LASER Temp Control A Thermoelectric Cooler Temperature Controller for Fiber Optic Lasers an89英文电子书.pdf

Application Note 89 April 2001 A Thermoelectric Cooler Temperature Controller for Fiber Optic Lasers Climatic Pampering for Temperamental Lasers Jim Williams INTRODUCTION Temperature Controller Requirements Continued demands for increased bandwidth have re- sulted in deployment of fiber optic-based networks. The The temperature controller must meet some unusual fiber optic lines, driven by solid state lasers, are capable of requirements. Most notably, because of ambient tempera- very high information density. Highly packed data schemes ture variation and laser operation uncertainties, the con- such as DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) troller must be capable of either sourcing or removing heat utilize multiple lasers driving a fiber to obtain large multi- to maintain control. Peltier-based thermoelectric coolers channel data streams. The narrow channel spacing relies (TEC) permit this but the controller must be truly bidirec- on laser wavelength being controlled within 0.1nm (na- tional. Its heat flow control must not have dead zone or nometer). Lasers are capable of this but temperature untoward dynamics in the “hot-to-cold” transition region. variation influences operation. Figure 1 shows that laser Additionally, the temperature controller must be a preci- output peaks sharply vs wavelength, implying that laser sion device capable of maintaining control well inside wavelength must be controlled well within 0.1nm to main- 0.1°C over time and temperature variations. tain performance. Figure 2 plots typic