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The Pure Photonics tunable laser is based on a volume produced micro-ITLA for the Telecom market, ensuring performance, quality and reliability. We provide a telecom grade version with unmodified hardware and optimized firmware, and a sensor grade version with optimized hardware and firmware with optional features. These can be customized in output power performance (up to 17 dBm for C-band and 16 dBm for L-band) and frequency range (up to 60 nm). Each version can be further enhanced by their available operating features, such as modulation, fast tuning etc.
The low-noise tunable lasers can be provided as-is, with an evaluation board (PPEB700) or integrated into either the PPCL500 (for PPCL600), PPCL550 (for PPCL700), PPCL560 (with DB-9 interface) or CoBrite enclosure.
| Product | Image | Description | Available Features |
| PPCL700 |  |
Sensor grade low-noise tunable laser with custom inputs and outputs Inputs for AM and FM modulation Optional micro-USB interface |
Whispermode 30 GHz Fine Tune Range Clean Sweep Clean Jump No-Drift mode Clean Modulation Clean Measurement |
| PPCL600 |  |
Telecom grade tunable laser with low-noise modes | Whispermode 12 GHz Fine Tune Range |
| PPCL5x0 |  |
Enclosure solution | PPCL500: all PPCL600 features PPCL550: all PPCL700 features Integrated Power Supply Micro-USB interface No Fiber Hassle |
| PPCL590 |  |
Tunable laser integrated with a gas-cell. In locked operation the frequency stability is significantly improved. |
Integrated gascell All PPCL700 features Integrated Power Supply Micro-USB interface |
| CoBrite |  |
ID Photonics enclosure solution | With PPCL600 or PPCL700 Integrated Power Supply USB interface ID Photonics software |
| DX4 |  |
ID Photonics enclosure solution with up to 4 lasers | With PPCL600 or PPCL700 Integrated Power Supply USB interface ID Photonics software |
The products come with a standard set of modulation and control features, including the whisper mode operation. The PPCL700 has extended custom features and comes typically with 50 GHz Clean Sweep range and Clean Jump. Additional features are available to enable great performance in specific applications.
| Feature | Description | |
| Whisper Mode on all versions |
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Operating mode with all control loops disabled significantly reduces noise 0-1kHz |
| Clean Sweep on PPCL700 |
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CURRENTLY ONLY AVAILABLE UP TO 50 GHZ RANGE Continuous modulation, no mode-hops Standard range 50GHz, Optional up to 250GHz Speed controllable between 1GHz/sec to 40GHz/sec |
| Clean Scan on PPCL700 |
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CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE FOR ORDER Full band scan Stitched together from 100-200GHz sweeps No modehops in sweeps, modehops between sweeps |
| Clean Jump on PPCL600 and PPCL700 |
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Any-frequency to any-frequency jumps Within 1 second in target mode For specific frequencies within 0.1 second in target mode |
| Clean Modulation FM on PPCL700 |
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External modulation up to 100kHz rate Optical FM amplitude up to 100 MHz Input 0-6V |
| Clean Modulation AM on PPCL700 |
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External modulation up to 1 MHz rate AM amplitude up to 50% Associated Optical FM modulation up to 500 MHz |
| No Drift on PPCL600 and PPCL700 |
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Stabilized to be within 1 pm over 24 hours Short term stability better than 40 MHz |
The feature guide provides more details on which features are available and what is optional. Please refer to Feature Guide PPCL600-700.