Product Brief
Features
- High power & high efficiency
- Diffraction-limited output
- Efficient coupling to SMF
- Operates both continuous wave and pulsed (ns to ms)
Applications
- LIDAR systems for remote sensing and autonomous vehicles
- Free-space optical communication
- Power beaming
- Research and development
Notes
- Class 4 high power laser output. Appropriate precautions should be taken by user.
- Devices are sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD). Appropriate precautions should be taken by user.
- Engineering samples are available.
Overview
The 1500 to 1600 nm aura™ semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is the world’s first c-band diffraction-limited watt-class amplifier. This product may be used in place of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) in some applications. The chip architecture is based on a single-mode tapered waveguide amplifier which can be easily coupled into from a single mode fiber (SMF). The nearly diffraction-limited output enables efficient coupling to single-mode fiber and maximizes far-field irradiance when collimated in free space. Various packaging configurations are available to qualified customers, including:
- Hard-soldered junction-down on C-mount
- Hard-soldered junction-down on ceramic submount
- Prototype packages
The aura™ product line is intended to address applications such as free space optical communication, sensing, and selected LIDAR uses.
Specifications
| General Parameter | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Optical | ||
| Center wavelength | 1500 to 1600 | nm |
| Typical Input Power | 17 | dBm |
| Rated output power | 2.5 | W/dBm |
| Gain Bandwidth, 3dB | 60 | nm |
| Gain | 17 | dB |
| Maximum Noise Figure | 6 | dB |
| Slow Axis M2 (ISO 11146-3) | 1.3 | - |
| Fraction of Power Diffraction-Limited | 90 | % |
| Slow Axis Divergence, 4Dσ | 6 | deg |
| Fast Axis Divergence, 4Dσ | 55 | deg |
| Astigmatism | 1.7 | mm |
| Electrical | ||
| Operating Current | 12 | A |
| Operating voltage | 1.2 | V |
| Series Resistance | 25 | mΩ |
| NTC Current | -0.5 to +0.5 | mA |
| Thermal | ||
| Operating Temperature | 20 | °C |
| Thermal Resistance | 3.2 | W/A |
| Maximum NTC Dissipation Power | 15 | mW |
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