APEX TLS-APBX & TLS-APX Tunable Lasers
Compact benchtop swept/tunable fibre coupled laser sources:
- C+L, O and T-bands (1500-1630nm & 1520-1630nm, 1260-1360nm and 1044-1084nm)
- Continuous sweeping from 5nm/s to 100nm/s
- +13dBm output power
- 55kHz Lorentzian linewidth
- 45dB/0.1nm SMSR (typical)
- USB, Ethernet, RS-232 & GPIB
Available as OEM modules.
The APEX Technologies TLS-APBX series tunable laser sources are high performance external cavity Littman designs combining wide tuning range, high output power and high signal-to-noise ratio. Different wavelength ranges are available between 1000 nm and 1650 nm (C+L [1500-1630nm], O [1260-1360nm] and T-band [1044-1084nm]).
These systems can be supplied as OEM modules for integration into other equipment or as stand-alone benchtop versions. The benchtop instrument has user-friendly software, a touch sensitive screen, GPIB, ethernet , RS-232 and USB controls plus external triggering input/output.
An internal wavelength etalon and single or dual optical power meters are offered as options.
These high performance tunable lasers are ideal for use in optical component analysis, R&D Testing, Optical Measurement Systems, Optical sensor/component characterisation … and many more applications.
TLS different models:
| TLS-APBX/TLS-APXModels | Wavelength range (nm) | Peak output power (dBm) | Power max full span (dBm) | Minimum output power (dBm) |
| TLS-AP(B)-T | 1030-1075 | 11 | 8 | -10 |
| TLS-AP(B)-O1 | 1265-1345 | 13 | 9 | 0 |
| TLS-AP(B)-O2 | 1265-1355 | 13 | 9 | 0 |
| TLS-AP(B)-E | 1345-1450 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| TLS-AP(B)-S | 1445-1525 | 11 | 8 | -10 |
| TLS-AP(B)-CL1 | 1525-1607 | 10 | 7 | -10 |
| TLS-AP(B)-CL2 | 1520-1630 | 10 | 7 | -10 |
APEX Technologies TLS common features:
| Wavelength setting resolution | 3 pm |
| Wavelength stability | +/- 1 pm |
| Absolute Wavelength Accuracy* | +/- 3 pm (typical) |
| Wavelength Repeatability* | +/- 3 pm (typical) |
| Power flatness (step mode) | 0.05 dB |
| Sweep speed** | Adjustable from 5 to 200 nm/s |
| Fine tuning scan range (piezo control) | 3 GHz |
| Power stability @24h | +/- 0.2 dB |
| Power repeatability (step mode) | +/- 0.05 dB |
| Dynamic power repeatability (Sweep mode @ 10 nm/s) | +/- 0.01 dBm |
| Dynamic power repeatability (Sweep mode@100 nm/s) |
+/- 0.06 dBm |
| RIN | -158 dB/Hz |
| Lorentzian Linewidth (Fundamental) | 10 kHz |
| Linewidth (Integration over 500 ms) | 133 kHz |
| SMSR | 45 dB/0.1 nm |
| Signal to total source spontaneous emission ratio | 50 dB |
*Maximum accuracy of +/- 5 pm
** Maximum sweep speed of 100 nm/s for O band TLS
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