Polbox

Polbox

The Polbox is a ready-to-use solution for the long-term continuous state of polarization (SOP) acquisition in compact 1U rack-mountable chassis. Optical input signal could be part of existing traffic, e.g., an optical service channel. Therefore, it doesn’t require any additional laser source or dedicated DWDM channels. Recorded SOP data are stored locally in HDF5 format with metadata and could be synchronized to remote storage.

Product description

  • Long-term continuous SOP acquisition.
  • Fast sampling rate at 20 kHz, 4 channels with 16 bit resolution per channel.
  • Variable optical input source: a tap on existing signal, or custom laser source.
  • Durable 1U 19'' chassis with dual power sources.
  • Monitoring compatible with Influx DB and Grafana.
  • Local embedded SSD storage, optionally synchronized to the remote filesystem or object storage (S3 compatible).

Areas of Use

Product Type Use
Polbox Detecting acoustic-mechanical vibrations and disturbances in fibre and its neighbourhood.
Polbox Physical perimeter intrusion detection.
Polbox Long-term SOP acquisition for later analysis or on-the-flow processing.

Contact our Specialist

Ondřej Havliš

Ondřej Havliš

Architect, designer and developer of optical networks

ondrej.havlis@cesnet.cz

+420 724 062 185