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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 page 3-8.