MPC-201
MPC-201

Multifunction Polarization Controller

The MPC-201 is an all-fiber polarization controller which can generate any output polarization state. It also has built-in functions for periodic modulation and polarization scrambling.

Product Description

The MPC-201 uses a low loss fiber squeezer polarization controller combined with drive and
control electronics to achieve:

i) Manual Polarization Control: The user adjusts the output polarization by setting the control
voltage applied to each fiber squeezer.

ii) Variable Rate Polarization Scrambling: The instrument scrambles the output polarization to
cover the entire Poincaré sphere at a user-controllable rate, using one of several scrambling
algorithms: 1) Tornado, 2) Rayleigh, 3) Triangle, 4) Discrete, 5) Triggered, and 6) SOP Modulation.

  • Key Features
    • Multiple polarization control and scrambling functions
    • Easy to use
    • Low IL, PDL, PMD, and activation loss (AL)
  • Specifications
    Wavelength range

     1260-1620nm or 980-1310nm

    Scrambling rate

    Discrete random states: 0.00 to 20,000 points/s

    Triangle: 0.00 to 2000 x 2π rad/s
    Rayleigh rate distribution: 0.00 to 2000 rad/s (mean)
    Tornado (quasi-uniform rate distribution): 0.00 to 2000
    revolutions/s

    Manual polarization control

    # of squeezers: 4

    Range: 0 – 4π each squeezer

    Polarization modulation
    (per squeezer)

    Waveforms: sine, triangle, square
    Frequency: 0.00 to 1000 Hz
    Amplitude: 0 to 3π peak-to-peak

    Triggered scrambling

    One random SOP per TTL trigger pulse, up to 20,000

    points/s

    Agilent 11896A scrambling
    emulation
    Speed settings 1 – 8, matched to Agilent 11896A settings
    Insertion loss < 0.5 dB with connectors (< 0.1 dB intrinsic)
    PDL 0.05 dB with connectors

    For full specifications, please download the data sheet.

  • Documentation

Solutions and Applications

PIC testing

The MPC-201 is a general purpose polarization controller that performs a variety of polarization control and scrambling functions. Applications include recirculating loop experiments, real-fiber SOP variation emulation, PDL and DOP measurement, and system polarization dependence experiments.

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