5.3 A3XXX Polarization Controller Software Settings . . . . . 295.3.1 Direct Control of Waveplate Positions . . . . . . . 295.3.2 Random Polarization Scrambling . . . . . . . . . . 305.3.3 Sequence Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.4 A3300 Polarimeter Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.5 A3000 Polarization Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.6 A3300 Polarization Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.7 A3000/A3300 Control Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Applications 346.1 Application: Polarimeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.1.1 Choosing the Wavelength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.1.2 Auto Gaining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.1.3 The Oscilloscope Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.1.4 Edge Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.1.5 Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.1.6 The Trace Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.1.7 Saving Measurements (Snapshots) . . . . . . . . . 376.1.8 The Poincar´e View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.1.9 Graph Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.1.10 Data Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396.2 Application: PDL/PMD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416.2.1 Application Setup Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . 416.2.2 Performing measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.2.3 Performing a preview measurement . . . . . . . . . 436.2.4 Performing a non-referenced measurement . . . . . 436.2.5 Performing a referenced measurement . . . . . . . 436.2.6 Saving Measurements (Snapshots) . . . . . . . . . 446.2.7 Data Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.2.8 Measurement Raw Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476.2.9 Measurement Setup Using the A2000 . . . . . . . . 476.2.10 Measurement Setup Using the A1000/A3xxx . . . 476.3 Application: PDL/PMD (Stepped) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486.3.1 Performing a non-referenced measurement . . . . . 486.3.2 Performing a referenced measurement . . . . . . . 486.3.3 Measurement Raw Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.3.4 Application Setup Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.4 Application: PER/PMF Crosstalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49A1XXX/A2XXX/A3XXX User Guide 5