SLED with Drivers

A superluminescent diode (SLED or SLD) is an edge-emitting semiconductor light source based on superluminescence.
It combines the high power and brightness of laser diodes with the low coherence of conventional light-emitting diodes.

DenseLight has a comprehensive portfolio of SLEDs. It covers wavelength from 1250 nm to 1700 nm, power from 0.2mW to 50mW and spectral width from 25nm to 100nm.

The DL-BX9/BX10 series consists of a built-in current driver, a temperature controller and a DenseLight standard 14 pin butterfly package DL-CSxxxxA.

Similarly, the DL-BZ1 series consists of a temperature controller, a DenseLight standard 14-pin butterfly package CL-CSxxxxA and a built-in current driver capable for CW driving, digital or analog modulation input.

Select the SLED module in place of CSXXXXA from the following:

• DL-BX9-CSXXXXA
• DL-BX10-CSXXXXA
• DL-BZ1-CSXXXXA

DL-BX9 Datasheet	DL-BX10 Datasheet	DL-BZ1 Datasheet

Packaging Options

DenseLight’s SLEDs come in different packaging options to fit any application needs:

• Single mode fiber and polarization maintaining fiber available (SMF & PMF)
• Optional monitoring photodiode
• Optional optical connectors

Broadband ILM boxes – BP series:

Programmable Superluminescent LED Sources

Features

Software for Programmable Superluminescent LED Source – BP1

Broadband ILM boxes – BZ1 series:

Broadband ILM boxes – BX9, BX10 series:

Features

• Optical power of 3 to 50mW
• 3dB spectral width of 20 to 85nm
• Wavelength availability 1260 to 1670nm
• Tunable optical power
• Fiber pigtail output with FC/APC connector
• Integrated optical isolator (optional)
• Single +5V power supply (optional power adapter)
• Built-in current driver and temperature controller
• Highly stable power output and active power control
• High wall-plug efficiency
• Compact size
• Telcordia qualified SLED (GR-468-CORE)

Application:

• Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) – Sensing in gas & oil
• Test & Measurement
• Communications
  Affordable gigabit bandwidth fiber-link to homes and business (FTTX), test & measurement for telecom networks
• Medical applications
  OCT (biopsies-less medical cell imaging, diagnostic imaging), point of use/ handhelds/ non-invasive diagnosis (blood analysis)
• Energy, oil and gas
  Sensing in gas & oil production, telemetry in electricity distribution
• Industrial controls
  In-line production process monitoring, 3D metrology and surface metrology, semiconductor fabrication (solar cells), chemical and gas sensing – safety, emission control, security
• Environmental sensing
  Physical (temp, pressure, strain, vibrations), structural and civil engineering, smart structures, intelligent distributed sensing
• Defense & security
  Perimeter defense, navigation and guidance – inertia sensing (gyroscope), infrared illumination for surveillance and speckle-free military imaging

Telcordia Quality Assured

DenseLight’s SLEDs successfully passed Telcordia’s GR-468-CORE “Reliability Assurance Requirements for Optoelectronics Devices Used in Telecommunications Equipment”

Passed 5000 hours accelerated-ageing and ripple-aging tests