Space Qualifiable Tunable Laser
SA Photonics’ SPECTRA laser is a space-qualifiable tunable laser module. It can be integrated into a dual-laser module, complete with Mach-Zehnder Modulators (MZMs) to provide a dual laser transmitter in a small package.
The SPECTRA laser has the following specifications:
- High Power: >10 dBm output power over wavelength, temperature, and radiation
- Wide Tuning Range: Capable of tuning across the telecom C and L bands thus allowing full utilization of high power optical amplifiers for long distance high bandwidth communication
- Fast Tuning Speed: Capable of tuning across the full wavelength band in less than 2 µs
- Excellent Spectral and Noise Properties: Relative noise intensity of less than -155 dB/Hz and sidelobe levels below -50 dB as required in high performance optical communication systems.
- Robust Environmental Performance: The brassboard unit has passed 20 Grms operational random vibration, 500 G shock, and thermal operation from 0-70 °C.
- High Radiation Tolerance: 200 kRad exposure resulted in less than a 1 dB power degradation