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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.