ILX Lightwave LDC-3926339, User Manual

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Page 4: ...ii Comments Suggestions and Problems xiii Chapter 1 Introduction and Specifications Product Overview 1 Initial Inspection 2 Installing the Module into the Mainframe 2 Installing the Module 2 Specifica...

Page 5: ...Syntax 23 Letters 23 White Space 24 Terminators 24 Command Separators 25 Parameters 25 Laser Diode Current Source Command Set 27 Syntax Summary 28 IEEE 488 2 Common Commands 28 Command Timing 29 Seque...

Page 6: ...ration 73 LDI Calibration 73 IPD Current Calibration 74 Laser Forward Voltage Measurement Calibration 75 Troubleshooting Guide 77 Automatic Shut Off Conditions 78 Error Codes 79 Front panel Error Indi...

Page 7: ...TA B L E O F CO N T E N T S iv LDC 3926339 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 8: ...15 Figure 2 7 Modulation On Off Screen Laser Page 3 16 Figure 2 8 Laser Page 1 17 Figure 2 9 Power Limit Setup Laser Page 2 18 Figure 2 10 Laser Page Three 19 Figure 2 11 Laser Page 1 20 Figure 3 1 C...

Page 9: ...L I S T O F FI G U R E S vi LDC 3926339 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 10: ...Table 4 1 Command Summary 37 Table 5 2 Recommended Test Equipment 68 Table 5 3 Required Photodiode Current Source Calibration IPD Circuit Components 68 Table 5 4 Required Laser Current Source Calibra...

Page 11: ...L I S T O F TA B L E S viii LDC 3926339 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 12: ...injury or damage to the product or equipment Warning indicates a potentially dangerous situation which can result in serious injury or death WARNING Visible and or invisible laser radiation Avoid dir...

Page 13: ...oduct is NOT protected against the harmful ingress of moisture Class I Equipment grounded type Mains supply voltage fluctuations are not to exceed 10 of the nominal supply voltage Pollution Degree II...

Page 14: ...serial number and thoroughly describe the nature of the problem Returning an Instrument If an instrument is to be shipped to ILX Lightwave for repair or service be sure to 1 Obtain a Return Authorizat...

Page 15: ...e original shipping container is not available place your instrument in a container with at least 3 inches 7 5 cm of compressible packaging material on all sides Repairs are made and the instrument re...

Page 16: ...at ilx custhelp com Or mail to ILX Lightwave Corporation P O Box 6310 Bozeman Montana U S A 59771 www ilxlightwave com When you contact us please have the following information If ILX Lightwave deter...

Page 17: ...ng the instrument to ILX Lightwave ILX recommends you insure the shipment If the original shipping container is not available place your instrument in a container with at least 3 inches 7 5 cm of comp...

Page 18: ...l can verify safe operation Visible damage Severe transport stress Prolonged storage under adverse conditions Failure to perform intended measurements or functions If necessary return the LDC 3926339...

Page 19: ...module for any visible shipping damage that may have occurred before inserting the module into the mainframe Pay special attention to the copper shielding material on the right edge of the rear panel...

Page 20: ...odule to the mainframe with two screws located at the top and bottom of the module rear panel The LDC 3926339 module can be installed in only the LDC 3926 mainframe it will not fit into the LDC 3900 L...

Page 21: ...T Surge 6 5 mA 7 mA 12 mA Laser Drive Limit Settings Current Limit Range 0 6025 mA Current Limit Resolution 2 05 mA Current Limit Accuracy 18 mA Voltage Limit Range 0 0 7 5 V Voltage Limit Resolution...

Page 22: ...4 Measured optically evaluating noise intensity of a laser diode into a photodetector with 150 kHz bandwidth 5 Maximum output current transient resulting from normal operational situations e g power...

Page 23: ...I N T R O D U C T I O N A N D S P E CI F I C A T I O N S Specifications 6 LDC 3926339 C H A P T E R 1 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 24: ...d shield see Figure 2 1 on page 9 ILX recommends using the CC 326H Current Source Unterminated High Power Interconnect cable with a braided outer shield designed to provide the best possible rejection...

Page 25: ...d intermittent open circuit conditions should they be jostled or bumped Use appropriately shielded cabling to reduce coupling of potentially laser damaging transients Do not bundle the current source...

Page 26: ...diode Laser Diode Bias Earth Ground 3 8 A3 9 A2 4 7 Module Output Photo diode Laser Diode Bias Earth Ground 3 8 A3 9 A2 4 Common Laser Cathode Photodiode Cathode Common Laser Cathode Photodiode Anode...

Page 27: ...appears for the respective channel on any of the laser set up pages or on the status screen Furthermore the output is turned off and error E501 see Front panel Error Indicators on page 79 appears if...

Page 28: ...in Figure 2 1 but the common connection between the photodiode and the laser is optional Grounding Considerations The laser output of the LDC 3926339 is isolated from chassis ground allowing either o...

Page 29: ...splay and Adjust sections The Display section contains the display screen and various keys that allow you to select a menu and parameters within that menu The keys labeled F1 F2 F3 and F4 soft keys ha...

Page 30: ...ection Adjust Section The Adjust section of the front panel provides various means of entering or modifying instrument parameters These include a 10 key numeric keypad a rotary knob digital encoder an...

Page 31: ...arrow soft keys F3 and F4 while in the setup menu Use the Previous and Next keys PREV NEXT to highlight different fields Generally adjust the highlighted parameter value with the numeric keypad the Ad...

Page 32: ...rrent output and laser forward voltage You can also turn the controller on or off from this page 4 Set the control mode 4a Press NEXT until the Mode field is highlighted 4b Select Ilbw or Ihbw using t...

Page 33: ...4 until LAS page 3 is displayed 7b To turn on Photodiode PD Bias parameter press the INC DEC keys or use the Adjust knob This setting controls the 5 volt reverse voltage to the monitor photodiode 7c P...

Page 34: ...sure the output power of the laser with a calibrated detector 1b Measure the corresponding monitor photodiode current MPD 1c Using the measured values for output power and MPD calculate the responsivi...

Page 35: ...the current limit Ilim parameter 6d Using the Adjust Knob or the numeric keypad set the Ilim value and press ENTER The current limit protects the laser by never allowing the drive current to exceed th...

Page 36: ...the laser diode The CalPD units are mA mW The correct responsivity value CalPD must be set for the constant power mode to properly operate 10 Enable the photodiode bias 10a Press the Down soft key F4...

Page 37: ...voltage limit Vlim and current limit Ilim 3a Press PREV to select the voltage limit Vlim parameter 3b Using the Adjust Knob or the numeric keypad set the Vlim value and press Enter Set the voltage li...

Page 38: ...urrent source is enabled Turning On the Laser Current Source 1 Press the F1 softkey on any of the three pages of the LAS setup menu to toggle the laser current source on and off Also you can turn on t...

Page 39: ...O P E R A T I O N S Operating from the Front Panel 22 LDC 3926339 C H A P T E R 2 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 40: ...ommand syntax as well as error and status registers Refer to the Chapter 4 Command Reference for information about specific commands Command Syntax This section describes command syntax and structure...

Page 41: ...he end of the command line does not affect the command string A query has no space between the mnemonic and the question mark For example Note Too many consecutive white spaces can overflow the 80 byt...

Page 42: ...at you can represent numbers in integer or floating point form or in engineering scientific notation The IEEE 488 2 standard uses the names NR1 NR2 and NR3 respectively to denote integer floating poin...

Page 43: ...ants C1 C2 and C3 on a TEC module the following command may be sent TEC CONST 1 111 2 004 0 456 The LDC 3926 uses a terminator of NL END new line EOI For users whose GPIB driver defaults expect a carr...

Page 44: ...he mainframe see the mainframe Instruction Manual Figure 3 1 shows all of the commands that are usable by the LDC 3926339 Series modules in conjunction with the mainframe Figure 3 1 Command Path Struc...

Page 45: ...ge it You can put more than one command on the same line same command string if you separate them with a semicolon GPIB uses a flexible representation for numeric parameters integer floating point or...

Page 46: ...nd is performed in an overlapped or sequential manner Command timing states whether the next command can begin while another command is being executed or if the next command must wait until this comma...

Page 47: ...at change the status of the instrument limits or change its mode or current range step value or status enable registers do not have their OPC flag set until all current writing to non volatile memory...

Page 48: ...re logically ORed and the summary is passed to the appropriate bit of the ALLCOND register see Figure 3 2 Likewise the enabled events of both current sources are logically ORed and the summary is pass...

Page 49: ...Output Shorted 1 Voltage Limit 9 In Tolerance 2 n a 10 Output On 3 Power Limit 11 n a 4 Interlock Error 12 n a 5 n a 13 n a 6 n a 14 n a 7 Open Circuit 15 n a To ALLCOND Register bit wise LOGICAL AND...

Page 50: ...ot reported in the Status Byte Register Rather they go to the hardware which controls the output switching for that current source The events and conditions which may be set to cause the outputs to be...

Page 51: ...e request routines that depend on the completion of all previous commands The LDC 3926339 defines Operation Completeness as the state when all sequential and overlapped commands are completed Most com...

Page 52: ...ead the module errors For example type CHAN 7 MODERR to return the errors in module 7 and CHAN 6 MODERR returns any errors in module 6 For more information about mainframe errors refer to the LDC 3926...

Page 53: ...it forces LAS output off E 510 Out of Tolerance status forced LAS output off E 511 Laser Hardware Error forces output off e g low power line voltage E 529 Laser Output is off but Laser status thought...

Page 54: ...the 5 V reverse photodiode bias LASER BIAS NONE Returns the status of the photodiode bias control LASER CALPD 1 Used to set the CAL PD monitor responsivity constant LASER CALPD NONE Returns the CAL PD...

Page 55: ...source s adjustable compliance voltage LASER LIM V NONE Returns the value of the adjustable compliance voltage setting LASER MDI 1 Sets the monitor current set point LASER MDI NONE Returns the monitor...

Page 56: ...rvice requests PSC none Queries the power on status clear flag PUD none Stores data unique to the instrument PUD none Retrieves the contents of the PUD storage area RCL 1 Recall a stored setup configu...

Page 57: ...s Event Status Enable and Error Queue Note Useful to clear registers before enabling service requests SRQ Example CLS Action Enables bits in the standard event status enable register Response The valu...

Page 58: ...he value must be between 0 and 255 Notes Response is the sum of the enabled bits This command allows you to determine which type of error has occurred ESE Event Status Enable ESR Standard Event Status...

Page 59: ...the status of the photodiode bias selection Parameters None The response is an nrf value Notes Photodiode bias is turned off when a RST command is issued Examples LASER BIAS response 0 means that the...

Page 60: ...e feedback responsivity CalPD parameter setting Parameters None The response is an nrf value Notes If this value is 0 the front panel Ppd will display and measured optical power read with GPIB using t...

Page 61: ...ibration mode for laser current The LASER CAL LDV command is used to initiate the calibration procedure for the laser voltage measurement Parameters None Notes See the Service Reference portion of thi...

Page 62: ...LDC 3926 manual for more complete information The Open Circuit condition can only be present while a LASER output is on when the hardware detects this condition it will turn that LASER output off The...

Page 63: ...f msec is 65535 Only the LASER LDI set point is decremented using this command regardless of mode setting or output status on or off Examples LASER STEP 0 3 LASER DEC 1 100 action the Laser constant c...

Page 64: ...rameters None The response is the sum of the following Notes The enabled laser conditions can be set by using the LASER ENABle COND command The LASER condition status can be monitored by the LASER CON...

Page 65: ...he response is the sum of the following Notes This register is set using the LASER ENABle EVEnt command The laser event status can be monitored by the LASER EVEnt query Examples LASER ENAB EVE respons...

Page 66: ...rrent Limit condition will cause the LASER output to be turned off Open Circuit or Interlock Open conditions will always turn off the current source They are not included in the Output Off Enable Regi...

Page 67: ...low and high bandwidth output modes The setpoint is read using the LASER SET LDI query Examples Laser LDI 400 action sets the laser output current to 400 00 mA LASER ldi 100 action sets the laser outp...

Page 68: ...LASER LDV query returns the value of the measured laser voltage Parameters None The response is an nrf value Notes Response is the measured Laser output voltage in Volts regardless of control mode Thi...

Page 69: ...les LASER LIM MDP 200 action sets the laser monitor photodiode power optical power limit to 200 mW The LASER LIMit MDP query returns the value of the laser optical power limit setpoint Parameters None...

Page 70: ...means 57 3 A of photodetector current was measured in the laser monitor photodiode circuit The LASER MDP command sets the value of the laser optical power set point in mW Parameters An nrf value whic...

Page 71: ...tor current mode is in effect for the laser output Laser MODE response IHBW means that constant current high bandwidth mode is in effect for the laser output The LASER MODE command path is used to acc...

Page 72: ...peration uses the monitor photodiode feedback to maintain constant laser optical power The actual set point will be a monitor photodiode current value calculated with the CALPD conversion factor There...

Page 73: ...output current to 20 mA and then turns the laser output on Laser Out 0 action turns off the laser current source The LASER OUTput query returns the status of the laser output switch Parameters None T...

Page 74: ...as the response After the measurement is made the measurement system returns to its normal function switching between the various signals and measuring them The response time to this query is from 20...

Page 75: ...de current divided by CalPD the photodiode responsivity This is a synchronized measurement the measurement system is connected to the monitor cur rent measure signal when this query is received The ph...

Page 76: ...dow is 0 1 to 50 Examples LAS LDI 750 LAS TOL 0 5 1 LAS OUT ON action the laser current will be in tolerance when it is within 0 5 mA of 750 00 mA for a period of 1 0 second at which point the In Tole...

Page 77: ...command allows the service technician to enter the protected user data This data is normally changed only at the factory and therefore MODPUD command is not needed by the user The MODPUD query return...

Page 78: ...able automatic power on clearing of the enable registers PSC 1 Enable automatic power on clearing of the enable registers Action Requests the state of the power on status clear flag Response 0 The ena...

Page 79: ...te OQIS Operation complete Query Idle State This is the same state as after OPC no further operations to complete These idle states allow the 8033 to complete its reset process no operations pending b...

Page 80: ...n line 1 of the selected channel s portion of the status menu Notes The possible responses are 1 LDI laser diode current 2 IPD photodiode current 3 PPD optical power 4 VF laser diode forward voltage T...

Page 81: ...ent is only as accurate as the user s CALPD value Examples STATMENU LINE1 PPD response optical power is displayed on line 1 of the status menu STATMENU LINE2 PPD response optical power is displayed on...

Page 82: ...ke the instrument wait until an operation is complete before continuing Care should be taken to set the GPIB time out appropriately for use with the WAI command After this command or the Delay command...

Page 83: ...C O M M A N D R E F E R E N C E GPIB Command Reference 66 LDC 3926339 C H A P T E R 4 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 84: ...d a detailed report showing any pre calibration out of tolerance conditions is available upon request Calibration turn times are normally five business days or less On site calibrations can be perform...

Page 85: ...mmended test equipment specifications for calibrating the module are shown in Table 5 2 Equipment other than that shown in the table can be used if the specifications meet or exceed those listed You m...

Page 86: ...d D1 are optional components to indicate if LD current is working properly Table 5 4 Required Laser Current Source Calibration Components Current Source Calibration 1 50 W resistor low TCR Voltage Mea...

Page 87: ...he current may be measured directly using an ammeter with a range of at least 6 A and accurate to 0 001 mA If you use the ammeter approach connect the ammeter in series with a load resistor with a nom...

Page 88: ...dure turns on the output and drives the LD current until the PD current is approximately 20 of full range Allow the current to settle for at least 10 seconds 5 Using a DMM measure the voltage across R...

Page 89: ...ess the Start softkey The internal calibration procedure turns on the output and drives the LD current to approximately 25 of full range Allow the current to settle for at least 10 seconds 5 Measure t...

Page 90: ...resistor and R is the accurately measured load resistance a 4 point probe resistance measurement is recommended I is the calculated current in Amps Note ILX recommends the load resistor be temperature...

Page 91: ...dure is for remotely calibrating the laser IPD photodiode monitor measurement circuits The internal calibration procedure sets the current to two values you must enter the resulting IPD current measur...

Page 92: ...ibrating the laser forward voltage LDV measurement circuit The internal calibration procedure sets the current to two values you must measure and enter the forward voltage at both of these points 1 Wi...

Page 93: ...the value 1 Query the status until the value that is returned is 1 7 Enter the measured voltage in Volts V by sending the command LASER CAL MEAS voltage in V For example LASER1 CAL MEAS 4 429 After yo...

Page 94: ...s and cable and then try again Be sure the cable connector is securely fastened to the back of the module s Also check that the Voltage Limit setting is above the laser s operating voltage Unable to a...

Page 95: ...tage drop of the device connected to the laser output Since the current limit circuitry is fully independent of the main current control the current limit is safely adjustable even while the laser out...

Page 96: ...pins are not connected properly or the LASER ENABLE key lock is turned off on the front panel E503 Voltage limit or open circuit The laser current source pins are open or some condition caused the las...

Page 97: ...ERR to read the module errors For example type CHAN 7 MODERR to return the errors in module 7 and CHAN 6 MODERR returns any errors in module 6 For more information about mainframe errors refer to the...

Page 98: ...ff E 510 Out of Tolerance status forced LAS output off E 511 Laser Hardware Error forces output off e g low power line voltage E 529 Laser Output is off but Laser status thought it was on E 535 Laser...

Page 99: ...A L I B R A T I O N A N D TR O U B L E S H O O T I N G Troubleshooting Guide 82 LDC 3926339 C H A P T E R 5 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 100: ...28 white space 24 28 I I O buffer 24 IEEE standard 488 2 28 invalid syntax commands 28 K key switch laser enable 12 L laser enable 12 N nrf value 25 numeric parameters 28 O OCIS 62 operation complete...

Page 101: ...25 syntax command 23 invalid command strings 28 nrf value 25 summary 28 white space 24 28 T terminator 26 terminator string 25 terminators 24 28 timing query response 30 sequential and overlapped com...

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