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The Keysight Technologies N7786C Polarization Synthesizer contains a high-speed lithium-niobate based polarization controller and a polarization analyzer that monitors the output signal and provides feedback to the controller. As a 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). As an SOP switch, the N7786C cycles through a sequence of SOPs at a chosen rate up to more than 40 kHz. The internal settings for the SOP sequence are first determined with the stabilizer function for rapid direct switching. SOP switching occurs within a few microseconds. An electrical trigger input can be used to synchronize the scrambler with external events. As a traditional scrambler, it varies the output SOP in a random way. Full coverage of the Poincaré Sphere can be achieved within a few milliseconds. As a polarization analyzer, the instrument provides truly high-speed capabilities: 1 M samples can be taken with a sample rate of up to 1 M samples per second, at up to 250 kHz analog bandwidth. It can also be used as a fast-switching polarization controller for single-sweep wavelength dependent PDL measurements in combination with the photonic application software suite (PAS). Specifications.
Operating wavelength range: 1240 nm to 1650 nm. Specification wavelength ranges: 1270 - 1375 nm, 1375 - 1490 nm, 1490 - 1620 nm. SOP cycling time (τ90): < 10 μs. Remaining SOP error at input SOP movement rate of: Typical < 5.5° at 10 rad/s. SOP settling time: Typical < 50 ms. Feedback loop time: Nominal < 150 μs. SOP measurement uncertainty: Typical 1.5°. DOP measurement uncertainty: ± 2.0% Typical ± 1.5%. Insertion loss including reference connectors: Typical < 5.0 dB. Sensitivity of output power to changing the SOP, peak-peak: Typical < 1.0 dB. Relative output power measure-ment uncertainty due to PDL: Typical ± 0.1 dB. Relative output power measurement error due to other factors: Typical ± 0.15 dB. Input power range: -38 dBm to +19 dBm. Maximum safe input power: +20 dBm.
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