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POD 2000 High-Speed Polarimeter

Product information "POD 2000 High-Speed Polarimeter"

Wavelenght Range (C-band version) 1500 – 1600 nm, 1550 nm typical; Wavelength Range (O-band version) 1260 – 1360 nm; 1310 nm typical; Dynamic Range -45 – 5 dB; SOP Uncertainty @ Calibration Wavelength 1.5°, Azimuth 1°, Ellipticity 1°; DOP uncertainty @ Calibration Wavelength -1.5% - 1.5%; Measurement Update Rate 100KHz; Measurement SOP Entire Poincaré Sphere

Luna’s POD 2000 is a DSP-powered polarimeter designed for high-speed polarization characterization, analysis, and monitoring. It utilizes four channels to simultaneously capture the four Stokes parameters, allowing it to measure an input light beam’s instantaneous state of polarization (SOP) and degree of polarization (DOP).

With a USB 2.0 interface, data can be directly transferred to a computer, enabling the polarimeter to monitor and analyze rapid polarization changes at a sampling rate of up to 100 KS/s. Additionally, it supports standard 100BASE-TX Ethernet for measurement and control.

The POD 2000 features a user interface that provides real-time graphical displays of the polarization state. This can be viewed on a Poincaré Sphere window for SOP traces or on an oscilloscope window for tracking polarization changes over time.

Key features:

  • High speed, SOP/DOP measurement with 100Khz date update rate
  • High accuracy
  • Dynamic range -45 to 5 dBm
  • None Stop or Continuous measurement as high as 100KHz update rate.
  • USB 2.0, Ethernet 100BASE-TX
  • SCIP command, C/C++ API, PC GUI
  • Trigger in/out

Applications: SOP/DOP monitoring, Polarization analysis, Scrambler DOP characterization, SOP statistics, PM fiber alignment to light sources, Polarization extinction ratio Analysis

Manufacturer "Luna"
Headquartered in Roanoke, VA, USA, Luna develops, manufactures and markets high-definition fiber optic sensing products and fiber optic test and measurement instrumentation . Luna's products are used to measure, monitor, protect and improve critical processes in the healthcare, telecommunications, energy and defense markets. Luna has become a recognized leader in transitioning science to solutions. Luna’s high-definition fiber optic sensing technology allows engineers to test, modify and qualify their designs; efficiently, effectively, and accurately. The HYPERION series of fiber optic sensing interrogators provide many of the advantages of fiber optic systems and distinguishes itself by virtue of high spatial resolution. On the test and measurement side, Luna provides diagnostic and test instrumentation that enables the complete characterization of optical components, assemblies and short-haul networks; providing substantial cost and time savings in the development, production, and maintenance of optical network equipment. Optical backscatter reflectometers (OBR series) enable ultra-high resolution reflectometry with backscatter level sensitivity, while lightwave component and optical vector analyzers extend Luna’s industry-leading optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR) platform to manufacturing test and quality control applications for passive optical components.
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