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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1999
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an optical component tester for determining the wavelength dependent characteristics of an optical component. The tester comprises as functional units a tunable laser source for providing a stimulus signal to the optical component and one or more response units for receiving a response of the optical component on the stimulus signal; The tester further comprises a control unit coupled to the functional units for controlling the functioning thereof. The control unit preferably comprises a microcontroller connected to a signal processor, whereby the signal processor is connected to the functional units and responsible for processing all timing critical operations within the tester.