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* Span of the spectrum covered, based on -10dB points [cm-1]:
* Time to cover this range [s]:
* Spectrum update repetition rate [Hz]:4 
* Center wavenumber [cm-1]:
* Spectral Resolution, best in scan [cm-1]:5 
* Power in TEM00, averaged over 1 s [mW]:
* Shortest time spent on 1 spectral resolution element [s]:
Worst spectral resolution in scan [cm-1]:
High-frequency RMS RIN:6 
Stability RIN:7 
Wavelength stability error [nm]:8 
* Physical dimension -- length [mm]:
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4 Count both scan directions if users typically use both
5 Based on FWHM (-3dB points)
6 Directions (how to measure RMS RIN):

  1. Record single-shot spectrum (time trace) of source, remove data points where power < 10% of max power.
  2. Calculate Bhi = 0.44 / (shortest time spent on 1 spectral resolution element [s]) and Blo = Bhi / 100.
  3. Low-pass filter (1) with a second-order Butterworth filter, bandwidth = Bhi.
  4. Low-pass filter (1) with a second-order Butterworth filter, bandwidth = Blo.
  5. Calculate result (3) / result (4).
  6. Calculate 1 - result (5).
  7. Calculate RMS(result(6)). This is the RMS RIN.
7 Directions (how to measure stability RIN):

  1. Record single-shot spectrum (time trace) of source, remove data points where power < 10% of max power.
  2. Repeat (1) for a spectrum produced by the laser 1 s later.
  3. Calculate Blo = 0.44 / (shortest time spent on 1 spectral resolution element [s]). (Same Blo as for RMS RIN)
  4. Filter (1) to Blo with a second-order Butterworth filter.
  5. Filter (2) to Blo with a second-order Butterworth filter.
  6. Calculate result (4) / result (5).
  7. Calculate 1 - result (6)
  8. Calculate RMS(result (7)), this is the stability RIN.
8 Here is the spirit of the wavelength stability error measurement:
For a swept source with a trigger at the beginning of the sweep, given only a) the trigger pulse and b) knowledge of the usual system performance,

  1. Predict the wavelength at various times after the trigger
  2. What is the worst discrepancy [nm] between the predicted wavelength and the actual wavelength?

The actual number is likely to be calculated or estimated another way, which is fine.
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