• The Agilent 86146B is a high performance benchtop optical spectrum analyzer with a filter mode that provides the flexibility to drop a single DWDM channel with fast-tuning speed, low-insertion loss, and highly repeatable wavelength accuracy.Another application of the filter mode is to measure time-resolved chirp (TRC). Using the filter with a 86100C DCA, chirp measurements can be made on lasers.

• High wavelength and amplitude accuracy together with calibrated filter shapes allows you to accurately characterize your system performance.
• Wide variability in resolution bandwidth and sensitivity gives you the flexibility to use and reuse the OSA in different setups and applications.
• The fast sweep speeds at user selectable sensitivity maximizes your measurement throughput.
• Agilent’s powerful application concept reduces training effort and test development time and makes complex and repetitive measurements simple and repeatable.
• Dispersion compensated filter mode enables you to drop a single DWDM channel.
• Dispersion compensated filter mode enables you to measure time resolved chirp (TRC) and calculate dispersion penalty (DP).

Key Performance Specifications

• High amplitude accuracy (0.5 dB) and stability (10mdB), Low Polarization dependence (50mdB)
• Wide Wavelength Range (600nm to 1700nm), Highest Wavelength Accuracy (10pm) and Repeatability
• Widest Variability in Resolution Bandwidth (60pm to 10nm) with accurately calibrated filter shapes and excellent dynamic range

Additional features

• Calibrated filter shapes and high accuracy = accurate system characterization.
• Flexible settings let the OSA fit into many applications
• Fast sweep speeds to maximize throughput

Wide Range of Applications

• Single Wavelength Channel Drop
• Fast sweep time due to its high and user selectable sensitivity (down to -90dBm)
• Built-in applications for Passive Component Test, WDM Test, Optical Amplifier Test, Source Test
• Optional built-in wavelength calibrator, white light source, current source, EELED source, multimode input and tunable filter output

   

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