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Mportant, Linearity test – EXFO IQS-12002B Calibration System User Manual

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Calibration Methods

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IQS-12002B

FTB-7000D and FTB-7000B-B OTDR Modules

Linearity Test

Linearity is verified by looking at variations in loss measurements made
over a same portion of fiber at different levels of attenuation (a variable
optical attenuator (VOA) is included in the IQS-12002B Calibration System).
This is performed at the shortest wavelength present in the unit both each
multimode and singlemode ports. The pulse used for multimode
wavelengths is 1 μs and, for singlemode wavelengths, it is 10 μs. In both
cases, the averaging time is set at 45 s.

The setup for linearity measurements of multimode OTDRs (7000D series)
is as follows:

The setup for linearity measurements of singlemode OTDRs (7000D series)
is as follows:

Note: For the FTB-7400D-NS-431, a second fiber length of 17.6 km is required.

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MPORTANT

Linearity is not tested on FTB-7000B-B OTDR modules.

Multimode fiber (1 km) Multimode fiber (4 km)

IQS-3100B-D

OTDR

Singlemode fiber (4.4 km)

Singlemode fiber (17.6 km)

IQS-3100BW

OTDR

Singlemode fiber (17.6 km)

for the FTB-7400D-NS-431