Butterfly Lasers for Analogue, CW and Sensing
- Technology
- Analogue fibre optical devices
- Partner
- AGx Technologies
AGx laser diodes in butterfly packaging support a broad range of applications to include analogue transmission of video, data and voice in CATV, wireless, mobile 5G, DAS (Distributed Antenna Systems) for in-building small cells, and optical sensing to include LiDAR, interference and strain measurement.
The butterfly package is a hermetically sealed device incorporating a high-quality laser chip, TEC (Thermo Electric Cooler), a Faraday optical isolator, and monitor photodiode.
AGx designs are unique in the industry in delivering a very high optical coupling from laser diode into the optical fiber with extremely stable performance over a wide operating temperature range.
Range features
A high level overview of what this range offers
- Narrow linewidth DFB (Distributed Feedback Laser) for sensing and interferometric applications with high optical power and PM (Polarisation Maintaining) fiber pigtail
- 1550 nm (DWDM) DFB lasers with high power (up to 10 mW) and high linearity for QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) transmission and suitable for (RFoF) RF over Fiber / RFoG (RF over Glass)
- Butterfly lasers for analogue applications supplied with SMF-28e fiber pigtails with flame retardant Hytrel coating and SC/APC connector as standard (other connectors available upon request)
- 1310 nm CATV forward path lasers with high linearity performance for broadcast and narrowcast applications; optical power up to 15 dBm (31 mW); supporting 110 channel NTSC loading
- 1310 nm and 1550 nm DFB lasers with K-connector RF port suitable for RFoF, microwave delay lines and satellite antenna remoting in both 6 GHz and 10 GHz versions
- Complementing return path laser diodes and photodiodes with bandwidths up to 6 GHz available from the coaxial product range
What’s in this range?
All the variants in the range and a comparison of what they offer
| Applications | Wavelengths (nm) | Optical Power (mW) | Bandwidth (GHz) | Pigtail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensing / Interferometry | 1550 | 40 to 60 | CW | PM Fiber |
Optical Source | 1310, 1550, ITU Channel (DWDM) | 20 to 60 | CW | PM Fiber |
Analogue, CATV, RFoF, Satellite, Microwave, Wireless | 1310, 1550, ITU Channel (DWDM) | 10 to 31 | 1 to 6 / 10 | SMF-28e Fiber |
