Agilent83433A10Gb/sLightw***eTran***itterModifiedforN***alTestSystems.TheAgilent83433Alightw***etran***itterisbasedonalithiumniobatemodulatordrivenbyaninternalCWDFB1552.52nmlaser.Thelaserandmodulatorareinter-connectedexternallywithaPMFfiber.ThemodulatorcanalsobeusedwithanexternallaserwithpolarizationmaintainingfibersuchastheAgilent8164A,with81680Aoption071.TheAgilent83433Aisdesignedtoproducehighfidelity,lowjitterw***eformsfor2.488Gb/sSTM-16/OC-48,9.953Gb/sSTM-64/OC-192andothertran***issionratesupthrough10.7Gb/s.TheAgilent83433AisintendedforBERtestingwitherrorperformanceanalyzerssuchastheAgilent71612B.TheMach-Zehndermodulatorisadjustedforafixedzerochirp.Itsoutputw***eformproducesaminimumextinctionratioof12dB.TheinternalDFBlasercanbemodulatedatfrequenciesfrom15kHzto10MHztoincreaselinewidthforSBSsuppressionorchannelidentificationapplicati***.Theinternallaserw***elengthcanbeadjusted&plu***n;1.25nmaroundthe1552.52centerw***elength.TheAgilent83433AcanbecombinedwiththeAgilent83434A10Gb/slightw***ereceivertocreateacompleteopticallinkforsystemorfibertesting,ortoformabasisforsubstitutiontestingofcommercialtran***ittersandreceivers.)