NKT Photonics A301-100-000, Product Manual

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Features
Note: All output apertures include 4 screw holes for mounting, for example, a fi -
ber coupler with a SuperK CONNECT accessory.
Electrical Interfaces
The electrical interfaces are located on the same side panel where the optical
input aperture is located.
Figure 5
shows the panel, all electrical interfaces are
located on the right side of the panel.
Figure 5 Electrical Interfaces and optical input
Monitor output (optional)
This port outputs an electrical signal representing the repetition rate of the laser’s
output pulse. The port is optional and only available on custom orders. Contact
NKT Photonics sales engineering for further information.
External bus input port
The bus input port connects accessories in a daisy chain with a SuperK laser.
SuperK lasers and their accessories connect using the NKTP External bus
protocol. The bus carries data communications, DC power and the interlock
signal from the laser to accessories connected on the bus.
Optical input aperture
See
“Optical input aperture” on page 16
.
Accessory bus address selector
When multiple accessories are connected in an External bus daisy chain, to a
SuperK laser, you can use this dial to set the bus address of the VARIA.
Accessories communicating on the same external bus must have a unique
address. The address selector dial can set the bus address with up to 16
addresses from 0x0 to 0xF (hex). You should only power on the SuperK laser and
1 Monitor output 5 Bus through output port
2 External bus input port 6 Emission LED
i
i. See “Status LEDs” on page 18
3 Optical input aperture (collimator
receptacle)
7 Power and Interlock LEDs
i
4 Accessory bus address selector
3 5 6 7
1
4
2