Optical Polarization and Dispersion Solutions

The optical component analyzer combines polarization control with a polarimeter to measure polarization mode dispersion (PMD) or differential group delay (DGD), PDL and IL of optical components.

The optical component analyzer combines polarization control with a polarimeter to measure polarization mode dispersion (PMD) or differential group delay (DGD), PDL and IL of optical components. The N7788BD has a built-in PC with touch screen.

The Agilent 86038B Photonic Dispersion and Loss Analyzer for fast and accurate dispersion (CD, GD, PMD, DGD), PDL and loss analysis of components, fibers and laboratory links for R&D and manufacturing.

Characterizing polarization properties of optical signals requires a fast polarization analyzer. The N7781B provides graphical representation of the State of Polarization (SOP) on the Poincaré Sphere and fast polarization logging.

Alignment of polarization-maintaining fiber optic devices requires a PER-analyzer. Agilent’s N7782B has been designed for high speed and highly accurate testing of the polarization extinction ratio (PER) in PM fibers and devices.

Agilent’s Thermal Cycling Unit N7783B is fully controlled by the Agilent N7782B PER-Analyzer and allows accurate and repeatable temperature cycling of the fiber under test.

Optical characterization needs the control of the state of polarization (SOP) in various ways. The N7784B provides alignment and fast stabilization of polarization into polarization maintaining fiber or with respect to an external feedback.

The N7785B provides fast SOP switching in response to internal or external triggering. This supports optical network simulations that often require switching of the signal SOP in a random way within a few microseconds.

The N7786B includes internal SOP monitoring and feedback to determinately set and hold chosen states or sequences of polarization. Fast switching provides single-sweep spectral PDL measurements with the N7700A software.

The Agilent 8169A provides determinate SOP setting an internal polarizer and zero-order waveplates from polarized or unpolarized sources with good SOP stability vs. wavelength. Used with N4150A PFL software for Mueller Matrix PDL measurements.