium is displayed 6 Select a file to load from the file list using the rotary knob or the arrow keys You can also press the FILE SORT soft key to sort the files For more i...

Page 289: ... or TARGET The template selection screen appears 9 Press the soft key corresponding to the template to be loaded to Executing the Load 10 Press the EXECUTE soft key The file is loaded as the specified template When the RETURN soft key is pressed the file is not loaded The screen returns to the previous stage 7 9 Saving Loading Template Data ...

Page 290: ... the extension The following characters can be used in file names 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz File Size The file size differs depending on the data Data Format You can save the file in CSV format Data Format AQ6376 Header indicating the AQ6376 TEMPLATE Header indicating template data TYPE ABSOLUTE Template type ABSOLUTE or RELATIVE EXTRAPOL A Extrapolation type...

Page 291: ... to be removed French ATTENTION Ne retirez pas le dispositif de stockage USB et ne coupez pas l alimentation lorsque le voyant d accès au dispositif de stockage USB clignote Cela risquerait d endommager le dispositif ou les données se trouvant sur ce dernier De plus toujours faire passer un support de stockage USB à l état de retrait en toute sécurité en suivant la procédure figurant à la section ...

Page 292: ...saved date and time For instructions on how to create directories and sort the file list see page 7 9 For the auto file name see section 7 3 7 Using the rotary knob or arrow keys move the cursor to the line in the file list displaying NEW FILE 8 Press the FILE NAME soft key The text entry window and corresponding soft key menu appear 9 Follow the instructions in section 3 3 to enter a file name 10...

Page 293: ...ey to select ON save or OFF not save If you don t save the waveform data it will be deleted when data logging is restarted Saving the File 13 To overwrite an existing file move the cursor to the name of the file you want to overwrite 14 Press the EXECUTE soft key The file is saved If you press the RETURN soft key the data will not be saved The menu returns to the previous level 15 When overwriting...

Page 294: ...urns to the previous level 5 Press the READ soft key A file list appears Selecting the File to Load 6 Press the MEMORY soft key to select INT internal memory or EXT USB storage media The file list of the selected medium appears 7 Using the rotary knob or arrow keys select the file you want to load from the file list You can sort the files by pressing the FILE SORT soft key For the operating proced...

Page 295: ... waveform data is also saved TRACE LOGGING is set to ON waveform data will be included in the LG9 file and thus the file size will be large File Name You can save files by assigning their names automatically or with specific names If you do not specify a file name the following file name will be assigned automatically For the auto file name see section 7 3 File name LXXXX LG7 or CSV XXXX is a seri...

Page 296: ...ters The waveform condition format is the same as that of the waveform file See section 7 3 Saving and Loading Waveform Data Logging Condition Parameters INTERVAL 1 Measurement interval DURATION 00 01 59 59 Measurement duration COUNT 1 Measurement count START TIME 2016 Apr 1 10 30 15 Measurement start time END TIME 2016 Apr 2 10 30 15 Measurement end time REF NUM 1 Reference data position for rela...

Page 297: ...e removing it French ATTENTION Ne retirez pas le dispositif de stockage USB et ne coupez pas l alimentation lorsque le voyant d accès au dispositif de stockage USB clignote Cela risquerait d endommager le dispositif ou les données se trouvant sur ce dernier De plus toujours faire passer un support de stockage USB à l état de retrait en toute sécurité en suivant la procédure figurant à la section 7...

Page 298: ...e the name is shown Selecting All Files 5 Press the FILE SELECT soft key The file selection menu is displayed 6 Press the ALL SELECT soft key All files are selected Press the ALL CLEAR soft key to clear the file selection Deleting a File Directory 5 Select a file or directory to delete using the procedure in step 4 6 Press the DELETE soft key A deletion confirmation message appears 7 Press the YES...

Page 299: ...g under a different name from the copy source press the FILE NAME soft key The text entry window and corresponding soft key menu are displayed 9 Follow the instructions in section 3 3 to enter a file name 10 Press the DONE soft key The file name is confirmed and the screen returns to the previous stage 11 Press the EXECUTE soft key The data is pasted under the specified file or directory name Pres...

Page 300: ...d to the specified file or directory name Press the CANCEL soft key to cancel changing of the file or directory name Creating a Directory 5 Display the directory file list for creating directories using the procedure in step 4 6 Press the MAKE DIRECTORY soft key The menu for setting names appears 7 Press the DIRECTORY NAME soft key The text entry window and corresponding soft key menu are displaye...

Page 301: ...the selected item Explanation File Directory Name When changing file directory names only use the characters allowed by MS DOS for file and directory names The maximum file name length is 56 characters including the extension The following characters can be used in file names 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz File Sort You can sort the file list in ascending order by...

Page 302: ...switches to the name of the soft key to register At the same time the registration key display area goes blank again If a soft key has already been registered it is overwritten 7 To clear a registered soft key register a blank soft key using the same procedure Soft key registered The name of the soft key to be registered is displayed Note In principle only soft keys that are displayed after pressi...

Page 303: ...o their factory defaults The following four types of initialization are available depending on the items to be initialized PARAMETER CLEAR The parameter setting value of each function is initialized Waveform data of TRACE A G is also initialized Use this to return the settings of the instrument to the already known states PARAM DATA CLEAR Parameter setting values as well as data including MEMORY a...

Page 304: ...550 000 START FREQ THz 88 0000 200 0000 32 0000 START WNUM cm 1 2941 000 6667 000 1078 000 STOP WL nm 3400 000 4350 000 1500 000 STOP FREQ THz 200 0000 256 0000 88 0000 STOP WNUM cm 1 6667 000 8530 000 2941 000 AUTO CENTER OFF ON OFF SPAN Function Initial Value Maximum Value Minimum Value SPAN nm 1900 0 1900 0 0 0 5 SPAN FREQ THz 112 00 112 00 0 0 01 SPAN WNUM cm 1 3726 0 3726 0 0 0 5 START WL nm ...

Page 305: ...T LEVEL dB km 0 0 99 9 99 9 SCALE MIN 0 0 100 0 0 0 LENGTH km 1 000 99 999 0 001 AUTO SUB SCALE OFF ON OFF SUB REF LVL POSITION DIV 5 10 0 SETUP Function Initial Value Maximum Value Minimum Value RESOLUTION nm 1 2 0 1 SENS MODE NORM HOLD OFF NORM AUTO ON NORMAL OFF MID OFF HIGH1 CHOP OFF HIGH2 CHOP OFF HIGH3 CHOP OFF AVG TIMES 1 999 1 SAMPLING POINT AUTO ON SAMPLING POINT SAMPLING POINT AUTO calcu...

Page 306: ...last 112 0000 0 0100 ZOOM SPAN WNUM cm 1 Measurement span of the trace that was measured or read last 3726 0 0 5 ZOOM START WL nm Measurement start wavelength of the trace that was measured or read last 3399 950 550 000 ZOOM START FREQ THz Measurement start frequency of the trace that was measured or read last 199 9950 32 0000 ZOOM START WNUM cm 1 Measurement start wavenumber of the trace that was...

Page 307: ... E F G TRACE A VIEW DISP BLANK TRACE A DISP TRACE B C D E F G BLANK FIX TRACE B C D E F G HOLD MAX HOLD No TRACE TRACE A C E G MIN HOLD No TRACE TRACE B D F ROLL AVG No TRACE 2 100 2 CALCULATE C LOG MATH C A B LOG ON LIN MATH C A B LIN OFF CALCULATE F LOG MATH F C D LOG ON LIN MATH F C D LIN OFF CALCULATE G LOG MATH G C F LOG ON LIN MATH G C F LIN OFF NORMALIZE G NORM A OFF CURVE FIT G CRVFIT A OF...

Page 308: ...MARKER ACTIVEON OFF OFF MARKER1 SELECT OFF MARKER2 SELECT OFF MARKER3 SELECT OFF MARKER4 SELECT OFF BAND WIDTH 0 1 nm PEAK SEARCH Function Initial Value Maximum Value Minimum Value PEAK SEARCH ON BOTTOM SEARCH OFF SET MARKER 1 1024 1 AUTO SEARCH OFF ON OFF MODE DIFF dB 3 00 50 00 0 01 SEARCH ANA L1 L2 OFF ON OFF SEARCH ANA ZOOM AREA OFF ON ON SEARCH MODE SINGL MULTI SINGL MULTI SRCH SETTING THRESH...

Page 309: ...ISE AREA AUTO 10 00 0 01 MASK AREA 10 00 0 01 FITTING ALGO LINEAR NOISE BW 0 10 1 00 0 01 SIGNAL POWER PEAK INTEGRAL RANGE 10 999 10 FP LD SPECTRUM WIDTH ALGO ENVELOPE THRESH RMS PK RMS PK RMS THRESH dB 20 00 50 00 0 01 THRESH2 dB 20 00 50 00 0 01 K 2 00 10 00 1 00 MODE FIT OFF ON OFF MODE DIFF dB 3 00 50 00 0 01 MEAN WAVELENGTH ALGO ENVELOPE THRESH RMS PK RMS PK RMS THRESH dB 20 00 50 00 0 01 THR...

Page 310: ...SMSR1 SMSR2 SMSR3 SMSR4 SMSR1 SMSR MASK nm 0 00 99 99 0 00 POWER OFFSET LEVEL dB 0 00 10 00 10 00 PMD THRESH LEVEL dB 3 00 50 00 0 01 ANALYSIS2 WDM CHANNEL DETECTION SETTING THRESH LEVEL dB 3 00 50 00 0 01 MODE DIFF dB 3 00 50 00 0 01 DISPLAY MASK OFF dB OFF 0 00 100 00 INTERPOLATAION SETTING NOISE ALGO AUTO FIX MANUAL FIX AUTO CTR MANUAL CTR AUTO FIX NOISE AREA nm 0 40 10 00 0 01 MASK AREA nm 0 2...

Page 311: ...CAL DATA SHOT NOISE OFF ON ON FILTER PK PEAK LEVEL SW OFF ON ON PEAK WAVE LENGTH SW OFF ON ON CENTER WAVELENGTH SW OFF ON ON ALGO THRESH RMS THRESH THRESH LEVEL dB 3 00 50 00 0 01 K 1 00 10 00 1 00 MODE FIT OFF ON OFF MODE DIFF dB 3 00 50 00 0 01 SPECTRUM WIDTH SW OFF ON ON ALGO THRESH RMS THRESH THRESH LEVEL dB 3 00 50 00 0 01 K 1 00 10 00 1 00 MODE FIT OFF ON OFF MODE DIFF dB 3 00 50 00 0 01 RIP...

Page 312: ... BOTTOM THRESH LEVEL dB 20 00 50 00 0 01 MODE DIFF dB 3 00 50 00 0 01 CH SPACE nm 0 40 50 00 0 00 SEARCH AREA nm 0 01 10 00 0 01 WDM FIL PK CHANNEL DETECTION NOMINAL WAVELENGTH ALGO PEAK MEAN GRID FIT GRID MEAN THRESH LEVEL dB 3 0 50 0 0 1 MODE DIFF dB 3 0 50 0 0 1 TEST BAND nm 0 100 9 999 0 001 WDM FIL PK PEAK WAVELENGTH LEVEL SW OFF ON ON XdB WIDTH CENTER WAVELENGTH SW OFF ON ON XdB STOP BAND SW...

Page 313: ...SH LEVEL dB 3 0 50 0 0 1 XdB STOP BAND SW OFF ON ON THRESH LEVEL dB 10 000 30 000 90 000 XdB ELIMINATION BAND SW OFF ON ON THRESH LEVEL dB 3 0 50 0 0 1 TEST BAND nm 0 20 99 99 0 01 RIPPLE SW OFF ON ON TEST BAND nm 0 20 99 99 0 01 CROSS TALK SW OFF ON ON SPACING nm 0 80 99 99 0 01 TEST BAND nm 0 20 99 99 0 01 SPEC WIDTH THRESH dB 3 00 50 00 0 01 SWITCH DISPLAY TRACE TABLE TABLE TRACE GRAPH TABLE GR...

Page 314: ...IN CSV BIN LIST PARAMETER LBL CONDTN LBL GRAPHICS MODE B W COLOR PRESET COL COLOR FILE TYPE BMP TIFF BMP DATA OUTPUT ITEM SETTING DATE TIME OFF ON ON LABEL OFF ON ON DATA AREA OFF ON ON CONDITION OFF ON ON TRACE DATA OFF ON OFF OUTPUT DISPLAY OFF ON OFF FILE TYPE CSV DT7 CSV WRITE MODE OVER ADD OVER PROGRAM CURSOR UP DOWN DOWN TEMPLATE FILE UPPER LINE LOGGING CSV DATA SAVE OFF ON OFF TRACE DATA SA...

Page 315: ... EXECUTE7 07 Program number EXECUTE8 08 Program number EXECUTE9 09 Program number EXECUTE10 10 Program number EXECUTE11 11 Program number EXECUTE12 12 Program number EXECUTE13 13 Program number EXECUTE14 14 Program number EXECUTE15 15 Program number EXECUTE16 16 Program number EXECUTE17 17 Program number EXECUTE18 18 Program number EXECUTE19 19 Program number EXECUTE20 20 Program number EXECUTE21 ...

Page 316: ...R LOGGING ITEM WDM PEAK MULTI PEAK DFB LD WDM LOGGING MODE MODE1 MODE2 MODE2 MINIMUM INTERVAL SWEEP TIME 1sec 2sec 5 sec 10sec 30sec 1min 2mi n 5min 10min 1sec TEST DURATION 00 00 00 10 2 1 PEAK THRESH TYPE ABSOLUTE RELATIVE ABSOLUTE THRESH ABS 60 00 20 00 100 0 THRESH REL 20 00 99 99 0 01 CH MATCHING λ THRESH 0 10 TRACE LOGGING OFF ON OFF DESTINATION MEMORY INTERNAL EXTERNAL INTERNAL SETUP GRAPH ...

Page 317: ...nm 1552 5243 3400 0000 1500 0000 REFERENCE WAVELENGTH THz 192 1000 200 0000 88 0000 REMOTE INTERFACE GP IB GP IB SETTING MY ADDRESS 1 30 0 COMMAND FORMAT AQ6376 RS 232C SETTING BOUD RATE 9600BPS 115200BPS 1200BPS PARITY NONE FLOW NONE COMMAND FORMAT AQ6376 NETWORK SETTING TCP IP SETTING AUTO DHCP REMOTE PORT NO 10001 65535 1024 COMMAND FORMAT AQ6376 REMOTE MONITOR MONITOR PORT OFF ON ON PORT NO 20...

Page 318: ...ing help 2 Press HELP An explanation for the displayed menu appears 3 Select the soft key of the help text to display then press the SELECT soft key The help information is displayed 4 To quit press the QUIT HELP soft key Menu after pressing HELP Selection of soft keys for displaying help Displays the selected help text ...

Page 319: ...cter Strings 1 After moving the cursor over the place to enter a string in the string name entry screen press the PRESET WORD soft key The character string registering loading menu appears 2 Select the registration number of the string to load using the UP and DOWN arrow keys 3 Press the RECALL soft key The character string is registered to the specified number Deleting Character Strings 1 In the ...

Page 320: ... key 4 Enters the password The default password is 1234 5 Press the LOCK soft key A message stating that the keys have been locked appears and the soft key menu changes to a USER menu Note If no user keys are registered nothing appears on the USER soft key menu In the screen example three soft keys CENTER WL ZOOM CENTER WL and DISPLAY OFF are registered While the keys are locked only the following...

Page 321: ... POWER switch A soft key menu for unlocking the keys appears 2 Press the UNLOCK soft key A password input screen appears 3 Enters the password A message stating that the keys have been unlocked appears and the soft key menu changes to a USER menu Note Even when the keys are locked you can still use the AQ6376 remote commands and program commands as usual However if the AQ6376 is in remote mode as ...

Page 322: ... 1 4 soft key two times to display the MORE 3 4 screen 3 Press the BUZZER soft key The menu for turning the click sound and warning sound ON OFF is displayed 4 Press the CLICK or WARNING soft key The settings turn ON and OFF each time you press the selected soft key When ON the buzzer sound is enabled Setting the Test Mode The test mode is adjusted at the factory and is not typically changed by en...

Page 323: ...cted over TCP IP To use this function you need remote monitoring software not included 1 Press SYSTEM 2 Press the MORE soft key repeatedly until the MORE 2 4 menu is displayed 3 Press the NETWORK SETTING soft key The Ethernet setup menu is displayed 4 Press the REMOTE MONITOR soft key The remote monitor setup menu is displayed 5 Press the MONITOR PORT soft key Each time you press the soft key the ...

Page 324: ...soft key The measured data and parameter settings are cleared If you do not want to clear them press the NO soft key The previous soft key menu will return Explanation Automatic Offset When the AUTO OFFSET is set to ON the offset of the internal amplifier circuit is adjusted at time intervals of approximately 10 minutes Default ON If the AUTO OFFSET is OFF the auto offset adjustment operation is n...

Page 325: ...nitoring press this soft key to disconnect the instrument from the remote PC This soft key can only be used when the instrument is connected to a PC Sharing Directories The user area directory of the AQ6376 internal memory can be shared on a PC When the user area directory is shared the files in the directory can be copied to the PC over the network You cannot save files to the AQ6376 Turning the ...

Page 326: ...rnal memory Registered programs created using the program function Firewall This feature closes the TCP port to cut off the communication when features that use the TCP port are set to off Feature Name Soft Key Name Operation Directory sharing DISABLE Communication is cut off the TCP port is closed FOLDER SHARING READ ONLY Communication is not cut off the TCP port is open Remote monitoring OFF Com...

Page 327: ... menu is displayed 4 Press the SYSTEM INFO soft key The system information is displayed on screen 5 If you press the RETURN soft key you are returned to the original menu Display Contents MODEL Model No SPECIAL CODE not always displayed Special Code SERIAL NO Serial No MAC ADDRESS MAC address of the Ethernet port DHCP ENABLED IP ADDRESS TCP IP settings SUBNET MASK DEFAULT GATEWAY CPU FAN SPEED CPU...

Page 328: ...isplayed 4 Press the SYSTEM LOG soft key The system log menu is displayed 5 Press the VIEW soft key The system log is displayed on screen 6 If you press the DONE soft key you are returned to the original menu Clearing the system log 7 Press the CLEAR soft key followed by the YES soft key The system log is cleared Copying the system log to USB memory 8 After connecting the USB memory press the SAVE...

Page 329: ...he update firmware UPD extension in one of two ways Prepare the update firmware according to your environment Reading the Firmware from a USB Memory Device Create a directory named UPDATE in the USB memory device and save the update firmware upd extension in that directory Check that the AQ6376 is not connected to a network If it is you will not be able to update Reading the Firmware from an Exter...

Page 330: ...art normally Note If the AQ6376 is connected to a network you will not be able to update the firmware If it is connected to a network the message Please disconnect LAN CABLE and remove USB storage device will appear and the YES soft key will be unavailable When you remove the cable from the ETHERNET port the message Please remove USB storage device will appear and the YES soft key will become avai...

Page 331: ...Files NETWORK message appears 5 Connect the PC containing the update firmware to the AQ6376 over a network 6 Use a file management software on the PC to copy the update software upd extension to the UPDATE directory of the AQ6376 internal memory 7 For the remaining of the procedure follow the steps from step 6 in Reading the Firmware from a USB Memory Device Note When you update the firmware the s...

Page 332: ... inspection mettre l instrument hors tension en plaçant l interrupteur MAIN POWER sur OFF sur le panneau arrière puis débrancher le cordon d alimentation ATTENTION Si des corps étrangers se retrouvent emprisonnés dans les différents connecteurs un dysfonctionnement ou un endommagement risque de se produire Si l ajustement de l un des différents types de connecteurs n est pas parfait l instrument r...

Page 333: ...tenance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 App Index 9 3 Operational Inspection Checking the Operations of Each Switch With the power to the instrument turned ON operate each switch once briefly to check that the unit functions properly ...

Page 334: ...ctrum matches the wavelength of the light source is within the wavelength accuracy standard For more information see section 6 1 Spectrum Width Measurement 2 If the wavelength error is large use the internal reference light source to calibrate wavelengths For the calibration procedure see section 2 2 Wavelength Calibration 3 For performing wavelength calibration check wavelength accuracy again acc...

Page 335: ...ptical fiber from the instrument and connect the light source to an optical power meter 9 Use the optical power meter to measure power values of the light source 10 Check that peak level values obtained in step 7 agree with the ones obtained by the optical power meter within the specified level accuracy For information on level accuracy see chapter 10 of the Getting Started Guide IM AQ6376 02EN No...

Page 336: ...Replacing Fuses There is a fuse inside the instrument However you should not replace the fuse yourself It could indicate additional internal damage If you believe the fuse is blown please contact your nearest YOKOGAWA dealer ...

Page 337: ...T Cet instrument dispose d une source de lumière de référence intégrée pour les ajustements d alignement La lumière infrarouge est toujours émise depuis le connecteur de sortie optique Ne regardez jamais directement dans le connecteur de sortie optique La lumière infrarouge risquerait de gravement vous blesser ou de provoquer une perte de vision ATTENTION L utilisation d un écouvillon sale peut en...

Page 338: ...re infrarouge risquerait de gravement vous blesser ou de provoquer une perte de vision ATTENTION Lorsque vous branchez ou retirez un adaptateur de connecteur veillez à ne pas endommager le bord de la férule ou l adaptateur L utilisation d un écouvillon sale peut endommager les sorties optiques Turn the power OFF then remove the connector adapter from the instrument Remove the connector adapter the...

Page 339: ... direct sunlight or excessive dust Where water droplets can contact the instrument or where high humidity can cause them to form on the instrument Where active gas is present or where the instrument may be subject to corrosion Where the humidity indicated below can occur Where temperatures can exceed 50 DEGC Where the temperature can fall below 10 DEGC Where the humidity can exceed 80 For extended...

Page 340: ... recommended to replace them after the time period indicated below For replacement of parts please contact your nearest Yokogawa representative Part Name Replacement Period Cooling fan 3 years Backup battery lithium 5 years LCD backlight At normal operating conditions approximately 70000 hours ...

Page 341: ...eled 12 Input light power is too high Since the intensity of input light is too high measuring waveforms may be saturated 13 Level scale changed dBm The horizontal scale was changed to wavenumber mode with the level scale set to dBm nm or dBm THz 14 Unsuitable sampling point Sample point setting for using the smoothing function is missing 15 ADVANCED MARKER off An assigned advanced marker was set ...

Page 342: ...e the number of blank rows is not sufficient 141 No merge possible It is not possible to execute a merge during the editing of programs because the merged result would exceed the maximum number of rows 142 WL calibration failed Calibration cannot be executed because the level of a light source is not sufficient during the wavelength calibration or because wavelength deviations exceed the calibrati...

Page 343: ...13 Auto temperature control error Problem with the light detector temperature control 214 Measurement sequence error The sweep stopped because measurement sequence fell into disorder during the sweep 220 Boot sequence error Started up in emulation mode because an abnormality occurred upon start up 221 Boot sequence error Started up in emulation mode because an abnormality occurred upon start up 22...

Page 344: ...other than immediately after execution of a spectrum width search peak search etc 325 Undefined line number GOTO command s jumping destination is a number other than 1 to 200 326 F1 greater than F2 F1 F2 when the IF F1 F2 command was executed 340 Printer paper empty No printer paper 341 Printer head up No print is made because the printer s head up lever is raised 345 Option does not respond No re...

Page 345: ...elength values and frequency values can be changed by the setting of marker units The two GRID tables standard and custom have different parameter ranges which are shown in the following table Type Parameter Range Standard GRID Table Start frequency 192 1000 THz fixed Stop frequency 196 1000 THz fixed Reference frequency 88 0000 to 200 0000 THz Frequency spacing To be selected from among 200 GHz 1...

Page 346: ...factor MODE FIT MODE FIT OFF ON OFF Set whether the half of maximum point is aligned to the mode peak or not Algorithms differ depending on the number of mode peaks Algorithms for these numbers are described below In the case of one mode peak Threshold Value Δλ λ1 λ2 λC Perform a mode search to obtain the mode peak Set the wavelengths which cross the line below the mode peak by the threshold value...

Page 347: ...HRESH dB to λ 1 and λ 2 If MODE FIT is ON use the following equations which incorporate multiplication by the multiplying factor K for λ1 and λ2 to obtain new λ1 and λ2 When MODE FIT is ON λ C λ2 λ1 2 λ1 K λ1 λ C λ C λ2 K λ2 λ C λ C When MODE FIT is OFF λ C λ 2 λ 1 2 λ 1 K λ 1 λ C λ C λ 2 K λ 2 λ C λ C Obtain spectrum widths from the following equations Δλ λ2 λ1 when MODE FIT is ON Δλ λ 2 λ 1 when...

Page 348: ... valid mode peaks Valid mode peaks mean the mode peaks among the mode peaks obtained from a mode search whose level LOG is equal to or greater than the line that is below the peak level by the lower limit THRESH2 Algorithms for these numbers of valid modes are described below In the case of one valid mode peak Threshold Value Δλ λ1 λ2 λC Perform a mode search to obtain the mode peak Set the wavele...

Page 349: ...de peak to λ1 Set the wavelength of the point where the line below the peak level by the threshold value THRESH dB and the straight line envelope cross to λ2 In the case of LG1 LG2 set the wavelength for the right mode peak λ2 Set the wavelength of the point where the line below the peak level by the threshold value THRESH dB and the straight line envelope cross to λ1 Use the following equations w...

Page 350: ...he straight line envelope cross to λ1 Obtain λ2 in the following manner In the case of LGp LGn is threshold value THRESH1 dB or less Set the wavelength of the LG1 mode peak to λ2 In the case of LGp LGn is larger than threshold value THRESH1 dB i Obtain the rightmost mode peak with LGp THRESH1 or more ii Use a straight line to connect the mode peak obtained in i with the mode peak on the right of i...

Page 351: ...Multiplying factor Algorithms for the analysis are described below Peak Level Threshold Value Take out the data points exceeding the threshold value TH within the displayed waveform and find the spectrum width by the following calculation When the wavelength at beach point isλi and the level at the point is Pi the mean wavelength λc can be found by the following expression λc λi Pi x Pi By using t...

Page 352: ...ed below Peak Level Threshold Value Take out the data points exceeding the limit value TH within the displayed waveform and find the spectrum width by the following calculation The mode peak count above the TH is shown in the MODE data area When the wavelength at beach point is λi and the level at the point is Pi the mean wavelength λc can be found by the following expression λc λi Pi x Pi By usin...

Page 353: ...ms for each type of analysis are described below When TYPE is BOTTOM λA λC λB λmin LGmin TH LGmin Obtain the minimum level LGmin Also set the wavelength of this point to λmin Set the rightmost wavelength which is located on the left of λmin and which crosses the level LOG of LGmin threshold value THRESH dB to λA Set the leftmost wavelength which is located on the right of λmin and which crosses th...

Page 354: ...ichever is greater to Lp Between λ0 and λ1 set the leftmost wavelength crossing the level LOG of Lp threshold value THRESH dB to λA Between λ0 and λ1 set the rightmost wavelength crossing the level LOG of Lp threshold value THRESH dB to λB Obtain λA and λB through multiplication by the value which is set to the multiplying factor K λ C λB λA 2 λA K λA λ C λ C λB K λB λ C λ C Obtain the NOTCH width...

Page 355: ...lyses are described here They differ depending on the SMSR modes Algorithms for each mode of analysis are described below SMSR1 The next highest mode peak after excluding the highest mode peak level and the mask setting range is defined as the side mode MASK AREA SMSR Mode Peak λA Side Mode λB Algorithms of analysis for the SMSR1 mode are as follows Perform a mode search to obtain the mode peak Of...

Page 356: ...outside of the mask area one on the left side and one on the right side of the mask area MASK AREA SMSR L SMSR R Main Mode λA Side Mode λB Side Mode λC The analysis algorithm for the SMSR3 mode is as follows 1 A mode search is performed to obtain the mode peaks 2 The main mode point is set to PA The wavelength of this point is set to λA 3 The wavelength of the side mode that has a wavelength short...

Page 357: ... wavelength of this point is set to λA 3 The wavelength of the side mode that has a wavelength shorter than PA is set to λB The wavelength of the side mode that has a wavelength longer than PA is set to λC If there is no mode peak whose wavelength is shorter than PA λB is set to λA If there is no mode peak whose wavelength is longer than PA λC is set to λA 4 The levels linear values of λA λB and λ...

Page 358: ...esolutions for all display points Use the table to interpolate the values for λx λSHIFT λOFST While in the vacuum wavelength mode MEAS WL AIR VACUUM soft key in the SET UP use the following equation to obtain λx λ0 λ λSHIFT λx λ0 N λ0 λOFST If the display mode on the X axis HORIZON SCALE nm THz soft key in the SET UP is the frequency display mode use the equation below to convert an actual resolut...

Page 359: ...lysis are as follows F1 F2 Peak Level Threshold Value Perform a mode search to obtain mode peaks Of these mode peaks set the ones whose level LOG is equal to or greater than the line that is below the peak level by the lower limit THRESH to the valid mode peaks Set the frequency of the leftmost valid mode peak to F1 THz Set the frequency of the rightmost valid mode peak to F2 THz Set the number of...

Page 360: ... SMSR SMSR MODE SMSR1 SMSR1 SMSR2 SMSR3 SMSR4 SMSR MASK 0 00 0 00 to 99 99 nm MODE DIFF 3 00 0 01 to 50 00 dB RMS ALGO RMS RMS PK RMS THRESH 20 00 0 01 to 50 00 dB K 2 00 0 01 to 10 00 MODE DIFF 3 00 0 01 to 50 00 dB Invalid when ALGO is RMS POWER SPAN 0 40 0 01 to 10 00 nm OSNR MODE DIFF 3 00 0 01 to 50 00 dB NOISE ALGO PIT AUTO FIX MANUAL FIX AUTO CTR MANUAL CTR PIT NOISE AREA AUTO AUTO 0 01 to ...

Page 361: ...O is THRESH MODE DIFF 3 0 01 to 50 00 dB MEAN WAVELENGTH ALGO PK RMS ENVELOPE THRESH RMS PK RMS THRESH 20 0 01 to 50 00 dB THRESH2 20 0 01 to 50 00 dB Valid only when ALGO is ENVELOPE K 2 1 00 to 10 00 MODE FIT OFF ON OFF Valid only when ALGO is THRESH MODE DIFF 3 0 01 to 50 00 dB TOTAL POWER OFFSET LEVEL 0 10 00 to 10 00 dB MODE NO ALGO PK RMS ENVELOPE THRESH RMS PK RMS THRESH 20 00 0 01 to 50 00...

Page 362: ...00 dB Valid only when ALGO is ENVELOPE K 1 1 00 to 10 00 MODE FIT OFF ON OFF Valid only when ALGO is THRESH MODE DIFF 3 0 01 to 50 00 dB MEAN WAVELENGTH ALGO RMS ENVELOPE THRESH RMS PK RMS THRESH 20 0 01 to 50 00 dB THRESH2 20 0 01 to 50 00 dB Valid only when ALGO is ENVELOPE K 2 1 00 to 10 00 MODE FIT OFF ON OFF Valid only when ALGO is THRESH MODE DIFF 3 0 01 to 50 00 dB TOTAL POWER OFFSET LEVEL ...

Page 363: ...acent channel LVL DIFF Level difference from then adjacent channel NOISE Noise level LNi of the channel SNR SNR value SNi of the channel GRID WL Nearest GRID wavelength to the channel MEAS WL Center wavelength λi of the channel REL WL Relative wavelength to the nearest GRID wavelength of the channel Note Indications of dBm nm and dBm THz are forcibly changed to dBm indications before execution Lis...

Page 364: ...thin the waveform data while using the channel wavelength as its center When N_ALGO is AUTO FIX MANUAL FIX When F_ALGO is LINEAR Other cases input of parameter values AUTOL CTR MANUAL CTR When F_ALGO is LINEAR Other cases input of parameter values Limiter is applied during input to ensure NOISE AREA is MASK AREA or more PIT FITTING ALGO LINEAR LINEAR GAUSS LORENZ 3RD POLY 4TH POLY 5TH POLY Selecti...

Page 365: ...LAY ABSOLUTE This parameter is valid only when DISPLAY is set to ABSOLUTE OFFSET Display of offset values by using one arbitrary channel as the reference SPACING Display of offset values compared to an adjacent channel REF CH HIGHEST HIGHEST Setting of the reference channel when CH RELATION is set to OFFSET This parameter is valid only when DISPLAY is set to ABSOLUTE and also when CH RELATION is s...

Page 366: ...A dB is 3 dB or the MODE DIFF setting whichever is smaller 4 Determine the signal level LSi of each mode according to the parameter SIGNAL POWER setting For PEAK LSi Level LPi of each mode peak For INTEGRAL LSi The integral of the power value in the range of the center wavelength Δ f GHz of each mode Δ f parameter INTEGRAL RANGE setting value 5 Follow the setting of the parameter NOISE ALGO to det...

Page 367: ...2 or more Obtain the channel spacing of each channel spacing of λi With the minimum spacing set to SPACING as well as NOISE AREA SPACING 2 obtain the NOISE AREA Finally obtain the values from the following equations NA_Ri λi NOISE AREA i 1 2 n NA_Li λi NOISE AREA i 1 2 n Fitting Algorithm While the setting is at AUTO FIX LINEAR is used for the fitting algorithm which is calculated as follows Obtai...

Page 368: ...n the fitting to the noise level LNi Note Due to being set to LINEAR it is not possible to set the mask areas PIT Noise Algorithm Obtain the noise areas for measured waveform to the minimum level position of a before the next channel in each channel When inside noise areas obtain at the left and right noise areas of each channel outside noise areas is applied When the number of WDM channels n is 1...

Page 369: ...ion enables more precise analyses by measuring waveforms with different measurement resolutions at trace A and trace B and also by performing measurements with resolutions different in noise level from the signal level of each channel When DUAL TRACE is ON targets for the analysis of each trace will be TRACE A trace subject to channel detection TRACE A calculation traces λi and Li TRACE B noise le...

Page 370: ...CH RELATION is OFFSET SPACING and LVL DIFF are displayed when the parameter CH RELATION is SPACING When ABSOLUTE and CH RELATION are OFFSET it is possible either to set the reference channel to the mode peak with the highest level or to set a mode peak that will become the reference arbitrarily When REF CH is HIGHEST The WDM mode peak with the highest level shall be the reference The wavelength di...

Page 371: ...id table Explanations of display items NO Channel number GRID WL GRID wavelength of the channel MEAS WL Center wavelength of the channel REL WL Relative wavelength to the GRID wavelengths of the channel MEAS LVL Level of the channel peak level noise level NOISE Noise level of the channel SNR SNR value of the channel Appendix 4 Detailed Explanations of WDM Analysis Function ...

Page 372: ...o the reference wavelength of the channel REF LVL Reference level of the channel previous measurement level MEAS WL Measurement level of the channel DIFF MAX level Maximum value of the relative level to the reference level of the channel DIFF MIN level Minimum value of the relative level to the reference level of the channel Reference wavelength level can be changed under the following conditions ...

Page 373: ...el REF LVL Reference level of the channel previous measurement level MEAS WL Measurement level of the channel DIFF MAX level Maximum value of the relative level to the reference level of the channel DIFF MIN level Minimum value of the relative level to the reference level of the channel Absolute values and reference values to the GRID table are displayed The GRID table can be freely configured Ref...

Page 374: ...aveform data for use in ASE level analysis is specified as a range centering on channel wavelengths When A_ALGO is AUTO FIX AUTO MANUAL FIX AUTO CTR Between Ch MANUAL CTR Between Ch MASK AREA 0 20nm 0 01 to 10 00nm nm Of the waveform data specify the signal optical spectrum range for masking which centers on the channel wavelength When A_ALGO is AUTO FIX MANUAL FIX When F_ALGO is LINEAR Other case...

Page 375: ...tain the provisional ASE level LB i via the linear interpolation Obtain LBi which is generated by compensating OFFSET OUT for the provisional ASE level LB i Obtain the provisional gain G I using the following equation G i LOUTi LBi LINi Multiply the TRACE A data linear by the provisional gain G I and subtract the result from the TRACE B data linear Then write the result into TRACE C 8 In the TRACE...

Page 376: ... to SPACING and also use the following to obtain the NOISE AREA NA_Ri λi NOISE AREA i 1 2 n NA_Li λi NOISE AREA i 1 2 n AUTO CTR ASE algorithm The fitting algorithm is LINEAR Since the algorithm is LINEAR the mask area setting will not be required Obtain the left and right fit areas NA_Ri NA_Li of each channel by using the number of detected channels as follows center points between channels are t...

Page 377: ...of measured waveforms of optical filters via multiple parameters It can be used for filter analysis only if the number of modes is one Items and algorithms for analysis are the same as in the AQ6317 series Items for analysis PEAK LVL Peak level PEAK WL Peak wavelength CENTER WL Center wavelength SPECTRUM WIDTH Wavelength width at threshold value TH RIPPLE WIDTH Ripple width CROSS TALK Cross talk ...

Page 378: ...or OFF Whether half of maximum point is set to the mode peak or not Valid only when ALGO is THRESH SPECTRUM WIDTH MODE DIFF THRESH 3 00 RMS 0 0 to 50 0 dB Minimum value of the peak bottom difference during channel detection Valid only when ALGO is THRESH RIPPLE WIDTH SW ON ON or OFF ON OFF switchover of display THRESH LVL 3 0 1 to 50 0 dB Threshold value for channel detection MODE DIFF 0 5 0 000 t...

Page 379: ...h which is λCH SPACE nm away from the reference wavelength Then set the difference in level value between the two to the cross talk In the case of ITU T algorithms Set the ITU T grid wavelength which is nearest to the peak wavelength to the reference wavelength Set the difference between the bottom level within the range of the reference wavelength λSEARCH AREA nm and the peak level within the ran...

Page 380: ... 50 0 dB Threshold value for channel detection MODE DIFF 3 0 0 to 50 0 dB Minimum value of the peak bottom difference during channel detection NOTCH SW ON ON or OFF ON OFF switchover of display WIDTH ALGO BOTTOM PEAK BOTTOM Selection of algorithm for spectrum width THRESH LVL 3 0 1 to 50 0 dB Threshold value for channel detection MODE DIFF 3 0 0 to 50 0 dB Minimum value of the peak bottom differen...

Page 381: ...BOTTOM LV algorithms Obtain the level value at the reference wavelength MEAN WL for PEAK BOTTOM BOTTOM WL for BOTTOM LV Also obtain the level value at the wavelength which is λCH SPACE nm away from the reference wavelength Then set the difference in level value between the two to the cross talk In the case of ITU T algorithms Set the ITU T grid wavelength which is nearest the bottom wavelength to ...

Page 382: ...Pass band xdB from the bottom within the test band of each channel Ripple Max min level flatness within the test band of each channel Cross Talk Difference in level from the position xnm away from each channel List of Parameters Item Parameter Default Setting Range Unit Channel Detection Nominal Wavelength ALGORHYTHM MEAN PEAK MEAN GRID GRID FIT MODE DIFF 3 0 1 to 50 0 dB THRESH 20 0 1 to 99 9 dB ...

Page 383: ...ength level Wavelength and level of each mode peak GRID FIT Channel Modes within the range of GRID wavelength TEST BAND 2 among the mode peaks detected via a mode search except for the mode peaks at levels which are lower than the mode at the highest level by THRESH dB or less If the number of relevant modes in one GRID is more than one only the mode at the highest level will be regarded as the ch...

Page 384: ...the active trace and its signal optical level PEAK LVL XdB Width Peak Level Wavelength Level dB xdB xdB Width Center Wavelength Port A Port B Parameter THRESH Procedure Obtain the width xdB_Width which is below the peak level LPi of each channel by the parameter THRESH_LEVEL both on the left and on the right and its center wavelength The algorithm for analysis is the same as the algorithm THRESH o...

Page 385: ...h on the left and on the right XdB pass band xdB Passband xdB Test Band Minimum Level in Test Band λi nominal wavelength Wavelength Level dB Port A Port B Parameter THRESH TEST BAND Procedure Perform the bottom search within the range of parameter Test_Band 2 by centering on reference wavelength λi of each channel and obtain the bottom level LBi Obtain the width xdB_pass band that is below the bot...

Page 386: ...m the peak search and bottom search within the range of parameter Test_ Band 2 by centering on the reference wavelength λi of each channel and obtain the peak level LP i and the bottom level LB i Use the peak level LP i and bottom level LB i obtained in the above procedure to obtain the ripple from the following equation Ripple LP i LB i Appendix 6 Details of Optical Filter Analysis Function ...

Page 387: ...within the range of parameter Test_Band 2 while centering on the point λi λSP that is obtained by subtracting the parameter SPACING from the reference wavelength λi of each channel Then obtain the peak level LPLi Perform a peak search within the range of parameter Test_Band 2 while centering on the point λi λSP that is obtained by adding the parameter SPACING to the reference wavelength λi of each...

Page 388: ... the bottom within the test band of each channel 6Ripple Max min level flatness within the test band of each channe Cross Talk Difference in level between the positions that are xnm away in each channel List of Parameters Item Parameter Default Setting Range Unit Channel Detection Nominal Wavelength ALGORHYTHM NOTCH B PEAK NOTCH P NOTCH B GRID GRID FIT MODE DIFF 3 0 0 1 to 50 0 dB THRESH 20 0 0 1 ...

Page 389: ...ve the mode at the lowest level by THRESH dB or more Reference wavelength 3dB center wavelength with each mode bottom as the reference ALGO PEAK Bottom wavelength level Wavelength and level of each mode bottom GRID FIT Channel Modes within the range of GRID wavelength TEST BAND 2 among the mode bottoms detected via a mode search except for the mode bottoms at levels which are higher than the mode ...

Page 390: ...A Port B xdB Notch Width Obtain the width xdB_Notch_Width between the two points which are above the bottom level of each channel by the parameter THRESH_LEVEL and its center wavelength Center_Wavelength NOTCH P Wavelength Level dB Port A Port B Level peak between xdB λi Mode Bottom xdB Notch Width Center Wavelength λi 1 and λi 1 λi 1 λi 1 Mode Bottom Mode Bottom Obtain the width xdB_Notch_Width b...

Page 391: ...t XdB_ELIMINATION BAND λi Wavelength nominal wavelength Port A Port B Level dB xdB Elimnation band xdB Test Band Maximum Level in Test Band Parameter THRESH TEST BAND Procedure Perform the peak search within the range of the parameter Test_Band 2 by centering on the nominal wavelength λi of a channel and obtain the peak level LPi Obtain the width xdB_Elimination_Wavelength that is above the peak l...

Page 392: ...the peak search and bottom search within the range of parameter Test_ Band 2 by centering on reference wavelength λi of each channel and obtain the peak level LP i and the bottom level LB i Use the peak level LP i and bottom level LB i obtained in the above procedure to obtain the ripple Ripple from the following equation Ripple LP i LB i Appendix 6 Details of Optical Filter Analysis Function ...

Page 393: ...the range of parameter Test_Band 2 while centering on the point λi λSP that is obtained by subtracting the parameter SPACING from the reference wavelength λi of each channel Then obtain the bottom level LPLi Perform the bottom search within the range of parameter Test_Band 2 while centering on the point λi λSP that is obtained by subtracting the parameter SPACING from the reference wavelength λi o...

Page 394: ...elength Setting THRESH 3 dB center wavelength frequency wavenumber of measured waveform to center wavelength frequency wavenumber 1 2 4 5 For each sweep setting the peak wavelength frequency wavenumber as the center wavelength frequency wavenumber 4 5 Setting the current waveform display scale as the measurement scale for the next sweep 1 2 4 5 frequency wavenumber 1 2 4 5 SPAN Measurement sweep w...

Page 395: ...ing of reference level 4 4 7 Vertical axis units setting 4 2 8 Vertical axis setting 4 2 8 1 Setting the number of vertical axis divisions 4 2 8 2 Reference level screen position setting 4 2 9 Setting subscale to LOG 4 3 10 Setting subscale to LINEAR 4 3 11 Setting subscale to dB km 4 3 12 Setting subscale to 4 3 13 Linear subscale bottom setting or offset level settting for LOG 4 3 14 Optical fib...

Page 396: ...points setting 4 8 6 Sampling interval setting 4 8 7 Setting the measured wavelength to air vacuum 4 2 8 Sweep speed setting 4 10 9 Pulse light measurement settings 4 14 4 15 9 1 Pulse light measurement OFF 4 14 9 2 Peak hold time setting 4 14 9 3 External trigger mode setting 4 15 10 Trigger condition settings 4 15 10 1 Edge setting 4 15 10 2 Delay setting 1 2 4 15 10 3 Trigger input mode setting...

Page 397: ... wavelength to the center wavelength Overview display position setting 5 1 Overview size setting 5 1 Display scale initialization 5 1 of zoom display 1 2 5 1 DISPLAY 3 4 5 6 1 2 2 1 2 2 7 1 Normal display 5 10 2 Split display 5 10 2 1 Display position setting 2 2 Display position fixing 3 Label setting 3 3 4 Noise mask setting 1 3 5 11 5 Mask method setting 5 11 6 Trace clearing 5 12 7 Turning the...

Page 398: ...ting MAX MIN hold mode on the active trace 5 3 6 Active trace sweep average setting 5 4 7 Trace to trace calculation settings trace C F G only 5 5 5 7 6 9 7 1 LOG based between trace calculation 5 5 6 9 7 2 LIN based between trace calculation 5 5 7 3 Power spectral density display trace F only 5 5 5 8 7 4 Trace normalization trace G only 5 5 5 6 7 5 Trace curve fitting trace G only 5 5 5 7 7 6 Tra...

Page 399: ...x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 App Index TRACE MORE 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 Copy trace 5 12 1 1 Copy source trace setting 5 12 1 2 Copy target trace setting 5 12 1 3 Execute copy 5 12 2 Trace clearing 5 12 Appendix 7 Soft Key Tree Diagram ...

Page 400: ... bottom search 5 9 7 3 3 Sets the advanced marker from the current position to the next peak or bottom value 5 9 7 3 4 Sets the advanced marker from the current position to the next local peak or bottom value on the right 5 9 7 3 5 Sets the advanced marker from the current position to the next local peak or bottom value on the left 5 9 8 Clear all displayed moving and fixed markers 5 9 5 13 9 Line...

Page 401: ... 9 5 13 7 Clearing fixed markers 5 9 5 13 8 Clearing all displayed moving and fixed markers 5 9 5 13 9 Turning ON OFF peak bottom search each sweep 5 13 10 Setting the minimum peak bottom difference of the mode judgment reference 5 13 6 6 6 8 11 Setting the peak search bottom search and analysis function ranges to between line markers L1 and L2 5 13 6 12 For both the MARKER and ANALYSIS menus 12 S...

Page 402: ... display screen 6 7 6 9 8 Turning ON OFF automatic analysis each sweep 6 1 9 Printing analysis results 6 1 10 Saving analysis results 6 1 10 1 Setting the save destination 7 6 10 2 Entering a file name 7 6 10 3 Setting the data format 7 6 10 4 Setting overwrite or add 7 6 10 5 Creating a directory 7 6 10 6 Sorting a file 7 6 10 7 Executing saving 7 6 11 Setting the peak search bottom search and an...

Page 403: ... Index MEMORY 1 2 3 4 4 1 1 Temporarily saving a trace 7 2 2 Loading temporarily saved trace 7 2 3 Clearing temporarily saved traces 7 2 4 Displaying temporarily saved traces in a list 7 2 4 1 Changing list display contents 7 2 Appendix 7 Soft Key Tree Diagram ...

Page 404: ...ta 7 3 2 2 Setting the loading destination trace 7 3 2 3 Switching list thumbnail display 7 3 3 Setting the target item 6 12 chapter 7 4 Assigning the filename automatically 7 12 5 Removing the USB storage medium 2 3 7 1 6 File manipulation 7 11 6 1 Setting the target storage device 7 11 6 2 Deleting a file 7 11 6 3 Copying a file 7 11 6 3 1 Setting the paste destination 7 11 6 3 2 File name when ...

Page 405: ...or MEMORY 6 7 4 5 MEMORY 1 Setting the MEMORY data save destination 7 3 2 Entering a file name 7 3 3 Switching the cursor target window 7 3 setting the source destination memory number 4 Setting the data format 7 3 5 Switching the MEMORY list display contents 7 3 6 Setting the MEMORY data loading source 7 3 7 Switching the cursor target window 7 3 setting the source destination load file Appendix ...

Page 406: ... save 7 6 4 Data format setting 7 6 5 Setting overwrite or add 7 6 6 Setting the loading source for analysis results data 7 6 1 2 4 For PROGRAM For GRAPHIC 1 2 3 4 3 5 PROGRAM 1 Setting the save destination for program data 7 7 2 Entering a file name 7 7 3 Switching the cursor target window 7 7 setting the source destination program number 4 Setting the loading source for program data 7 7 5 Switch...

Page 407: ...G 1 2 3 4 5 TEMPLATE 1 Setting the save destination for template data 7 9 2 Entering a file name 7 9 3 Setting a template to save 7 9 4 Setting the loading source for template data 7 9 5 Setting the loading destination for template data 6 12 7 9 LOGGING 1 Sets the logging data save destination 7 10 2 Sets the file name 7 10 3 Sets the logging data to save 7 10 4 Sets the logging data load source 7...

Page 408: ...unction commands 2 2 3 Editing parameters 2 2 4 Finalizing input values 2 2 5 Special command settings 2 2 6 Cutting pasting lines 2 2 6 1 Inserting lines 2 2 6 2 Setting the target area 2 2 6 3 Deleting an area 2 2 6 4 Copying an area 2 2 6 5 Pasting inserting 2 2 6 2 Pasting overwriting 2 2 7 Printing program lists 2 3 Copying programs 2 3 1 Overwriting 2 3 2 Copying and adding contents merge 2 ...

Page 409: ...l scale at the current cursor position 6 15 2 3 5 Expands the vertical scale at the center of the measured values 6 15 2 3 6 Reduces the vertical scale at the center of the measured values 6 15 2 3 7 Initializes the display scale 6 15 2 3 8 Loads the waveform data of the logging data into the specified trace 6 15 2 4 Sets data logging conditions 6 15 2 4 1 Sets logging parameters 6 15 2 4 2 Sets a...

Page 410: ...ength calibration 2 2 3 Setting the wavelength shift amount value specified for the wavelength axis display value is added 6 14 4 Setting the level shift amount value specified for the level axis display value is added 6 14 5 Editing the grid table 6 10 5 1 Creating a grid table with predetermined grid spacing 6 10 5 2 Creating a custom grid table an arbitrary grid table 6 10 5 2 1 Setting the sta...

Page 411: ...ng the GP IB port address 2 2 Command format setting 3 RS 232 interface settings see IM AQ6376 17EN 4 Ethernet interface settings see IM AQ6376 17EN 5 Setting the trigger input mode 4 16 6 Setting the trigger output mode 4 17 7 Setting the auto offset 8 6 7 1 Auto offset ON OFF 8 6 7 2 Setting the offset interval 8 6 8 Remote monitor 8 6 9 Sets directory sharing 8 6 10 Setting the firewall 8 6 App...

Page 412: ...ation key and changing the password for operation lock 8 5 8 Removing the USB storage medium 7 1 9 System information display 8 7 9 1 Displaying the serial number Ethernet port MAC address and other items 8 7 9 2 Displaying clearing and saving the system log to USB memory 8 7 10 Initializing settings 8 2 11 Displaying the software version and upgrading 9 1 10 1 Displaying the patch list 9 1 10 2 U...

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Page 414: ...filiates may disclose this information to others but not in a form that personally identifies you Internet Gaming Update Features If the SOFTWARE provides and you choose to utilize the Internet gaming or update features within the SOFTWARE it is necessary to use certain computer system hardware and software information to implement the features By using these features you explicitly authorize MS M...

Page 415: ... 6 59 ABSOLUTE Templates 6 51 Active Trace 4 34 ADVANCE App 65 Air Wavelength 1 3 4 2 Algorithm for determining the ASE level 6 24 Algorithms for Spectrum Width Analysis 6 3 Algorithms for WDM channel detection 6 32 Alignment 1 2 ALL MARKER CLEAR 5 53 All Trace 7 22 Analog Out 1 6 4 49 ANALYSIS App 58 Analysis between Line Markers 1 13 6 54 Analysis in the Zoom Area 1 13 6 55 Arrow keys 3 5 ASE AL...

Page 416: ...ter Characteristics 1 13 OUTPUT SLOPE 6 18 Overview 1 7 Overview Window 5 4 P Page Peak Curve Fit 1 8 Peak Curve Fit Target Range 5 23 Peak Curve Fit Target Trace 5 23 PEAK HOLD 4 40 PEAK RMS Method App 8 PEAK SEARCH 5 52 App 57 5 56 PLS LIGHT MEASURE 4 40 PMD 1 12 PMD Analysis Function App 15 POINT DISPLAY 6 18 6 25 POWER Analysis Function App 14 Power Density 5 25 Power spectral density Display ...

Page 417: ...r Input Mode 4 43 Trigger Output 4 47 U Page UNCAL 4 25 4 26 8 21 Units for the Vertical Axis 4 4 Updating a Waveform 5 8 Upper Limit Line Judgment 6 48 Upper Trace 5 44 USB Mouse 1 14 USB Storage Media 7 1 V Page Vacuum Wavelength 1 3 4 2 VERT 5 47 Vertical Axis 4 3 Vertical Axis Effective Range 4 6 VIEW 4 34 W Page Warning 8 21 9 13 Wavelength 1 3 Wavelength Display Mode 4 5 Wavelength Display S...

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