Application Notes & Literature

Lasers and Accessories

Application Notes

• Application Note 07: FM Spectroscopy with Tunable Diode Lasers
• Application Note 08: Swept Wavelength Testing: Real-Time Wavelength Trimming of WDM Muxes
• Application Note 09: Swept Wavelength Testing: Measuring Fiber-Bragg-Grating Temperature Drift
• Application Note 10: Swept-Wavelength Testing: Saving Time and Bringing Real-time Process Control to the Mfg. Environment
• Application Note 11: Swept Wavelength Testing: Insights into Swept-Wavelength Characterization of Passive Fiber-Optic Components
• Application Note 13: Swept Wavelength Testing: Characterizing the Tuning Linearity of Tunable Laser Sources
• Application Note 15: Introduction to Laser Frequency Stabilization
• Laser Stabilization with the LB1005 High-Speed Servo Controller

Articles

• Astigmatic Mirror Multiple-Pass Absorption Cells for Long-Path-Length Spectroscopy
• Generating Microwaves with Diode Lasers
• Optical Generation of Frequency Stable Millimeter Wave Radiation Using Diode Laser Pumped Nd:YAG Lasers
• Sub-Hz Relative Frequency Stabilization of Two Diode Laser Pumped Nd:YAG Lasers Locked to a Fabry Perot Interferometer

Whitepapers

• Compact Tunable Lasers: Changing the Way You Sense, Measure, & Detect
• Increasing Market Penetration
• Tunable Diode Lasers Stand Up to Research and Commercial Applications

Modulators

Application Notes

• Application Note 02: Practical Uses and Applications of Electro-Optic Modulators
• Application Note 12: Jitter and Jitter Testing for Modulator Drivers

Detectors

Application Notes

• Application Note 01: Insights Into High-Speed Detectors and High-Frequency Techniques
• Application Note 14: A Survey of Methods Using Balanced Photodetection

Articles

• Comparison of Fast Photodetector Response Measurements by Optical Heterodyne and Pulse Response Techniques
• Monolithic Integrated Circuits for Millimeter Wave Instrumentation
• Selection and Application of High-Speed Photodetectors

Whitepapers

• Demand for High-Speed Detectors Drives Research
• High-Speed Detectors: Faster Measurements for Today's Laboratory
• Innovative Photoreceivers Simplify Measurements
• Photodiode-Based Detector Operates at 60 GHz

Motion Control

Application Notes

• Application Note 06: Applications of the Picomotor in the Semiconductor Industry

Whitepapers

• Novel Actuators Acheive Greater Stability and Precision
• On Moving Optical Components

Optomechanics

Whitepapers

• Keeping It Straight
• Modular Stage Units Create Stable Custom Systems

Optics

Application Notes

• Application Note 03: Polarization and Polarization Control

Articles

• Interferometric Measurements of Femtosecond Group Delay in Optical Components

Whitepapers

• System Performance Can Hinge on Mirror Mounts