A1200 series of PER Analyzers has been designed for high speed and highly accurate testing of the polarization extinction ratio (PER) in PMfibers.

The polarimetric measurement principle guarantees reliable measurements up to PER values of 50dB.

Key Features:

• Accurate PER-measurement up to 50dB
• Wavelength Ranges:
  - 850 nm - 1000 nm - 950 nm - 1100 nm
  - 1260 nm - 1640 nm
• PER range: 0 dB ... 50 dB
• Input Power: -50 dBm ... +7 dBm

Applications:

• PMF Pigtailing of passive and active components.
• PMF Splicing
• Characterization of fiber polarizers, PMF couplers, PMF splitters
• Characterization of crosscoupling in PMFs

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A1200 PER-Analyzer

ILX Lightwave provides test and measurement equipment for fiber optic telecommunications, one of the fastest growing industries in the world today.

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Optical Test and Measurement Equipment

The A3300 contains a high-speed Lithium-Niobate based polarization controller and a polarization analyzer plus a microcontroller based driving circuitry.

This unit can operate in various modes:

As Polarization Stabilizer it provides a stable output State of Polarization (SOP) even with fluctuations and drifts of the input SOP. The stabilized output signal is guided in a Standard Single-Mode Fiber (SMF). The output SOP can be defined in following ways:
Set-and-forget: When the front button is pushed, the current SOP is stored and maintained, even if polarization changes occur on the instrument input.

As Synchronous Scrambler the device switches the SOP of the output signal in a (pseudo) random way. Switching of the SOP occurs within few microseconds. During every switching operation the unit provides an electrical (TTL) trigger signal which allows synchronization of external processes. Alternatively an electrical trigger input can be used to synchronize the scrambler with external events.

As SOP Switch the A3300 cycles through a sequence of SOPs with a speed of up to 40 kHz, which corresponds to a cycle time of less than 25 microseconds. The sequence of SOPs can easily be defined by the user using Stokes coefficients.

As traditional Scrambler the A3300 varies the output SOP in a random way. Full coverage of the Poincaré Sphere is achieved within few ms.

As Polarization Analyzer the instrument provides truly high-speed capabilities: More than 500 000 samples can be taken with a sample rate of up to 1 Megasample per second.

Application:

• Transmission System Test: Polarization Sensitivity Analysis on Link / Transmission Quality
• Recirculating Loop Experiments: Loop-Synchronous Polarization Scrambling
• Interferometry: Polarization Stabilization to Maximize Contrast Ratio
• Component Test: Measurement of PMD / PDL Characteristics of Optical Components.

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A3300 Polarization Synthesizer

The A1000 is a compact high-speed Polarization Analyzer which provides comprehensive capabilities for analyzing polarization properties of optical signals.

This includes representation of the State of Polarization (SOP) on the Poincaré Sphere (Stokes Parameter) as well as determining the Müller and Jones Matrices. The on-board algorithms together with the on-board calibration data ensure highly accurate operation across a broad wavelength range.
Due to its real time capability (1 MSamples/s) the instrument is well suited for analyzing disturbed and fluctuating signals as well as for control applications requiring real time feedback of polarization information. The provided analysis software allows a comprehensive analysis of the obtained measurement data. Combining this unit with a polarization controller and a tuneable laser allows high-speed PMD/PDL measurements.

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A1000 High Speed Polarization Analyzer

The A1050 is the OEM version of the A1000 high-speed Polarization Analyzer.

It is a compact unit with simple interfaces for easy integration. As it does not contain any moving parts it is robust and withstands even rough environmental conditions. This allows covering a broad range of measurement applications. The A1050 is the OEM version of the A1000 high-speed Polarization Analyzer. It is a compact unit with simple interfaces for easy integration. As it does not contain any moving parts it is robust and withstands even rough environmental conditions. This allows covering a broad range of measurement applications.

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A1050 OEM High Speed Polarization Analyzer

The A2000 is a compact high-speed Component Analyzer which provides characterization of optical components and (sub-)systems:

• Differential Group Delay (DGD) / Polarization
  
• Mode Dispersion (PMD)
• Polarization Dependent Loss (PDL)
• Spectral Loss
• High speed measurement: less than 30s for full PMD/PDL analysis across C and L band

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A2000 Components Analysers

The A3200 is a high-speed Synchronous Scrambler. It contains a polarization controller plus microcontroller based driving circuitry.

This unit can operate in various modes:

• As Synchronous Scrambler the device switches the SOP of the output signal in a (pseudo) random way. Switching of the SOP occurs within few microsconds.
• As SOP Switch the A3200 switches to a set of SOPs which allow PMD / PDL testing of optical components according to the Muller Matrix method or to the Jones-Matrix-Eigenanalysis (JME) method.
• As traditional Scrambler the A3200 varies the output SOP in a completely random/pseudo random way.

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A3200 Synchronous Scrambler