Polarization Scramblers

Ultrafast endless optical polarization scrambling at up to 10000 krad/s

• Based on electrooptic waveplates with adjustable rotation speeds

• 40 ns clock cycles (= updating intervals) assure continuous, quasi-steady polarization changes even at high scrambling speeds

• Synchronous mode (for recirculating loop experiments)

• Triggered mode (for PDL and Mueller/Jones matrix measurements) available

• Insertion loss: ~1.5...3 dB

• Low power consumption: ~12 W (+5 V from included power supply 100-240 V)

• Differential group delay (DGD) sections consisting of polarization-maintaining fibers (PMF) can be provided for PMD emulation

• Available as a desktop unit, as a module or as an intellectual property core

• We are eager to accommodate special requirements.