User`s guide
6 Agilent 81600B Tunable Laser Source Family, Fourth Edition
Specifications 33
Definition of Terms 35
General Definitions 36
Absolute wavelength accuracy (continuous sweep mode) 37
Absolute wavelength accuracy (stepped mode)  37
Attenuation  37
Dynamic power reproducibility (continuous sweep mode) 38
Dynamic relative power flatness (continuous sweep mode) 38
Effective linewidth  38
External analog modulation - modulation depth 39
External digital modulation - delay time  39
Internal digital modulation - duty cycle  39
Linewidth 40
Maximum output power  40
Mode-hop free tunability 41
Operating temperature and humidity  41
Output isolation  41
Polarization extinction ratio 42
Power flatness versus wavelength  42
Power linearity  43
Power repeatability  43
Power stability  44
Relative intensity noise (RIN)  44
Relative wavelength accuracy (continuous sweep mode) 45
Relative wavelength accuracy (stepped mode)  45
Return loss  46
Side-mode suppression ratio  46
Signal to source spontaneous emission (SSE) ratio  46
Signal to total source spontaneous emission ratio  47
Wavelength range  48
Wavelength repeatability (continuous sweep mode)  48
Wavelength repeatability (stepped mode) 49
Wavelength resolution  49
Wavelength stability 50
Agilent 81600B Family Tunable Laser Source Module 
Specifications
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Conditions 66










