The MPC-202 is an advanced Multifunction Polarization Controller specially designed to meet the requirements of coherent receiver performance tests. It combines General Photonics’ award winning PolaRite™ II/III polarization controller with proprietary polarization control algorithms to achieve a wide range of polarization control functionalities, including high speed quasi-uniform rate polarization scrambling, random-rate polarization scrambling with Rayleigh rate distribution, discrete-state polarization scrambling with high slew rate, sine, square, and triangle-wave SOP modulation, and manual polarization control functions.

In particular, the “Tornado” quasi-uniform rate polarization scrambling function can achieve a high SOP scrambling rate of up to 60,000 revolutions/s (more than 360 krad/s) with a narrow rate distribution clustered around the highest rate.

FEATURES

Quasi-uniform rate SOP scrambling with SOP change rate up to 360 krad/s
Scrambling with Rayleigh rate distribution
Discrete SOP scrambling
SOP modulation
Low IL, PDL, PMD, and AL
Bright OLED display

APPLICATIONS

Laboratory testing of polarization related parameters
Performance tests of fiber optic interferometers and systems
SOP tracking speed testing of coherent receivers.

Optics Application Co., Ltd.

Polarization Controller MPC-202