RIO ORION™ Series 1550nm Low Phase Noise Narrow Linewidth Laser Module (10mW)
OVERVIEW
The ORION™ devices are compact laser modules employing the RIO high-performance External Cavity Laser (ECL). This laser design is based on RIO’s proprietary planar technology (PLANEX™) and consists of a gain chip and a planar lightwave circuit including waveguides with Bragg gratings, forming a laser cavity with significant advantages.
The ORION™ modules provide a stable, self-contained, easy-touse alternative to complicated, sensitive to the ambient environment and expensive fiber laser sources, or other narrow linewidth laser alternatives.
The ORION™ module uses reliable, Telcordia qualified and industry proven components, and employs low noise, digital laser bias current and temperature control circuitry to set and monitor laser performance. External monitoring and control can be accomplished via a standard interfaces, using RIO-supplied software. The ORION™ module is an ideal source for commercial and other fiber optic sensing applications, such as interferometric and Brillouin DTSS systems for oil & gas, security and smart infrastructures monitoring, coherent Doppler LIDAR for wind measurements, coherent and heterodyne metrology, photonic velocimetry and vibrometry, and coherent communications.
SPECIFICATION
- Center Wavelength: 1.550 um
- Output Power: 10 mW
- Optical Isolation: 40 dB
- Power Stability: +/-0.3 %
- Center Wavelength (ITU Grid): 1530 - 1565 nm
- Wavelength Tuning Range: 30 pm
- Relative Intensity Noise (>1kHz): -140 dB/Hz
- Side Mode Suppression Ratio: 40 dB
- Optical S/N Ratio: 60 dB
- Polarization Extinction Ratio: 20 dB
Applications
* Acoustic & seismic interferometric fiber optic sensing
* Defense and security
* Oil & Gas – exploration and production
* LIDAR
* Metrology
* RF and microwave photonics
* Coherent Communications
KEY FEATURES
* Single longitudinal mode
* Center wavelength: 1530nm-1565nm, ITU-T DWDM 100 GHz C-band or custom
* Very low phase noise
* Very narrow linewidth, long coherence length
* Ultra low RIN
* Excellent SMSR
* Unmatched wavelength stability over life and temperature
* Wavelength tunability
* Direct power modulation
* Very low sensitivity to vibration and acoustic noise
* SMF and PM fiber pigtail options
* Compact size, low power dissipation
* Easy to set-up and use
* Digital controller and firmware with multiple interface options (SPI, RS-232, RS-485)
* Telcordia GR-468 qualified
* RoHS compliant