81600B Datasheet, PDF (4/12 Pages) Agilent(Hewlett-Packard) – Tunable Laser Source Family

81600B opt. 160 Tunable Laser Source, 1495 nm – 1640 nm, low SSE
Agilent 81600B opt. 160
2.3
Wavelength range
1495 nm to 1640 nm
Wavelength resolution
0.1 pm, 12.5 MHz at 1550 nm
Mode-hop free tunability
full wavelength range; see page 10 for conditions to assure mode-hop free
continuous sweeps
Maximum sweep speed
80 nm/s
Stepped mode
Continuous sweep mode (typ.)
at 5 nm/s
at 40 nm/s
at 80 nm/s
Absolute wavelength accuracy ^[1]
±10 pm, typ. ±3.6 pm ±4.0 pm
±4.6 pm
±6.1 pm
Relative wavelength accuracy ^[1]
±5 pm, typ. ±2 pm
±2.4 pm
±2.8 pm
±4.0 pm
Wavelength repeatability
Wavelength stability ^[3] (typ.)
±0.8 pm, typ. ±0.5 pm ±0.3 pm
d ±1 pm, 24 hours
±0.4 pm
±0.7 pm
Linewidth (typ.), coherence control off
Effective linewidth (typ.), coherence ctrl. on
100 kHz
> 50 MHz (1510 nm – 1620 nm, at max. constant output power)
Output 1 (low SSE)
Output 2 (high power)
Maximum output power
(continuous power during sweep)
t –2 dBm peak (typ.)
t –4 dBm (1520 nm – 1610 nm)
t –6 dBm (1510 nm – 1620 nm)
t –7 dBm (1495 nm –1640 nm)
t +7 dBm peak (typ.)
t +5 dBm (1520 nm –1610 nm)
t +3 dBm (1510 nm – 1620 nm)
t –1 dBm (1495 nm – 1640 nm)
Attenuation
max. 60 dB
Power repeatability (typ.)
±0.003 dB
Power stability ^[3]
±0.01 dB, 1 hour
typ. ±0.03 dB, 24 hours
Power linearity
±0.1 dB
±0.1 dB
(±0.3 dB in attenuation mode)
Power flatness versus wavelength
±0.25 dB, typ. ±0.1 dB
(1495nm – 1630nm)
±0.3 dB, typ. ±0.15 dB
Continuous sweep mode
at 5 nm/s
at 40 nm/s
at 80 nm/s
Dynamic power reproducibility (typ.)
±0.005 dB
±0.01 dB
±0.015 dB
Dynamic relative power flatness (typ.)
Side-mode suppression ratio (typ.) ^[2]
±0.01 dB
t 40 dB (1520 nm – 1610 nm)
±0.02 dB
±0.04 dB
Output 1 (low SSE)
Output 2 (high power)
Signal to source
spontaneous emission ratio ^[2]
t 64 dB/nm (1520 nm –1610 nm)
t 45 dB/nm (1520 nm – 1610 nm)
t 74 dB/0.1 nm
t 55 dB/0.1 nm
(typ., 1520 nm – 1610 nm)
(typ., 1520 nm – 1610 nm)
t 62 dB/nm (typ., 1510 nm – 1620 nm) t 42 dB/nm (1510 nm – 1620 nm)
t 59 dB/nm (typ., 1495 nm – 1640 nm) t 37 dB/nm (1495 nm – 1640 nm)
Signal to total source
spontaneous emission ratio ^[2]
t 59 dB (1520 nm – 1610 nm)
t 56 dB (typ., 1495 nm – 1640 nm)
t 27 dB (typ., 1520 nm – 1610 nm)
Relative intensity noise (RIN) (0.1 – 6 GHz) (typ.) ^[2] –145 dB/Hz (1520 nm – 1610 nm)
[1] Valid for one month and within a ±4.4 K temperature range after automatic wavelength zeroing.
[2] At maximum output power as specified per wavelength range.
[3] At constant temperature ±1 K
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