THORLABS PICO D, User Manual

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Table of content
0 HOW TO HANDLE PICO D
3
0.1 S
AFETY
R
EQUIREMENTS
3
0.2 ESD P
RECAUTIONS
4
1 INTRODUCTION 7
1.1 1.1 F
EATURES AND OPTIONS
: 7
1.1.1 A
CRONYMS AND
A
BBREVIATIONS
7
1.1.2 I
MPORTANT AND
W
ARNING MESSAGES
8
2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION AND INTERFACES 9
2.1 W
HAT IS A TUNABLE LASER SOURCE
(TLS)? 9
2.2 B
RIEF SYSTEM OVERVIEW
9
2.3 B
ASIC OPERATION
. 10
2.4 M
ECHANICAL INTERFACE
11
2.4.1 M
OUNTING OF
PICO D 14
2.4.2 E
NVIRONMENTAL
C
ONDITIONS
15
2.5 E
LECTRICAL
I
NTERFACES
16
2.5.1 G
ROUNDING ISSUES
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2.5.2 P
OWER SUPPLIES
20
2.5.3 D
IGITAL CONTROL AND STATUS SIGNALS
21
2.5.4 A
NALOG CONTROL SIGNALS
25
2.5.5 E
LECTRICAL POWER AND SIGNAL CONNECTORS
28
2.6 O
PTICAL
I
NTERFACE
31
2.6.1 F
IBER
O
PTICAL
C
ONNECTOR
31
3 OPERATION
32
3.1 S
WITCHING
ON
THE
PICO D 32
3.2 S
WITCHING
OFF
THE
PICO D 33
3.3 C
ALIBRATION OF
PICO D
33
3.3.1 C
ALIBRATION METHODS
34
4 MAINTENANCE & SERVICE 36
4.1 T
RANSPORTING
,
STORAGING
,
PACKAGING AND UNPACKAGING
36
4.2 C
LEANING
36
5 TROUBLESHOOTING & FAQ 37
5.1 T
ROUBLESHOOTING
, S
TEP
-B
Y
-S
TEP
37
6 SUPPORT 38
APPENDIX A - MODEL DESCRIPTION TECHNICAL SPEC.
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