Application Notes

There are several methods of testing the quality of the bond, ranging from the destructive, such as a sheer test where the chip is physically broken off its sub-mount, to non-destructive, …

The ever increasing demand for telecommunications bandwidth is driving the market for the components that make up fi ber-optic networks. This article presents basic principles of passive …

The external modulation feature found on many ILX Lightwave current sources is a very fl exible circuit that can be used for a wide variety of applications. If the task is to slightly …

A new integrating sphere design was developed by ILX Lightwave to reduce the polarization dependent response of their power meter as well as to desensitize the meter to fi ber positioning …

Diode lasers optimized for high continuous wave (CW) power operation are typically sold as a 1D array of emitters, known as a laser bar. The array contains tens of emitters, which are …

Measurement of junction temperature has been recognized as critical to the advancement of laser diode technology for decades. Commonly used measurement methods are based on some change …

As the optical power of laser diodes increases into the tens and even hundreds of watts, the thermal design of the laser diode mount becomes more important. When selecting or designing …

The estimation of laser diode lifetime is important to both manufacturers and users of laser diodes. For example, a manufacturer of a laser diode based sensor product may wish to know …

It is often necessary to quantitatively assess the quality, performance, and characteristics of laser diodes. This is done through performing a series of experiments and obtaining certain …

The OMH-6700B series of optical measurement heads measure wavelength to within ±0.5 nm accuracy for the 6730B series and to within ±1 nm for the 6720B series for narrow linewidth sources. …

Emitter level screening has been shown to be an effective tool for testing high power laser diode bars and stacks. Measurement of individual emitter output power, wavelength, and polarization …

Traceability refers to an unbroken chain of calibration transfers from a known standard to the instrument in question. At ILX Lightwave, this chain of traceability begins with the primary …

In many applications, active temperature control improves the performance of optoelectronic devices. In most solid-state detectors, noise decreases with operating temperature. Responsivity …

Thermally sensitive resistors (thermistors) are used widely in laser diode and detector cooling applications because of their high sensitivity, small size, ruggedness, fast response …

It’s been said that there are two types of researchers - those who have blown a laser diode and those who will. While that may be an exaggeration, it’s certainly true that today’s lab …

Diode lasers have been called “wonderful little devices.” They are small and effi cient. They can be directly modulated and tuned. These devices affect us daily with better clarity …

Thermistors provide an inexpensive and accurate temperature monitor for use with laser diodes. The nonlinear resistancetemperature characteristics of a Negative- Temperature Coeffi …

The multitude of laser diode packages available today make selecting the correct mount for laboratory, development, or production testing seem a daunting task. This Application Note …

In this Application Note, we show that mode hopping is directly correlated to noise in the total intensity, and that this noise is easily detected by a photodiode. We also show that …

Relatively high peak powers and effi cient operation have made pulsed laser diodes ideal for applications such as solid-state laser pumping and range fi nding. These higher peak powers …