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8163A
Lightwave Multimeter
Ordering Guide,
p/n 5968-3582E
8163A
Lightwave Multimeter
Technical Specifications,
p/n 5962-9321E
8163A
Lightwave Multimeter
Configuration Guide,
p/n 5968-3581E
Technical data is subject to change
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Printed in Germany 12/99 (B.O.L.A.Y. GmbH)
P/N 5968-3404E
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should be a standard.”
Agilent 8163A
Lightwave Multimeter
Product Overview
• precise
• reliable
• fast
www.agilent.com/comms/lightwave
The New Standard Features and Benefits
The Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter is a basic measurement tool
in the fiber optic industry. It ensures
accurate and fast results, even for
your most demanding measurements
on optical components and systems.
The 8163A Lightwave Multimeter is
the successor to the highly popular
8153A Lightwave Multimeter. It builds
on all the key attributes that made
the 8153A Lightwave Multimeter the
standard in Research and Development
and in Manufacturing.
Its modular format makes it flexible
enough to meet your changing measurement needs, whether you are
measuring optical power, insertion loss
or return loss for single- or multimode
components.
The lightwave multimeter system
includes the mainframe and a variety of
plug-in modules for set-ups requiring:
• single or dual channel power
meters,
• single or dual fixed light
High Bandwidth
sources,
• compact tunable laser modules
The 8163A Lightwave Multimeter
helps ease your work-load by offering
several advanced functions that turn
your 8163A into a powerful measurement system.
Without needing an external controller,
built-in application software guides
you through the step-by-step procedures needed for measurement tasks
such as measuring loss, monitoring
stability or logging data.
For example, for long term monitoring
you only need to input the total measurement time and the averaging time
per sample – the 8163A Lightwave
Multimeter does the rest. After the test
is complete, the result can be displayed
numerically or graphically on the
display or the result can be sent to a
printer.
You can easily integrate the 8163A
Lightwave Multimeter into your test
environment by using plug & play
drivers over GPIB, or by using the
configurable hardware input and output trigger ports.
“The Agilent family of
optical component test
equipment. Because working
High Bandwidth
together should be a standard.”
Best possible
measurement results
Precise, sensitive, stable and fast
power measurements
You can be sure of the best possible
measurement results thanks to the
excellent accuracy, high linearity and
low polarization dependent loss (PDL)
of our full range of power sensors and
optical heads.
To meet your test requirements, our
range of sensors and heads cover the
important wavelengths and power
ranges you need. And you will like
the measurement speed which can
come down to 100 µs. A broad variety
of advanced interfaces and adapters
makes it easy to connect your test
devices.
Measurements requiring a stable
fixed source
To take the uncertainty out of monitoring loss over long periods of time,
Agilent’s sources are stabilized and
very insensitive to backreflections.
For your convenience there are single
and dual wavelength source modules,
available with an output power of up
to +13 dBm. The output power of the
sources can be attenuated for applications where you need lower power
levels.
Measurements requiring a tunable source
If you need to make measurements
at various fixed wavelengths, or if the
test device must be characterized as
a function of wavelength, then the
compact tunable laser module is the
ideal candidate for your test needs.
In combination with a power sensor
or an optical head you can setup
a complete measurement system for
wavelength dependent loss.
To help you work efficiently and quickly and to increase your throughput
and yield, the input ports are designed to eliminate multiple reflections
– the cause of many measurement
errors.
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The Agilent 8163A Lightwave
Multimeter allows engineers to
count on the accuracy of their
measurements more than ever.
Upgradable Firmware
Compatibility
To protect your investment for the
future, the Agilent 8163A Lightwave
Multimeter is designed for easy firmware upgrades as new modules and
features become available.
To protect your existing
investment the 8163A mainframe is compatible with the
modules from the 8153A
Lightwave Multimeter series.
Also you can use both the
modules of the 8163A and
8153A series together in the
8163A Lightwave Multimeter
Mainframe.
The programming syntax used by
the 8163A Multimeter mainframe is
compatible with the 8164A Lightwave
Measurement System (the tunable
laser family), the 8166A Lightwave
Multichannel System and with the
8153A Lightwave Multimeter.
The 8163A mainframe is compatible
in height and width with the 8153A
series, making it easy for you to add
or substitute the 8163A to your rack
systems.
“Working together
should be a standard.”
Flexible enough to meet changing
measurement needs.
High Precision
High Precision
Selected Specifications
8163A Lightwave Multimeter
1)
Display: Graphical display,
monochrome
Programming*: SCPI Standard, compatible
with programming syntax
of 8164A Lightwave
Interfaces: GPIB, RS232C,
Parallel Printer
Interface
(Centronics)
Measurement System,
8166A Lightwave
Multichannel System,
8153A Lightwave
Multimeter.
*for details please refer to
Programming guide P/N 08164-91016
Agilent 81632A 81635A 81633A 81634A
Power Sensor Modules (InGaAs) (InGaAs) dual (InGaAs) (InGaAs)
Wavelength Range 800 nm to 1650 nm 800 nm to 1700 nm
Power Range +10 dBm to -80 dBm +10 dBm to -90 dBm +10 dBm to -110 dBm
Uncertainty (accuracy) <±3% (1200 nm to 1630 nm) <±2.5% (1000 nm to 1630 nm)
at reference conditions
Relative Uncertainty
due to Polarization typ ±0.015 dB <±0.005 dB
due to Spectral Ripple typ ±0.015 dB <±0.005 dB
Linearity (power) (CW +10 dBm to -60 dBm) (CW +10 dBm (CW +10 dBm
at 23°C ±5°C <±0.02 dB ±20 pW to -70 dBm) to -90 dBm)
<±0.015 dB ±2 pW <±0.015 dB ±0.2 pW
Agilent 81623A 81624A 81625A
Optical Heads
2)
(Ge, ø 5 mm) (InGaAs, ø 5 mm) (InGaAs, ø 5 mm)
Wavelength Range 750 nm to 1800 nm 800 nm to 1700 nm 850 nm to 1650 nm
Power Range +10 dBm to -80 dBm +10 dBm to -90 dBm +20 dBm to -80 dBm
Uncertainty (accuracy) <±2.2% <±2.2% <±2.5%
at reference conditions (1000 nm to 1650 nm) (1000 nm to 1630 nm) (950 nm to 1630 nm)
Relative Uncertainty
due to Polarization ≤±0.005 dB ≤±0.005 dB
due to Spectral Ripple (typ. ±0.002 dB) (typ. ±0.002 dB)
Linearity (power) (CW +10 dBm to -60 dBm) (CW +10 dBm to -70 dBm) (CW +20 dBm to -60 dBm)
at 23°C ±5°C <±0.025 dB ±100 pW <±0.02 dB ±5 pW <±0.02 dB ±100 pW
1)
For full specifications, and the test conditions, see the Technical Specifications p/n 5962-9321E
2)
All optical heads have to be operated with the single (81618A) or dual (81619A) Interface Module.
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Agilent
Standard Source Modules 81650A 81651A 81652A 81654A
(Fabry-Perot Laser)
Center Wavelength 1310 nm 1550 nm 1550 nm/1625 nm 1310 nm/1550 nm
Output Power >0 dBm
Short term (15 min) <±0.005 dB
CW power stability typ <±0.003 dB with coherence control active
Long term (24 h) typ ±0.03 dB
CW power stability
CW power stability to back typ ±0.003 dB
reflection (RL ≥14 dB)
Agilent
High Power Source Modules 81655A 81656A 81657A
(Fabry-Perot Laser)
Center Wavelength 1310 nm ±15 nm 1550 nm ±15 nm 1310 nm/1550 nm ±15 nm
Output Power >+13 dBm
Short term (15 min) <±0.005 dB
CW power stability typ <±0.003 dB with coherence control active
Long term (24 h) typ ±0.03 dB
CW power stability
±15 nm ±15 nm ±15 nm ±15 nm
CW power stability to back typ ±0.003 dB
reflection (RL ≥14 dB)
Compact Tunable Laser Source Module 81689A
Wavelength Range 1525 nm to 1575 nm
Output Power ≥+6 dBm
Power Stability ±0.03 dB
Signal to Source Spontaneous Emission Ratio (typ.) ≥39 dB/nm
Wavelength Repeatability ±0.05 nm
Wavelength Stability (typ., 24h) <±0.02 nm
h Bandwidth
High Bandwidth
Hi
High
Bandwidth
Connection to Test Devices
The 8163A Lightwave Multimeter
supports a wide range of fiber connectors. For details please refer to the
8163A Configuration Guide. This gives
information on the connector interfaces
and bare fiber adapters for use with
these modules, as well as the filter
holders, filters, lenses and connector
adapters required for the optical heads.
Ordering Information
The 8163A Mainframe has two slots
for any combination of the modules
listed in this document, or modules of
the 8153A Lightwave Multimeter series.
Connector interfaces should also be
ordered for each input and output, as
well as any bare fiber adapters you
require.
If you want to use optical heads, you
also need an interface module 81618A
(single) or 81619A (dual) and you
may need filter holders, filters, lenses
and connector adapters.
Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter
Stimulus Response Solution
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