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Description

The Broadband Tunable External Cavity Laser (G5) from DAYY Photonics represents a significant advancement in tunable laser technology. This self-contained laser system is designed to offer exceptional versatility by allowing tuning across a broad range of wavelengths, depending on the model's center wavelength. The integration of a semiconductor gain module with an advanced tunable filter ensures precise control over the laser's output. The optical output is efficiently fiber-coupled through an FC/APC connector, compatible with both single-mode and polarization-maintaining fiber patch cables, making it suitable for a wide range of applications.

At the heart of the Integrated Spectral Bench (ISB5) is the ability to deliver consistent and reliable performance across various operational settings. This laser system is engineered to provide a stable and robust output, with fiber-coupled power exceeding 10mW per wavelength. Its design incorporates a monolithic integration of a Broadband Dual Stage Isolator, ensuring minimal signal loss and high fidelity in optical transmission. The ISB5 is also equipped with multiple communication interfaces, including USB and RS-232, facilitating seamless integration into existing systems and enabling remote operation and control.

One of the standout features of the DAYY Photonics Broadband Tunable External Cavity Laser is its user-friendly software interface. The included GUI allows users to easily switch between manual, stepped sweep, and continuous sweep modes, with the ability to set operating parameters for each mode. This flexibility is complemented by the option to operate the laser without the GUI, using modbus protocol and serial commands via RS-232 or USB connections. This adaptability makes the ISB5 an ideal choice for research and development, optical sensing, and various industrial and biomedical imaging systems.

DAYY Photonics Broadband Tunable External Cavity Laser (ECL)

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Specifications

SLED Type: Fiber Coupled
Operating Power (typical): 10 mW
Center Wavelength (typical): 930 nm
Bandwidth (FWHM): 10 nm
Center Wavelengths Available: 785nm, 850nm, 930nm, 980nm, 1050nm, 1210nm, 1250nm, 1300nm, 1350nm, 1410nm, 1550nm, 1590nm, 1625nm, 1680nm
Tuning Range: 5nm-80nm
FWHM: 0.1nm – 1nm
Fiber-coupled Output Power: >10mW per wavelength
Tuning Speeds: up to 10hz
Low-Degree Of Polarization (DOP): under 5%

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Features

  • Center Wavelengths Available: 785nm, 850nm, 930nm, 980nm, 1050nm, 1210nm, 1250nm, 1300nm, 1350nm, 1410nm, 1550nm, 1590nm, 1625nm, 1680nm
  • Tuning Range: 5nm-80nm depending on model
  • FWHM: 0.1nm – 1nm depending on model
  • Fiber-Coupled Output Power: >10mW per wavelength
  • Tuning Speeds: Up to 10Hz across the full spectrum for continuous tuning
  • Multiple Communication Interfaces: USB, RS-232
  • Monolithic Integration: Broadband Dual Stage Isolator
  • User-Friendly GUI and Custom API: Available for test automation
  • Low-Degree of Polarization (DOP): Under 5% DOP for each wavelength
  • Free Space Option: Direct collimated laser beam for applications not requiring fiber optics

Software:

  • User-friendly GUI for selecting manual, stepped sweep, and continuous sweep modes
  • Operating parameters can be set within the GUI
  • Direct readout of the operating wavelength
  • Operable without GUI via Modbus protocol with serial commands

Applications

  • Optical Component Testing: Ideal for characterizing wavelength-dependent performance of filters, couplers, splitters, isolators, circulators, multiplexers, demultiplexers, photodiodes, fiber Bragg gratings, and other passive or active photonic components.
  • Telecom and Datacom Test Equipment: Supports testing of fiber optic communication components and systems across key near-infrared and telecom wavelength bands, including 1210 nm, 1250 nm, 1300 nm, 1350 nm, 1410 nm, 1550 nm, 1590 nm, 1625 nm, and 1680 nm.
  • Optical Coherence Tomography: Suitable as a tunable laser source for medical OCT, industrial OCT, biomedical imaging, material inspection, and non-destructive evaluation applications requiring broadband wavelength tuning.
  • Spectroscopy: Enables wavelength-tunable spectroscopy for absorption, transmission, reflection, fluorescence excitation, and material characterization across visible, near-infrared, and short-wave infrared wavelength ranges.
  • Optical Sensing: Used in fiber optic sensing systems, chemical sensing, gas sensing, biosensing, environmental monitoring, and wavelength-scanned sensor interrogation applications.
  • Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Interrogation: Provides tunable optical output for interrogation of FBG sensors used in strain, temperature, pressure, vibration, structural health monitoring, and industrial sensing systems.
  • Photonic Integrated Circuit Testing: Useful for wafer-level and packaged PIC testing, including characterization of resonators, waveguides, modulators, switches, filters, and integrated optical sensors.
  • Silicon Photonics Characterization: Supports wavelength sweep testing of silicon photonics devices, including ring resonators, Mach-Zehnder interferometers, grating couplers, edge couplers, and wavelength-selective circuits.
  • Test and Measurement Systems: Designed for laboratory and production test setups requiring a fiber-coupled broadband tunable external cavity laser with software control, USB or RS-232 communication, and automation capability.
  • Research and Development: Suitable for university, government, and industrial R&D laboratories developing advanced photonics, optical communications, spectroscopy, sensing, imaging, and laser-based measurement systems.
  • Biomedical Imaging Systems: Enables tunable illumination for biomedical optics, tissue imaging, microscopy, ophthalmic imaging, and preclinical optical imaging research.
  • Industrial Imaging and Inspection: Supports wavelength-selective imaging, machine vision, semiconductor inspection, thin-film analysis, coating inspection, and non-contact optical metrology.
  • Laser-Based Metrology: Can be integrated into precision measurement systems for optical path length analysis, interferometry, wavelength-dependent calibration, and high-resolution optical characterization.
  • Interferometry: Provides a tunable coherent light source for interferometric measurement systems, optical coherence analysis, displacement measurement, surface profiling, and sensing applications.
  • Thin-Film and Coating Characterization: Useful for measuring spectral response, transmission, reflection, and absorption of optical coatings, dielectric mirrors, bandpass filters, and multilayer thin-film structures.
  • Detector and Camera Calibration: Supports calibration and spectral response testing of photodetectors, avalanche photodiodes, InGaAs detectors, silicon detectors, infrared sensors, and imaging systems.
  • Optical Filter Characterization: Enables accurate testing of tunable filters, bandpass filters, notch filters, edge filters, DWDM filters, CWDM filters, and wavelength-selective optical components.
  • DWDM and CWDM Network Testing: Suitable for wavelength scanning and component verification in dense wavelength division multiplexing and coarse wavelength division multiplexing optical networks.
  • Optical Amplifier Testing: Can be used for gain spectrum characterization and wavelength-dependent testing of semiconductor optical amplifiers, erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, Raman amplifiers, and other optical gain devices.
  • Modulator Characterization: Supports testing of electro-optic modulators, intensity modulators, phase modulators, and integrated photonic modulation devices over selected wavelength bands.
  • Polarization-Sensitive Measurements: Available with single-mode or polarization-maintaining fiber options for applications requiring controlled optical polarization or polarization-dependent loss testing.
  • Low-Deg

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the DAYY Photonics ISB5 Broadband Tunable External Cavity Laser?
The DAYY Photonics ISB5 is a self-contained broadband tunable external cavity laser (ECL) that combines a semiconductor gain module with an integrated tunable filter. It provides fiber-coupled or free-space tunable laser output for applications such as optical component testing, telecom test equipment, spectroscopy, optical coherence tomography (OCT), optical sensing, and R&D.
What wavelength ranges are available for the ISB5 tunable ECL?
The ISB5 is available with model center wavelengths at 785 nm, 850 nm, 930 nm, 980 nm, 1050 nm, 1210 nm, 1250 nm, 1300 nm, 1350 nm, 1410 nm, 1550 nm, 1590 nm, 1625 nm, and 1680 nm. Depending on the selected model, the tuning range can span from 5 nm to 80 nm.
What output power and linewidth does the ISB5 broadband tunable laser provide?
The ISB5 provides more than 10 mW of fiber-coupled optical output power per wavelength. Its spectral linewidth, specified as FWHM, ranges from 0.1 nm to 1 nm depending on the selected wavelength model and configuration.
How fast can the ISB5 tune across its wavelength range?
The ISB5 supports continuous tuning speeds up to 10 Hz across the full spectrum, depending on the ordered configuration. It also supports manual tuning, stepped sweeps, and continuous sweep operation through the included software GUI.
What optical output options are available for the ISB5 external cavity laser?
The standard optical output is fiber-coupled through an FC/APC connector and can be used with single-mode or polarization-maintaining fiber patch cables. A free-space output option is also available for applications that require a direct collimated laser beam instead of fiber delivery.
Can the ISB5 tunable laser be automated for test and measurement systems?
Yes. The ISB5 includes a user-friendly GUI and can also be controlled through USB or RS-232 interfaces using Modbus serial commands. A custom API is available, making it suitable for automated test setups, optical component characterization, production testing, and laboratory measurement systems.
What applications is the ISB5 Broadband Tunable External Cavity Laser best suited for?
The ISB5 is designed for optical component testing, telecom test equipment, medical and industrial OCT, spectroscopy, optical sensing, biomedical and industrial imaging, and research and development. Options such as a broadband dual-stage isolator and low degree of polarization below 5% make it useful for demanding measurement and imaging applications.

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