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Using the Agilent 83434A
BER Performance Verification
BER Performance Verification
This procedure verifies BER performance of the of the Agilent 83434A light-
wave receiver with the Agilent 83433A and 71612B.
The following equipment is used:
•Agilent 83434A lightwave receiver
•Agilent 83433A lightwave transmitter
•Agilent 71612B Bit Error Rate Tester
•Optical attenuator
•Optical multimeter
Note
Before starting, be sure to clean all connectors and optical interfaces using the proce-
dures describe in “Fiber-Optic Connectors” on page3-8.