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Specifications
System Specifications
General Specifications
Parameter Specification
Specified temperature range 20 °C to 30 °C
Operating temperature range
1
5 °C to 40 °C
Storage temperature range –40 °C to +75 °C
Power dissipation 1940 VA max.
Size 1.6 x 0.6 x 0.9 meters
General Optical/Electrical Specifications
Parameter Specification
Modulation frequency range
2
0.045 to 50 GHz
Optical source center wavelength 1550 to 1560 nm
Optical output return loss
3
> 30 dB
Optical input return loss
3
> 25 dB
Average optical output power (modulator set to minimum insertion loss)
4
> 3 dBm
Average optical output power
(modulator set at quadrature)
5
> 0 dBm
Average optical output power
(laser output port)
6
> 8 dBm
RF modulation power (for E/O mode)
7
0.045–30 GHz > 5 dBm
30–50 GHz > 2.5 dBm
Maximum operating optical input
power (to optical receiver input)
8
Do not exceed 4 mW
(6 dBm)
Maximum optical input power to
optical receiver (without damage) Do not exceed 15 mW
(11.8 dBm)
Optical to Electrical
Measurement Mode Specifications
Relative frequency response concerns itself with the
amount of error that accumulates when you compare the
response of two or more frequency points. This would
often be used in calculating the –3 dB roll-off point of an
optical detector. The largest contribution to this error
term is dependent on the reflectivity of the electrical
port of the O/E device. Thus, relative frequency
response is specified as a function of electrical port
reflectivity. The electrical reflectivity of any O/E device
can be measured using the E/E mode on the 86030A.
O/E Relative Frequency Response Uncertainty
9
DUT reflection coefficient
10
≤ 0.25 ≤ 0.5 ≤ 1.0
Specification Specification Specification
Freq. (dBe) (dBe) (dBe)
range With/without With/without With/without
(GHz) attenuator attenuator attenuator
0.1 to 2 ±0.7/0.8 ±0.7/0.9 ±0.8/1.2
2 to 20 ±0.7/1.0 ±0.8/1.4 ±1.0/2.0
20 to 40 ±0.9/1.3 ±1.0/1.7 ±1.2/2.4
40 to 50 ±1.2/1.8 ±1.3/2.3 ±1.6/3.2
For devices with highly reflective electrical ports, such
as unterminated photodetectors, the resultant mismatch uncertainty contributes to high measurement
uncertainty. Using an attenuator on the electrical port
of the 8517B will reduce mismatch uncertainty, and
thus reduce the total measurement uncertainty. The
above specifications are shown with a 6 dB attenuator
(supplied) on the electrical port of the 8517B, as well as
without an attenuator.
The system has the ability to characterize the mismatch
of the device under test, to reduce total measurement
uncertainty. A response and match user calibration is
used to reduce measurement uncertainty due to device
mismatch. With this calibration, relative frequency
response uncertainty is reduced, as shown in the following table.
O/E Relative Frequency Response Uncertainty
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With response and match user calibration
Specification (dBe)
Frequency range With response and
(GHz) match user calibration
0.1 to 2 ±0.7
2 to 20 ±0.7
20 to 40 ±0.9
40 to 50 ±1.2
1
A user calibration is valid over a ±3.0°C deviation from the initial user
calibration temperature range.
2
Modulation frequency range is 0.045 to 50 GHz. System performance is
not specified at modulation frequencies from 45 to 100 MHz. System
specifications are for modulation frequencies from 0.100 to 50 GHz.
3
With factory new straight connectors. Improper connector care will
degrade this specification.
4
With the modulator set to minimum insertion loss value. This specification is the default value set by the system software. Other power levels
are settable from the system software.
5
With the modulator set at quadrature bias condition, which is the average of the minimum and maximum transmission state of the modulator.
This specification indicates the default value set by the system software.
6
Other power levels are settable from the system software.
7
Power measured at the RF output port of the 86032A optical test set.
System default power setting is 0 dBm. Other power levels are
settable from the system software.
8
Power in excess of this value will cause measurement inaccuracies.
9
This is the relative frequency response uncertainty (dBe). Specifications
are shown with a 6 dB attenuator on the electrical port of the 8517B test
set, as well as without an attenuator. Specification conditions: Response
and isolation calibration, step mode of operation, 512 averages, factory
default laser power setting, factory default optical modulation depth setting, and a signal-to-noise ratio greater than 20 dBe.
10
Device under test electrical port reflection coeff icient. Specifications are
shown for three different reflection coefficients.
11
Total relative frequency response uncertainty (dBe) which contains all of
the uncertainty components. Specification conditions: Response and
match calibration, step mode of operations, 512 averages, factory
default laser power setting, factory default optical modulation depth setting, and a signal-to-noise ratio greater than 20 dBe.