Phoenix Unveils New Products at ECOC

AMSTERDAM -- Phoenix Photonics, the UK-based optical fibre components specialist, has today unveiled two new products as part of its expanded Firebird instrumentation range at the ECOC exhibition, Amsterdam, 17-19 September (Stand number 614).

ECOC marks the global launch of a programmable polarization control instrument and an associated polarization controller microprocessor interface.

The microprocessor interface enables the already popular EPC (electronic polarization controller) to be programmed directly from either a desktop or laptop computer through a simple USB interface. It is totally compatible with the existing Firebird control software and additional interface software is also available for engineers who wish to write their own control programme.

The polarization control instrument integrates the EPC and the PCI into a single bench-top instrument. Fully compatible with the Firebird control software, USB and RS232 standard communication links and optional GPIB and Ethernet links are also available. Additional functionality is included in the bench-top version.

Phoenix Photonics Ltd.