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Flatness/ripple (db) – EXFO IQS-12004B DWDM Passive Component Test System for IQS-500 User Manual

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Definitions and Calculation Methods

DWDM Passive Component Test System

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Flatness/Ripple (dB)

The flatness (or ripple) is the IL variation over the BW1 interval of each
channel.

Note: The ripple value for a measured BW1 analysis would most often be the

power (dB) value at which BW1 is measured.

Ripple

Ripple

1.0 dB cutoff wavelengths