Current Sources for Fiber Optic Lasers
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Current Sources for Fiber Optic Lasers
A large group of fiber optic lasers are powered by DC current. Laser drive is supplied by a current source with modulation added further along the signal path. The current source, although conceptually simple, constitutes an extraordinarily tricky design problem. There are a number of practical requirements for a fiber optic current source and failure to consider them can cause laser and/ or optical component destruction.
