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Low noise butterfly laser diode controller

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CTL100 Low noise butterfly laser diode controller
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Koheron CTL100 is a low noise current driver with modulation combined with a temperature controller. It is designed to drive narrow-linewidth laser diodes in Type 2 butterfly package. It is compatible with floating diodes, which means that neither the anode nor the cathode should be connected to the case. It drives up to 400 mA laser current with a current noise density of only 450 pA/√Hz. The CTL100 fits in a 75 mm x 75 mm square, uses a single 5 V supply, and can operate between 0 and 50°C. The CTL100 is conduction-cooled. It comes with an aluminum base plate and a zero insertion force socket for easy mounting.

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Specifications

CTL100-A-400 CTL100-B-400
Current driver
Laser current 5 mA to 400 mA 5 mA to 400 mA
Compliance voltage 2.3 V 2.3 V
RMS noise(10 Hz to 1 MHz, M modulation gain) 386 nArms 510 nArms
Current noise density(1 kHz) 450 pA/√Hz 450 pA/√Hz
1/f corner noise 20 Hz 20 Hz
Temperature coefficient 15 ppm/°C 15 ppm/°C
Current limit 420 mA 420 mA
Slow start(90 % setpoint) 1000 ms 1000 ms
Modulation gain(L setting) 2 mA/V 2 mA/V
Modulation gain(M setting) 20 mA/V 20 mA/V
Modulation gain(H setting) 200 mA/V 200 mA/V
3 dB modulation bandwidth 150 kHz 11 MHz
AC modulation cutoff frequency 70 kHz 1.5 MHz
TEC controller
Maximum current 1.2 A 1.2 A
Temperature range(10 K thermistor) 12 °C to 25 °C 12 °C to 25 °C
Compliance voltage 3.4 V when cooling, 0.7 V when heating 3.4 V when cooling, 0.7 V when heating
Temperature stability 0.0015 °C/°C 0.0015 °C/°C
Laser power monitor
Photodiode current 0 mA to 1 mA 0 mA to 1 mA
Gain 3.9 V/mA 3.9 V/mA
Bandwidth 50 MHz 50 MHz
Other
Outside dimensions 75 mm x 85 mm x 27 mm 75 mm x 85 mm x 27 mm
Weight 103 g 103 g
Supply voltage 4.9 V to 5.5 V 4.9 V to 5.5 V
Operating temperature 0 °C to 50 °C 0 °C to 50 °C
Compatible lasers Type 2, Floating diodes / anode-grounded Type 2, Floating diodes / anode-grounded

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Current stability

Current stability is depicted in the following figure showing a 24-hour long evolution of current, set to 350 mA at 25 °C ambient temperature. After a 2 h warm-up time, current is stable within ±5 ppm.

The figure below show the evolution of the CTL100 current, set at 350 mA, measured with a Keysight 34470A digital multimeter across a 5 Ω resistor.

CTL100 Low noise butterfly laser diode controller current stability
CTL100 current stability

The figure below shows the current variation for different ambient temperatures between 5 and 55 °C. Temperature coefficient is below 15 ppm/°C.

CTL100 Low noise butterfly laser diode controller temperature coefficient
CTL100 temperature coefficient

Current modulation

DC current modulation input

A modulation input from DC to 100 kHz is available (10 MHz for the CTL100-A-400).

A jumper allows to choose between 3 modulation gains (2 mA/V, 20 mA/V or 200 mA/V).

AC modulation input

An AC modulation input using a bias-tee is available for modulation frequencies above 100 kHz for the 100 kHz bandwidth version (A-400) and above 3 MHz for the 10 MHz bandwidth version (B-400). The actual modulation gain depends on the value of the resistor integrated in the laser.

CTL100 modulation transfer function
Transfer functions of the modulation inputs with 10 MHz bandwidth (B-400)
CTL100 modulation transfer function
Transfer functions of the modulation inputs with 100 kHz bandwidth (A-400)s

Current noise

The power spectral density of the 100 kHz bandwidth version (A-400) current noise was characterized for the 3 modulation gains.

CTL100 Low noise butterfly laser diode controller current noise
CTL100 current noise

Current noise integrated between 10 Hz and 1 MHz is 385 nA, 386 nA and 406 nA RMS at the low, medium and high gain settings respectively.

Temperature controller

The temperature controller consists of a precision Wheatstone bridge, an analog PID controller and a linear current driving stage. PID gains are fixed and have been adjusted for a typical butterfly laser diode. Temperature setpoint is adjusted with an ultra high precision trimming potentiometer.

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