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The Agilent8 3434A—At a Glance
The Agilent 83434A—At a Glance
The Agilent 83434A 10 Gb/s lightwave r eceiver is designed to recover clock
data and to provide linear, non-retimed data from digitally modulated SDH/
SONET STM-64/OC-192 optical signals, as well as signals employing forward
error correction (FEC) at 10.664 Gb/s (o ption 106). The receiver is based on
an amplified PIN receiver to produce a linear output with AGC stabil iz at ion.
The receiver is designed to provide –16 dBm sensitivity with PRBS lengths to
231 –1 with BER performance of at least 1E-10.
The recovered clock can be used as a trigger input for the Agilent Infiniium
DCA to allow optical eye diagram measurements when no external clock sig-
nal is available for triggering. The recovered clock also provides the required
clock input for the error detector of the Agilent 71612B error performa nce
analyzer. The non-retimed data output can be used with an error detector to
measure and optimize BER. The output of the receiver is also appropr iate for
eye contour and Q-factor measurements.
The Agilent 83434A can be combined with the Agilent 83433A 10 Gb/s light-
wave transmitter to create a complete optical link for system or fiber testing,
or to form a basis for substitution testing of commercial transmitters and
receivers.