LUNA MPC-202 – Advanced Multifunction Polarisation Controller

Operating Wavelength Range

1260-1620nm (standard) or 980-1310nm 

Polarisation 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 Polarisation Control 

# of channels: 4

Range: 0 -4π each channel

Polarisation 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 3.5”(H) x 14” (W) x 14” (L)