the RESET button on the splicer. A small window should appearconfirming the reception of the command:• Now modify a PM splice program and select R-A1200 as theta-aligning method. If you start the splice operation now, the spliceruses the Splice-Angle readout of the polarizationNAVIGATORTM.• You can select the desired angle accuracy from the properties menu.• If you are using an internal laser source, you can let the softwareautomatically turn off the laser source when not in use. This canreduce effects caused by scattered light seen by the splicer camera.If you want to use that mode, set the parameter LightSourceAutoOffin the properties menu to ”Yes”.6.5 Application: Polarimeter CalibrationUse this application to calibrate the polarimeter at a wavelength notincluded in the factory calibration range.NOTE: You may have to add this application manually to the applica-tion tree by right-clicking on ”Applications” and then selecting ”Add”.Choose ”adaptif PHOTONICS Polarimeter Calibration” from the selec-tion box.The calibration is done in the following steps:• Enter the wavelength you want to use into the dialog box.• Connect the light source you are using to the polarimeter input.For the calibration process, it is recommended to also insert a po-larization controller (e.g. peddles).NOTE: The light source should be fully polarized (DOP=1). There-fore, an unpolarized broadband source should be filtered by an in-line polarizer.• Turn on the light source and start the application ”PolarimeterCalibration”.• Click on ”Run” and move the blue spot on the Poincar´e sphere intothe red marked regions. When passing one region, it will turn togreen.• After all regions have been passed by the blue spot, the calibrationdata is generated. You can assign a name to this calibration set.After running this application, the polarimeter automatically uses thecalibration set. You can leave the application now by clicking on ”Exit”and use the polarimeter by double-clicking on the instrument.6.5.1 Selecting Former Calibration DataNOTE: After restarting the software, the factory calibration data is se-lected.56 A1XXX/A2XXX/A3XXX User Guide
