High speed laser diode driver KEY FEATURES :

• Direct modulation of nanosecond laser pulses with any shape
• Built-in pulse AWG with internal or remote triggering
• 0 to 1.6 A output current with 16 bit/48 dB/30 μA resolution
• Integrated TEC controller with over temperature protection
• Special mode for laser diode “gain switch peak” suppression
• Two versions for either direct modulation or external modulation (see spec table and pictures)
• 3 Integrated Pulse Delay Generators
• GUI software and several libraries software integration (LabVIEW, DLLs, Hexa, Python)

Applications of this driver includes high energy laser seeding, LIDAR testing, etc.

This high speed laser diode driver  works alone or in series with other products in our range like :

• Pulsed laser diode driver
• Multi channel laser diode driver
• Fiber laser diode driver
• 915 nm laser diode
• 1064 nm laser diode
• 1550 nm laser diode
• Fiber optic modulator
• SOA pulsed driver
• Pulse delay generator
• Pulse picker

DFB or Bragg-based laser diodes such as Thorlabs, lumentum or 3SP are perfectly well controlled.

Read our Tutorials to get a good overview of the capabilities of this high speed laser diode driver :

• Fiber laser basics
• Fiber modulator basics
  
  
  

  		Shaper-direct (Direct modulation of the laser diode)	Shaper-external (External modulation of the laser diode - see picture)
  Laser diode driver	Pulse mode	User design pulse shape	Square pulse (1 ns to CW)
  	Peak current level	0-1.6 A	0-3.5 A
  	Pulse duration	0.5 ns - 8 µsec	1 ns - CW
  	Pulse timing resolution	500 ps
  	Pulse current resolution	30 µA
  	Jitter (internal / external trigger)	< 100 ps / ±2.5 nsec
  	Laser diode gain switch peak suppression function	Yes (user switchable and configurable)	No
  External modulator driver (EOM or AOM) : See our fiber modulator tutorial for more precisions	EOM/AOM pulse duration (4000 step max)	N.A.	0.5 ns - 8 µs
  	EOM/AOM pulse timing resolution	N.A.	500 ps
  	Output voltage	N.A.	1 V (50 Ohm) / 5V (High-Z)
  Pulse delay generators outputs (external equipment synchronization)	Number of outputs	3
  	Synchronization signals duration	0 - several hours
  	Synchronization signal resolution	1 ns
  	Output voltage	3.3 V (50 Ohm)
  Special functions	Configurable starting modes	4 (OEM, previous settings etc.)
  	Configurable GUI	100% adjustable by expert user with several user modes (production user, maintenance user etc.)
  	Configurable output power supply	0-18V adjustable voltage to drive any additional external board
  General	Compatibilities & libraries	Window 7/10 ; Hexa, DLLs, LabVIEW
  	Interface	USB or UART
  	Power supply	24V / 4A (110V/220V adapter included)