Advanced Multifunction Polarization Controller – PolaMight™
The MPC-202 is an advanced Multifunction Polarization Controller specially designed to meet the requirements of coherent receiver performance tests. It combines General Photonics’ award winning PolaRite™ III polarization controller with proprietary polarization control algorithms to achieve a wide range of polarization control functionalities, including high speed quasi-uniform rate polarization scrambling, random-rate polarization scrambling with Rayleigh rate distribution, discrete-state polarization scrambling with high slew rate, sine, square, and triangle-wave SOP modulation, and manual polarization control functions. In particular, the “Tornado” quasi-uniform rate polarization scrambling function can achieve a high SOP scrambling rate of up to 60,000 revolutions/s (more than 360 krad/s) with a narrow rate distribution clustered around the highest rate. In short, the MPC-202 is an ideal tool for production or laboratory testing of polarization related functions and parameters, including passive/active component characterization, performance tests of fiber optic interferometers, sensor systems, RF photonics systems, etc. The quasi-uniform rate high speed scrambling function is particularly useful for SOP tracking speed testing of coherent receivers. The square wave SOP modulation function is ideal for SOP recovery time tests.
Features:
. Quasi-uniform rate SOP scrambling with SOP change rate up to 360 krad/s
. Scrambling with Rayleigh rate distribution
. Discrete SOP scrambling
. SOP modulation
. Low IL, PDL, PMD, and AL
. Bright OLED display
Applications:
. SOP response test of coherent receivers
. SOP tracking speed test
. SOP recovery time test
. Polarization deMux performance test
. PMD and PDL related tests
Specifications:
Operating Wavelength Range
1260 to 1620nm (standard) or 980 to 1310nm
Polarization Scrambling
Tornado (quasi-uniform rate distribution): 0.00 to 60,000 revolutions/s.
Rayleigh rate distribution: 0.00 to 2000 rad/s (mean)
Triangle: 0.00 to 2000 × 2π rad/s
Discrete random states: 0.00 to 20,000 points/s
Agilent 11896A Scrambling Emulation
Speed settings 1-8,matched to Agilent 11896A settings
Manual polarization Control
# of channels: 4
Range: 0 – 4π each channel
Polarization Modulation(Each Channel)
Waveforms: Sine, Triangle, Square
Frequency: 0.00 to 1000 Hz
Amplitude: 0 to 3π peak-to-peak
Slew Rate for Square Wave SOP Modulation
360 krad/s (10% to 90%, channel 3)
External Trigger Mode
Random SOP per TTL trigger pulse, up to 20,000 points/s
Insertion Loss
< 0.6 dB with connectors (< 0.15 dB intrinsic)
PDL
< 0.1 dB with connectors (< 0.02 dB intrinsic)
Activation Loss
< 0.1 dB with connectors
Return Loss
> 50 dB with connectors (> 65 dB intrinsic)
PMD
< 0.2 ps with connectors
Optical Power Handling
1000 mW
Operating Temperature
0 °C to 50 °C
Storage Temperature
-20 °C to 70 °C
Communication Interfaces
USB, Ethernet, RS-232, and GPIB
Electrical Triggers
Connectors: BNC
Output trigger: TTL pulse per SOP generated in discrete scrambling mode
Input trigger: One random SOP generated per TTL pulse received in trigger mode
Front Panel Display
OLED graphic display
Power Supply
100 – 240 VAC, 50 – 60 Hz
Dimensions
2U, ¾ 19” rack width
14" (L) x 14" (W) x 3.5" (H)
Notes:
Specifications in this table apply for the standard 1260 to 1620nm version over a temperature range of 23 ± 5°C.
Figure 1. Poincaré sphere SOP traces for four different scrambling methods:
(a) Discrete, (b) Typical Rayleigh or Triangle trace, (c) Tornado (fixed axis), and (d) Tornado (rotating axis).
Figure 2. SOP variation rate distributions for (a) Rayleigh, (b) Triangle, and (c) Tornado scrambling methods.
Figure 3. (a) Manual adjustment of SOP from H to V state. (b-d) SOP patterns generated in polarization modulation mode using different combinations of waveforms on different channels of the polarization controller.
Ordering Information:
商品属性 [波长] 1260 to 1620nm (standard) or 980 to 1310nm [PDL] < 0.1 dB with connectors (< 0.02 dB intrinsic) [PMD] < 0.2 ps with connectors