The POD-201 is an FPGA powered polarimeter designed for high speed polarization analysis and monitoring. The instrument simultaneously measures the four Stokes parameters to yield the instantaneous state of polarization (SOP) and degree of polarization (DOP) of an input light beam. The unit is controlled with FPGAs that support sampling rates of up to 4MS/s. The POD-201 also features data logging function for long term measurement of polarization changes of up to 1 billions points.
In addition to the front panel controls, the unit can be controlled remotely via a USB 2.0 interface.
The POD-201 comes with PolaView™ software with Poincaré Sphere views or Oscilloscope windows
Applications
100G system polarization test
SOP/DOP Monitoring
Polarization Stabilization
Key Features
• Self-calibration program to optimize DOP and SOP accuracies at arbitrary wavelengths and temperatures.
• OLED display for setup and data display
• Real time Poincaré Sphere display, Analog SOP/DOP/power output for ATE integration
• Data logging of SOP up to 1 billion points