POD 2000
POD 2000

High-Speed Polarimeter

Luna’s POD 2000 is a DSP-powered polarimeter designed for highspeed polarization characterization, analysis, and monitoring. This instrument uses four channels to simultaneously obtain the four
Stokes parameters and measure an input light beam's instantaneous state of polarization (SOP) and degree of polarization (DOP). 

POD 2000 Data Sheet
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Product Description

A USB 2.0 interface enables data to be transferred directly to a computer and this polarimeter can easily monitor and analyzes fast polarization changes with a sampling rate of up to 100 KS/s. Standard 100BASE-TX Ethernet is also available for measurement and control.

The POD 2000 comes with a user interface for real-time graphic display of polarization state either on a Poincaré Sphere window, for viewing SOP traces, or on an oscilloscope window, for monitoring polarization changes over time.

  • Key Features
    • High speed, SOP/DOP measurement with 100Khz date update rate
    • High accuracy
    • Dynamic range -45 to 5 dBm
    • None Stop or Continuous measurement as high as 100KHz update rate.
    • USB 2.0, Ethernet 100BASE-TX
    • SCIP command, C/C++ API, PC GUI
    • Trigger in/out
  • Applications
    • SOP/DOP monitoring
    • Polarization analysis
    • Scrambler DOP characterization
    • SOP statistics
    • PM fiber alignment to light sources
    • Polarization extinction ratio Analysis
  • Specifications
    Wavelength range  
       C band version 1500-1600 nm, 1550 nm typical
       O band version 1260 - 1360 nm, 1310 nm typical
    Dynamic Range -45 - 5 dB
    SOP uncertainty (at calibration wavelength) 1.5° 
       Azimuth 1°
       Ellipticity 1°
    DOP uncertainty (at calibration wavelength) -1.5% - 1.5%
    Measurement update rate 100 KHz
    Measurement SOP Entire Poincaré Sphere

    For full specifications, please download the data sheet.

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