ALPhANOV introduces 'Pulse Picker

17 Jun 2015

ALPhANOV completes its MultiBoard series with a new synchronization electronic card called Pulse Picker. It will be presented at Laser World of Photonics (Munich, June 22-25, 2015) on Alphanov’s booth (B3.261). The ‘MultiBoard’ solution is a set of electronic cards dedicated to control various fiber lasers architectures. With the introduction of the ‘Pulse Picker card’, ALPhANOV now offers fast integration of these cards in compact and powerful OEM modules with many combinations.

Talence, June 17, 2015. For three years, ALPhANOV has been developing the ‘MultiBoard’ solution, a set of electronic cards dedicated to control various fiber lasers architectures. Thanks to its modularity, the ‘MultiBoard’ series gives fiber lasers the ability to reach a wide range of features: CW or pulsed, Q – switched or mode-locked operation, multistage MOPA, pulse-on-demand ... Today, ALPhANOV introduces the fifth and last module of the series, a synchronization electronic card called "Pulse Picker".

This card has been designed like the previous ones: it can be used either alone or in combination with one or more other cards of the ‘MultiBoard’ series. It synchronizes an internal or external acousto-optic module and offers the opportunity to develop new functions in fiber lasers, like generating special burst with a given burst shape. You can chain multiple Pulse Picker cards with one another to manage multiple independent outputs.

The ‘MultiBoard’ series is now made up of five cards:

• ‘Central card’ that controls up to two single mode laser diodes and six photodiodes and provides a simple way to control on/off/security stages of complex multistage fiber lasers

• ‘MMD card’ for multimode diodes driving and temperature regulation

• ‘SMD card’ for single mode diodes driving and temperature regulation

• ‘Crystal card’ for optical crystals oven temperature control

• ‘Pulse Picker card’ for synchronization of acousto-optic modules

With the introduction of the ‘Pulse Picker card’, ALPhANOV now offers fast integration of these cards in compact and powerful OEM modules with many combinations. Built on more than twenty innovations, the ‘MultiBoard’ series allows laser designers and R&D teams to save time during the design and prototyping as well as to achieve original specifications in a cost-efficient way.

About ALPhANOV

Established in 2007, ALPhANOV is the optics and lasers technology center of the Route des Lasers cluster. It acts as a technology transfer accelerator and uses its expertise and know-how to serve innovative projects with industrial target short and mid-terms. It offers multiple modes of action which enable it to act all along the value chain. Its fields of expertise include laser processes and micromachining, laser sources and fiber components, laser and optical systems and health applications of photonics. www.alphanov.com